Tag: Yoga
Fibro Feelings – Celebrating the New Year
What is Fibro Feelings? I hope everyone had a wonderful new year! My friend had an intimate cocktail party, which was perfect for how I was feeling! We even got to see fireworks from their balcony. The big news of 2012 for me has been that I don’t have a labral tear! I’m a tiny [...]
Posted: January 5th, 2012 under Fibro Feelings.
Tags: Cleaning, Hip, Orthopedist, Pain, Yoga
Comments: 8
Fibro Feelings – Christmas is Coming…
What is Fibro Feelings? You know the song, right? Yesterday morning I had a Starbucks “date” with someone I’d met earlier this year. During our conversation, I had my first peppermint mocha of the season – in a red, holiday cup, of course! I had only gotten a few hours of sleep the night before [...]
Posted: December 15th, 2011 under Fibro Feelings.
Tags: Back, Caffeine, Christmas, Flu, Hip, Meditation, Vaccine, Yoga
Comments: 4
Managing Pain by Decreasing Stress
Guest post by Dr. Ramoun D. Jones, MD Fibromyalgia affects nearly 2% of the entire U.S. population, roughly 6 million people, the majority of those affected being women. Arizona pain doctors, like myself, spend countless hours treating mothers, sisters, wives and daughters who have lived with this condition for the better part of their lives, [...]
Posted: September 6th, 2011 under Exercise, Treatments.
Tags: Cortisol, exer, Pain, Stress, The Pain Center, Therapy, Yoga
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Can Intimacy & Chronic Pain Coexist?
YES!! Like many things with chronic pain, it may not be as easy as we’d like, but it certainly can coexist. Recently Arthritis Today had an article by Anne Krueger entitled, Rekindle your Love Life. The article states that, “dozens of studies reveal that a healthy love life reduces stress, releases fell-good endorphins and helps [...]
Posted: March 21st, 2011 under Living with Fibro.
Tags: Arthritis Foundation, Fatigue, Guilt, Intimacy, Love, Pain, Relationships, Research, Sex, Therapy, Yoga
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