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Christina Lasich, MD

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posted 07/21/2008, comments (0)

Tip #6 for Sore Feet - Buff Up Your Butt!

The list of tips for sore feet is not complete without mentioning the butt muscles. This group of muscles may be the laziest in the entire body. When the butt muscles become weak, the entire leg is affected, including the feet. Everything starts to turn inward. The thigh bone rotates inward causing "knock-knees." The ankles turn inward to the... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/02/2008, comments (2)

I find myself alone in my pain do you?

I have found since my cervical injury, that took place at work, slowly I lost all my friends along the way. I worked as a Medical Assistant, for a Large HMO, and they ended up fighting me and won. So my cervical injury was found to have happened "anywhere but at work." Suprising what big time attorneys an HMO can afford. I... Read more Chevron

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posted 06/03/2008, comments (5)

13 years with undiagnosed chronic pain

Hi, I'm new here so I thought I would share my story.I'm 30 years old, and I've lived with chronic pain for the past 13 years.When I was about 15 or 16, I had fallen off a roof and broke a chair with my stomach.It wasn't until a year later that I started feeling a small cramp in my right side,didn't think much of it at the time,but within a couple... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/11/2008, comments (0)

8 Signs You May Not Need a Support Group For Your Illness

When you first received the diagnosis of your illness, the odds are that many people around you, perhaps even your doctor, reommended a support group. Reseach has studied the impact support groups have on how well one copes with disease, and it is positive. However, if you have no desire to attend a support group, recognize that it is not... Read more Chevron

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posted 05/11/2008, comments (12)

Amazed at the Dropping of pain patients!!

Dear Dr., When I read your article, I was struck by the horrid way in which you describe some of the ways that the "Pain Doctors" chose to take final care of their patients. Give them a 30 day supply and a goodbye? Treat them like common criminals, and we all know why it is like this; those common criminals really did mess... Read more Chevron

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