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Traveling? Add ‘stop, think, stretch’ to your itinerary

Posted on July 15, 2019July 12, 2023 by Michele Rogers

According to the National Institutes of Health, pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined and pain is cited as the most common reason Americans access the health care system. Debilitating, disabling pain leaves you unable to work, to go out with friends or to conduct your daily activities. But what about […]

The vicious cycle between pain and depression

Posted on July 11, 2019March 10, 2023 by Benjamin Seeman

There is a well-documented link between pain and depression that can make both of them harder to treat if they’re not dealt with quickly. Pain causes depression and depression causes pain in a vicious cycle that can get worse over time. Pain causes depression It’s not hard to see how pain causes depression. Being in […]

Fibromyalgia: examining invisible pain

Posted on July 11, 2019July 11, 2019 by Benjamin Seeman

Fibromyalgia is a poorly understood pain disorder, which makes it difficult and frustrating to treat. Fibromyalgia falls under a group of disorders known as Central Sensitization Syndromes. This means that while the pain itself is felt in the musculoskeletal system, the primary issue seems to be in the nervous system. This explains why the pain […]