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Meet Karen Lee Richards
I’m pleased to be joining the ChronicPainConnection team. Although I’ll be writing on a number of chronic pain topics, my primary focus will be fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (aka myalgic encephalopathy). I’ve been working as a patient advocate and writing about these illnesses since 1997. However, my interest in FM and ME/CFS is much more than just a professional one. I’ve also lived with primary FM and secondary ME/CFS since 1989. (If you’d like to k...
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Chronic Pain Damages Brain
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...have discovered a clue that may help explain why chronic pain patients also often suffer with... Read more »
The Most Powerful Pain Reliever Revealed
By Christina Lasich, MD , Health ExpertWhat is the most powerful pain reliever? Morphine? Oxycontin? Fentanyl? Oxymorphone? Methadone?... Read more »
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Share About Your Experience with Chronic Pain
...individuals like you are willing and eager to share their experience--and expertise--with others coping with chronic pain. Whether you are experiencing chronic pain yourself, or you've cared for a... Read more »How to Use This Site
Welcome to Chronic Pain Connections. Weve designed Chronic Pain Connections around three main areas to make it easier for you to navigate: finding the information you need; managing your... Read more »Gout: Causes
...years, 93% of the patients reported repeat attacks.Symptoms of Chronic Tophaceous GoutDevelopment of Chronic Pain. When gout remains untreated, the intercritical periods typically become shorter... Read more »Back Pain and Sciatica: Exercise and Physical Therapy
...exercises specifically designed to retrain these muscles may be effective for patients with both acute and chronic pain.Specific Exercises for Low Back StrengthPerform the following exercises at... Read more »Vasectomy and Vasovasostomy: Surgery
...lower complication and failure rates than the closed-ended method, and it results in fewer cases of chronic pain.After closing off the tube, the vas deferens is gently placed back into the... Read more »Images
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