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Expert_badge Christina Lasich, MD

Christina Lasich, MD

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A specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

How to Survive Cold and Flu Season with Low Back Pain

Ah Chew! If that sneeze hurt your low back, then you have found the right place to learn more about surviving cold and flu season with low back pain. Coughing and sneezing can really hurt. A week of doing either one can be agonizing. Why does it hurt the low back so much when the upper respiratory system is irritated? And what are some things that... Read moreChevron
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Christina Lasich, MD

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A specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Cooking to Control Pain: Mediterranean Diet

Feeling a little more pain after the holidays? Maybe the increased pain is related to the foods that you ate during the festivities of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Foods can trigger pain, so now is a good time to discover new recipes and foods that can help you feel better. A good diet will lower your glycemic load, help you balance... Read moreChevron
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Why am I having freezing firey painful chills that shake my body after 3 disc fusion surgery?

After 3 disc fusion,  on meds still. I am freezing  all the time and mutiple times a day times a day this freezing cold chill that turns hot firey burning pain (my skin only), that runs from my neck/shoulders down to my toes. I have no spinal pain now but this is overwhelming. Does anyone know why or what I could do to calm this pain to... Read moreChevron
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Co-Founder of the National Fibromyalgia Assn.

Starting a Fresh New Year Despite the Same Old Chronic Pain

The start of a new year should be a positive time, full of hope for the coming year.  But if you're living with the same chronic pain you've had for years, it can sometimes be hard to grab on to that spirit of hopefulness. Over the past few days, I've been thinking about this upcoming new year and how I wanted to approach it.  I... Read moreChevron
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Karen Lee Richards

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Co-Founder of the National Fibromyalgia Assn.

Fibromyalgia and Alcohol Don't Mix

Alcohol intolerance is a feature of both fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) that we rarely see in symptoms lists.  Yet most people who have FM or ME/CFS find that they can no longer drink much, if any, alcohol.  While a few are able to occasionally have one or two drinks with only minimal problems, for others even a very... Read moreChevron

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