It doesn’t happen very often, but every once in a while, the day breaks to find us…well, okay, not pain-free exactly, but with minimal pain and stiffness. Don’t you dare waste that day…get out there and live! Some of the best advice I ever got was from a drunken Englishman, who was trying to talk [...]
Entries from March 2010
Life with Arthritis
March 31st, 2010 · Comments Off
Tags: · bad days, flares, good days
Measuring & Treating Pain
March 10th, 2010 · Comments Off
Pain is what the patient says it is, but treating pain effectively, requires a number of key aspects to be taken into account. Feedback from pain sufferers is essential to help healthcare professionals configure the best treatment. Because pain is relative to the individual it does not lend itself to easy or accurate measurement. This [...]
Tags: · interpretation of the pain, pain relief, perceive pain