One of the biggest hurdles with chronic pain is that our bodies store memories of previous pain, which make us hyper-sensitive to future sensations, like pain. One extreme example of this is phantom-limb pain – where a person feels current pain in a limb that has previously been amputated as if it had never been [...]

Recently the National Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Association (NFMCPA) released their inaugural issue of their magazine, Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain LIFE. I was so excited to check it out since I used to enjoy and rely on Fibromyalgia Aware, the magazine that the National Fibromyalgia Association used to publish. I think it is important for [...]

Last month I attended a half-day conference about arthritis and chronic illness, put on by the Arthritis Foundation. Before the event got started there were information booths covering everything from gout to magazines. Dr. Stanford Peng started off the presentations by discussing arthritis research, in great detail. He covered the types of arthritis, medicines and [...]

THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED I recently read Breaking Thru the Fibro Fog: Scientific Proof Fibromyalgia is Real by Dr. Kevin P. White. This book does a great job of explaining what fibromyalgia is, its history, changes within the body of someone with fibromyalgia and common misconceptions. I would highly suggest reading this book if you’re [...]