Why keep a pain diary?
With the new year just around the corner, now might be as good a time as any for chronic pain sufferers to start keeping a pain diary. Pain is…
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Ashley Villarruel
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Sleep Hygiene: The Importance of a Good Night’s Sleep
Sleep hygiene is the combination of sleep environmental and behavioral practices that you can take part in to help promote a better quality and more restful sleep. Sleep is…
Yoga and Chronic Pain: Breathing, Movement, Perspective
Yoga is an ancient practice that involves purposeful movements, mindfulness, and mental and physical awareness. Yoga is an art, taking time and patience to perfect. However, those who dedicate…
Folic Acid: Functions and Benefits for Health
Folic acid and folate are both B vitamins. Folate occurs naturally in certain foods that we eat. Most common foods that are high in folate include dark, leafy greens,…
Biofeedback: Mind Over Matter
Our bodies are very complex machines. We function at different levels: voluntary, and involuntary. Voluntary functions are actions and movements that we control. We can decide to climb up…
Pilates for Lower Back Pain
Sunshine gives a natural and easy routine for those suffering from lower back pain. Doctor recommended and Physical Therapy approved, this routine can help recover from injuries and a weak…
How Diet Can Relieve Your Pain
For the most part, those of us who are dealing with chronic pain have taken or heard of the necessary treatment measures. What you may not know is that…
Stretches for Sciatic Pain
Sciatica refers to the pain that follows through the path of the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve runs from the lower back, through the pelvic region into the hips,…
A Warrior’s Creed , Anonymous Samurai Song
I have no parents: I make the heaven and earth my parents. I have no home: I make awareness my home. I have no life and death: I make the…
Stretching and strengthening exercises for neck pain
You may be surprised to learn that the vast majority of people suffer with neck pain to some degree. Although common, chronic neck pain can be debilitating, having a…