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Pain Times Two: Family Life
Pain Times Two: Family Life When Both Parents Have Chronic Pain By Kristen Counts When one member of a family experiences chronic pain, the entire family is affected. In my family, two people are coping [...]
Self-Empowered Pain Management Set Me Free
How Self-Empowered Pain Management Set Me Free By Laura Morris …empowering ourselves to partner with our doctors and pain management programs, as well as seek out alternative modalities of wellness, will bring greater benefits long [...]
Top 10 Things
Top 10 Things NOT to Say to Someone Living with Chronic Pain By Melinda Malott I came of age during the Letterman years. I was working as a registered nurse on the 3-11 shift [...]
Vision for the Community Pain Center
A Vision for the Community Pain Center The vision for the Community Pain Center, a revolutionary destination website created for the chronic pain community, began 20 years ago when the CEO, Lynne Kennedy Matallana, was [...]
A Caregiver’s Job: Assist, Support, and Love
A Caregiver’s Job: Assist, Support, and Love By Joanne F. Kennedy According to the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, 29% of the U.S. adult population (65.7 million) are caregivers to someone with an illness, disability [...]
The Inside Scoop on Applying for Disability Benefits
The Inside Scoop on Applying for Disability Benefits By Kristen Lavoie Whether you’re a patient, caregiver, or physician who wants to learn more about disability benefits—you’ll want to read this. A helpful tool is the [...]
Why Patient Care Needs To Get Personal
Why Patient Care Needs To Get Personal By David L. Katz, MD; Chief Medical Officer of the Community Pain Center Patient-centered care is an important concept, but may not take the matter far enough—because [...]
Massage Therapy for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Massage Therapy for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Randomized Controlled Trial Adam I. Perlman, MD, MPH; Alyse Sabina, MD; Anna-Leila Williams, PA-C, MPH; Valentine Yanchou Njike, MD; David L. Katz, MD, MPH Author Affiliations: [...]
What Does Being an E-Health Advocate Mean to Me?
What Does Being an E-Health Advocate Mean to Me? by Julie Ryan E-health is a big topic right now, whether we realize it or not. New laws are requiring that doctors put records online, which [...]