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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Can Chronic Pain Feel Surreal

How to help a partner in chronic pain

July 27, 2009
According to research, couples in which a partner deals with chronic pain deal with emotional and financial stress, as well as with problems with communication. Investigators have also found that often the partner who isn't dealing with pain may be invalidating the feelings of a person who is, and this can lead to less intimacy in the relationship. In this article, a reporter talks to experts about research into the ways couples dealing with chronic pain interact, including ways partners can bet... Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Children also Suffer from Chronic Pain
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert

...increase in a child’s sense of well-being.   Chronic pain in children with arthritis stems... Read more »

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September is Pain Awareness Month
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

...Month. Although most people don’t realize it, chronic pain has become a national health... Read more »

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To Exercise or Not to Exercise: The Effects on Chronic Pain
By Dr. Mark Borigini , Health Expert

A person in chronic pain most likely does not want to have exercise on the top of his or her list... Read more »

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Best Book of the Summer
By Tracy Davenport , Health Expert

...condition, and provides some new ways to think about chronic pain and caring for yourself.  ... Read more »

Health Guide

How to Use This Site
Welcome to the ChronicPainConnection! Living with chronic pain can be frightening and isolating. However, you're not alone; various forms of chronic pain—fibromyalgia, back pain and sciatica,... Read more »
Understanding Chronic Pain
...mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} If you are reading this, someone close to you lives with and suffers from chronic pain.  Since pain is invisible, many find it hard to believe that anyone... Read more »
Meet Stacy Stone
...CT scans. There are many websites that deal with surgeries and treatment for people who suffer from chronic pain. However, it is my goal to take it a step further, and help fellow sufferers... Read more »
Fibromyalgia Causes
There is still some disagreement among researchers as to the cause of fibromyalgia.  There is, however, little disagreement that for the majority of patients, its onset is triggered by some form of... Read more »
Alternative Treatments and Scams: How to Tell the Difference
...mind:  If a company or person seems to be taking advantage of your vulnerability and playing on your emotions, it would be wise not to trust their claims.  In the end, when it comes to product... Read more »

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