Depression in The Elderly
For people across the globe, depression can be a difficult subject to discuss. It is also a difficult reality to accept. People who struggle with depression can often be…
Chronic Pain
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The Three Pillars of Arthritis
Senior citizens across the globe suffer from arthritis pain. That being said, you would think that the facts would be much clearer to the general public. There are many myths…
Pain Can’t Be Treated Without Treating the Whole Person
Chronic Pain is the worst unseen enemy we can encounter. It implicates every single facet of a person’s life. Once settled, it does not leave the patient alone. Where ever…
Being Healthy Is Different From The Absence Of Disease
Oxford dictionary describes HEALTH as a person’s condition in absence of disease and injury. However, not every person without disease or injury can be considered healthy. There are so many…
Your Posture Affects Your Health
One of the most important ways of helping our health is by keeping a good posture. But why? Our body is a very refine machine with different organs and systems…
This May Become Your Last Sleep, Mixing Strong Pain Medication and Sleeping Pills Can Kill You
Pain medications in high doses suppress breathing. Many chronic pain patients on chronic opioid therapy (using narcotic medications on long term) tend to develop sleep apnea. This is a condition…
This Is Not Right. We Have To Start Listening To People In Pain, 1/3 Of Canadians!!
One third of Canadians suffer from CHRONIC PAIN and we better start listening to them. The rest of the world is not any better either. Millions of people are suffering…
Chronic Pain: A Factor in Senior Citizen’s Quality of Life
Chronic pain is a condition that can affect patients at any age. However, elderly patients with chronic pain are increasing in number. All of us go through the wear and…
What Is Arthritis? Why Does Arthritis Hurt?
The word: Arthritis means inflammation of joint. But Arthritis is a name that we put on a spectrum of diseases. We can divide Arthritis into a few groups to better…
CONQUERING PAIN
Canadian Pain Coalition is a group made up by pain patients for pain patients. This video is provided by their website to help pain patients conquer their pain. http://www.canadianpaincoalition.ca/index.php/en/help-centre/conquering-pain/conquering-pain-video