Pain, in addition to causing physical distress, can cause significant emotional distress, making you mighty cranky, depressed, stressed and anxious. It can turn an ordinary day into a minute-by-minute challenge and shadow you into a sleepless night. While pain sufferers may not concur on just one type of treatment, there is one thing they all agree on: Chronic pain impacts their quality of life in a big way. It’s no wonder mankind has spent centuries searching for ways to alleviate pain — it’s a very common ailment, sadly. According to the American Academy of Pain Medicine, it { Read More }
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
Pain has an annoying way on creeping up on you…and if you’re not careful, in time it can take over your life. Like a houseguest who loves your hospitality a bit too much, once you’ve got it, it can be a challenge to get it to pack up and leave. Thankfully, there are things you can do to prevent pain from moving into your body and settling down into your sacred space, draining you of time and energy. Practice some prevention and close the door on pain with these strategies. Incorporate massage into your daily routine.What, you don’t have your own personal on-call masseuse available 24/7? Oh { Read More }
Five Little Changes, Five-Plus Big Results
Most of the time, we go about our days routinely and with little thought; we wake up, brush our teeth, pour ourselves some coffee or tea, eat breakfast (or not) and head off to work (or play). Wash, rinse and repeat. Sure, having a morning routine – or any routine for that matter – is an essential part of living a healthy life. But, did you ever stop to re-examine those everyday habits? You may ask: Why fix it if it ain’t broke? Good reason: A few conscious changes to your routine can reap really big health benefits. Here are small tweaks or add-ons to consider the next time you’re looking to kick { Read More }