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Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain — Part 3

By on Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 | No Comments

Based on the lat­est sci­en­tific knowl­edge about fibromyal­gia and chronic pain, which I’ve cov­ered in the first 2 parts of this arti­cle, and also based on my many years’ expe­ri­ence treat­ing patients with chronic pain, I’ve devel­oped key treat­ment rec­om­men­da­tions for my patients with chronic pain, fibromyal­gia, and related con­di­tions.  I’ve sum­ma­rized those self-care recommendations […]

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Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain — Part 2

By on Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 | 1 Comment

Part 2 of Dr. Lavine’s arti­cle on fibromyal­gia and chronic pain cov­ers more of the basic sci­en­tific prin­ci­ples that are emerg­ing as we grap­ple to under­stand this com­plex and diverse dis­ease process.

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Ultra Yoga and Exercises for Pelvic Floor Muscles

By on Monday, October 29th, 2012 | 2 Comments

Today’s guest arti­cle, cour­tesy of Marisa Sul­li­van, con­sists of an inter­view she gave to Sally M. River­tones of the Williamsburg-Greenpoint News. Ultra Yoga   The impor­tance of the female pelvic floor (men not excluded) explained through a Yoga per­spec­tive By Sally M. River­tones Marisa Sul­li­van has been teach­ing yoga for over 19 years. She was a […]

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What Is Postherpetic Neuralgia?

By on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 | No Comments

Learn the causes and treat­ment options for pos­ther­petic neu­ral­gia, a painful, long term con­di­tion that can arise when you’re recov­er­ing from a bout of shingles.

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Fibromyalgia — One Of The Symptoms Of Mineral Deficiency?

By on Thursday, January 26th, 2012 | No Comments

Analy­sis of hair sam­ples shows that women with fibromyal­gia have sig­nif­i­cantly lower lev­els of five essen­tial minerals.

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Gentle, Effective Pain Relief with NeuroTactile™ Therapy

By on Sunday, January 8th, 2012 | 2 Comments

Neu­ro­Tac­tile ™ Ther­apy uses a light finger-tip stroke to stim­u­late nerve end­ings in the skin to erase pain sig­nals and change the brain’s pro­cess­ing of pain.

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It’s Not the Pain, It’s the Fatigue

By on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 | No Comments

A recent sur­vey asked fibromyal­gia patients what their symp­toms were really like. Dis­cover what they said…

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What Is Pelvic Floor Dysfunction?

By on Monday, October 3rd, 2011 | 1 Comment

What is pelvic floor dys­func­tion? When the mus­cles and con­nec­tive tis­sues that sup­port your blad­der, rec­tum, and repro­duc­tive organs are on the fritz, you can have incon­ti­nence, pro­lapse, or inter­sti­tial cys­ti­tis. Dis­cover some of the steps you can take to restore order to your pelvic floor.

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Gene Linked to Chronic Pain

By on Sunday, September 11th, 2011 | No Comments

British researchers have iden­ti­fied a gene in mice that’s linked to neu­ro­pathic pain. Can this lead to a novel treat­ment approach for peo­ple with chronic pain?

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Experiencing Chronic Pain? Rediscover the Joy of Gentle Movement

By on Friday, July 15th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Peo­ple with fibromyal­gia or chronic pain will get a def­i­nite health boost by becom­ing more phys­i­cally active. But it can be hard to increase your phys­i­cal activ­ity if your body hurts all the time. Before you get dis­tracted by exter­nal, quan­tifi­able exer­cise goals, dis­cover the play­ful ways you can enjoy the sim­ple joy of body movement.

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