Case managers, how many have you had?
"Soula do you know how many people want to shut their business down and live off the Government payroll?" (!!!!!)
November 24th, 2011
9:00 am
November 24th, 2011
6:33 am
Women’s Health and Research Institute of Australia (WHRIA)
Your symptoms & history indicate that the nerve in the pelvis, the pudendal nerve, may be responsible for all or some of your pain and other symptoms. The pudendal nerve runs from the lower back, then passes between 2 ligaments, then runs along the top of the pelvic floor muscles, then through to the base of the pelvis the pelvis and out to the perineum. Adjacent to the ligaments are muscles: the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) at the front and the obturator and piriformis at the back.
November 24th, 2011
4:29 am
Pain as an Art Form
Mr. Collen said the main goal of the exhibit is to raise awareness about the problem of chronic pain. However, he said he hopes one day to find a sponsor to take the exhibit on tour. “People don’t believe what they can’t see,” Mr. Collen said. “But they see a piece of art an individual created about their pain and everything changes.”
November 24th, 2011
2:59 am
Professor Lorimer Moseley
Who is Lorimer Moseley and what does he do...?
November 24th, 2011
1:22 am
Friends are saviours
A dear friend of mine sent me this card... it made me laugh. I have to agree though, your medication needs to be within reach, no point knocking yourself out to get [...]
November 24th, 2011
12:59 am
My clock
When your signals don't function properly you have to come up with new systems to get through the day. This is one I found very useful, it goes something like this: Don't forget to wee!
November 23rd, 2011
7:18 am
Art and distraction
My creativity has been one of my main coping mechanisms through my chronic pain life. It's the place I go to feel free, release the steam, express my pain, and to get distracted to the point of pain! But it's worth it every time. There isn't a lot I can achieve with my capacity so one drawing, one painting over months, one post on my blog... anything, it's all worth it.
November 21st, 2011
9:23 am
Pain loops, syndromes and an over protective brain
How many definitions for pain signals are out there? It doesn't stop and I have to be really honest here, it all sounds like hogwash for a person who was unstoppable and prior to her injury had the stamina of a bull (as a friend once described me).
November 21st, 2011
8:00 am
David Butler and Lorimer Moseley discuss the first five years of Explain Pain
Explain Pain has been a huge stepping stone for patients and clinicians - not only in understanding pain but being able to communicate the concepts to others. Over 5 years on, and the book is still unprecedented in its layout, descriptive illustrations and incredible bank of information. Backed entirely by scientific evidence, Explain Pain is a recommended text at many universities but also read and enjoyed by everyday people in pain.
November 21st, 2011
7:28 am
Anatomical images
I've always been curious and I wanted to understand and visualise my area of pain but for 4.5 years that wasn't possible as I was never diagnosed accurately and didn't have the visual reference in my head either. From my yoga practice I remember sending the breath to different areas of my body and it was not only relaxing, but it I felt I was sending great energy to that area... sort of loosening it up, relaxing, letting go. I wanted to get back to that after diagnosis and I found this brilliant resource to help me do just that.