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50 Shades of Pain – My intimate love-hate relationship with pain
Part 1: Introductions In a way, I was not really surprised that I ended up in a long term, intense, and intimate relationship with pain. Given my unhealthy appetite for risk, I kind of expected it. However, I always thought we will meet in some exciting and exotic...
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Can I Really Help My Pain Without Medications
You don’t always have to pop a pill when dealing with pain
read moreRobotizing my arm to fight off chronic pain
I am 44, a father of 4, and 4 years ago I had a motorcycle accident that left me with a mostly paralyzed right arm, as well as strong 24/7 chronic pain. I recently posted about my journey in life with chronic pain, and how I ended up co-founding lab39 — a start-up on the mission of improving care for chronic pain sufferers. This post is about yet another more recent path I took, as part of my journey to use technology for improving my condition, and that of other like me.
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Keep Them Calm To Manage Their Pain
Non-pharmacological options can successfully relieve sensation and frequency of pain.
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It’s all about the blue lights – screen time before bed is associated with poor sleep
We spend most of our time staring at screens at work, home, wherever we are. But you may not realize, but display screens of electronic notebooks, computers, smartphones, and other digital devices emit a significant amount of blue light. That blue light from staring...
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What We Know About Sleep and The Major Takeaways
General Facts and Major Takeaways About Sleep Introduction Sleep is always an essential element of a healthy living. We all require enough sleep in order to function well in during the day. Basically, scientific research has shown that we spend a third of our entire...
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Devices Helping Pain Doctors to Track the outcomes
Pain, an unpleasant sensation that ranges in intensity from mild to severe, affects everyone at some point or another. Pain can be either acute or chronic and its causes are numerous. Treatment of many health conditions is geared towards management of symptoms and...
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How Pain Doctors Check the Effectiveness of the Treatment Plan
Pain is a multidimensional experience. It’s not just a physical sensation, but an emotional response too. However, it can be difficult to explain pain because all patients experience it differently. What every health professional wants is to understand patient’s pain in order to assess the efficacy of the treatment and adjust the given therapy.
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