Hi everyone! I recently heard from a reader who was looking for some suggestions on where to turn next, in terms of finding a medical professional to help him. He said he’d been struggling with...
Wow… the past few months have been full of changes for me! There’s been a lot to deal with… but at the same time, I’ve been learning from it, and figuring a lot out. I...
Okay. I’ve really been looking forward to publishing this post. Here, we’re revisiting the same great talk by pain physician Dr. Jay Joshi. In my last post, I outlined what Dr. Joshi says are the...
Hi everyone! I’ve just discovered this awesome talk on central sensitization by pain management physician Dr. Jay Joshi. It’s totally packed with information I want to share with you all– such as why it’s so hard to...
Okay, so here’s the story of the time I thought I’d found the right person to help me, which of course, made it all the more disappointing when it didn’t turn out to be the...
Whew. I have really enjoyed writing my more personal posts recently– I love to tell a good story, and to feel as though my past experiences have some meaning. (And I’ve really appreciated all your...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8defN4iIbho I never know quite what to call the posts in which I share a video. Every title I think of sounds either click-baity or boring. Like for this one: “Mayo Clinic doctor explains central...
A really important concept for anyone struggling with chronic pain, fibromyalgia, or other chronic health conditions is the idea of “central sensitivity syndromes” (CSS for short). The term refers to any kind of condition that...
You’ve probably noticed that my blog is all about central sensitization— the process through which the central nervous system can change over time and become more sensitive to pain. Personally, I find learning about central sensitization...
In my last post I outlined some ideas from Neil Pearson on how to stress our bodies in positive ways, in the hopes of re-shaping the way we process pain. I continued my experiment at...