pain

Mardy's note:  I'm copying this from the original Fibromyalgia Awareness Day 2010 Forum about two months after the 'big day' and tweeking the original title just a bit (to formalize it a bit more), because I wanted it to be easily found on Lumigrate.com (and I also copied it to Deirdre Rawlings Forum, as she was kind enough to do the interview while our podcasting studio was being constructed (and naturally behind schedule).  When Deirdre and I batted the idea around of what to do for this collaboration, I wanted it to seem very informal and appealing to the public with fibro  read more »

Head injury correlates with whiplash (cervical neck injury). Some studies that have shown a correlation with increased permanent fibromyalgia (tenfold increase in older studies).  A recent study I read did not find the same correlation, however.  read more »

One of the things I was not prepared for at all in my occupational therapy training at a major University heralded as being one of the top three in the country at the time, was wheelchair positioning.  See, PTs used to do that but when it became a money/productivity loser, it got shuffled off to the lower totem pole people called 'occupational therapists'.  PTs are supposed to decide what mobility device someone has and OTs are supposed to reinforce that training in the application to all the things that occupy time in a person's day ...  read more »

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Hello and thank you for your interest in me and what I spealize in, which is the treatment of chronic pain and addictive disorders.  I have treated numerous pain conditions to include, but are not limited to,  read more »

I copied this from a blog post I made in the summer of 2009 so that it would be easily 'findable' here in this new Forum area --- as Lumigrate has grown we're shifting and growing where the needs are presented.  Please remember the "print" and "e-mail" buttons, below, are great tools for you to be able to share things with people YOU might want to turn onto information!  Thanks so much ~~ Mardy

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I was priviledged to be invited to present at the same kickoff konference with Kesta related to a chronic pain educational documentary film series, and it was a highly read blog which I wanted to be sure people who were reading in this Forum area would see... so here it is!  And please remember that the little buttons at the bottom of this screen that say "print" and 'e-mail' are wonderful tools for YOU to be a liaison for Lumigrate and fibromyalgia education! ~~ Mardy

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"Doctors train patients to take pills for all their needs.  Doctors are trained to do this.  But in the end, the meds are more problem than the pain."  Dr.  read more »

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