HOW TO AVOID OR IMPROVE CHRONIC PAIN
WHERE IS YOUR PAIN?
Click on that area of your body. A lot of the common causes responsible are included under a common site affected.
WHAT WILL YOU FIND HERE?
There is information to help you assess yourself,in partnership with your health professional. There is material to help you understand the diagnosis, so that you can better assess management advice your are given.
There are instructions for self help and when to get professional help.
This google search tool will show google search results rather than directly to the page you want. The navigation buttons on the left, and the text links at the foot of this page, are to the first pages on each area of your body.
Or Click Here to Search This Site Using SiteLevel
HOW CAN THIS INFORMATION HELP YOU?
Chronic pain sometimes develops because of persisting tissue damage, and sometimes because early response was not appropriate or adequate. Some of the information on this site is to forestall this unfortunate development.
A number of vicious (self perpetuating) cycles can be involved in this. Muscles become tight,then sore from overuse. As with most parts of our body, nociceptive mechanisms (our pain brain) can get better at doing their job with continued practice. We get disabled, which causes emotional distress and this aggravates our discomfort.
We can interrupt all of these cycles, and benefit greatly.
Hurt is not the same as harm. It often gives us warning in time to prevent impending harm, and helps us avoid future harm by the "once bitten twice shy" technique.
Despite this, in a lot of situations no harm is being done - and avoiding the discomfort may be causing harm. We can become unfit, stiff and end up with more discomfort as a result. Our mental state can be badly affected too, as we become more timid and avoid activities we could still enjoy despite the discomfort.
The way we are from day to day, feels "normal" to us. People often have no idea they have chronically tense muscles. Healthy fitness includes flexibility, strength and cardiovascular fitness, but flexibility is needed before we can optimize the other aspects.
I have emphasized attainment of flexibility by stretching, but this is not the only path to that end.
"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."
RECORDING IN A DIARY, MEASURING FOR FUTURE COMPARISONS
In long haul situations, memory can become unreliable, modified by emotional turmoil. We whitewash memories to survive and function.
Recording activities and corresponding pain levels, may allow one to later "see the wood for the trees." Fold each page over so you don't reread your entries - try to make each a fresh assessment.
THE LINKS BELOW ARE TO THE FIRST PAGE FOR EACH AREA OF YOUR BODY.
About the author, Dr. James Rose mbbs fracgp
This is about getting on my soap box, and teaching stuff I know works.
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contact and disclaimer page
contact and disclaimer page for holistic doc pain support.com
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coronary artery disease information and advice
Your first steps in sorting out different chest pain causes including coronary artery disease. The urgency of your need for medical attention is addressed.
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Your abdominal pain diagnosis from details of your history
Your first step in sorting out your abdominal pain diagnosis, is to look for connections which may point to specific causes.
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Is your knee pain in your knee but coming from somewhere else
knee pain is commonly referred from thigh and pelvic girdle muscle spasm. Self examination to distinguish this from knee arthritis, is described.
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vascular headache distinguished from tension headache by self examination
Migaine is a vascular headache, mostly involving the superficial temporal artery. Occluding this artery with finger can stop your pain.
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neck pain is a metaphor for disagreeable anything, for good reason - tension.
Neck pain can respond well to stretching exercises, plus attention to the teeth, jaw and tension, even if you have cervical spondylosis on x-rays.
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Our shoulder joint is designed for long distance grabbing to prevent starvation.
To understand your shoulder joint problems, requires a good working knowledge of the anatomy here.
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Upper back pain is to do with “posture,posture,posture.”
Your upper back pain may be referred from your neck, or due to poor workplace ergonomics.
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Your Achilles heel pain pulling you up in your tracks?
Therre are three common reasons for heel pain. You can check these out by noting where you are tender.
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lumbar spine, lower back exercises are about core stability
Notes on lumbar spine pain - functional anatomy, characteristics of some of the conditions responsible for this scourge of being upright.
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Pain depression, anger and low self esteem - a nasty bit of work.
Pain depression, worse pain, worse depression - one of a number of vicious cycles in chronic pain. Helping break these is the motivation for this site.
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Shingles pain starts before and can continue long after , the rash
Shingles pain is an example of neuropathic pain, due to damage to the nerves themselves, here from reactivation of latent VZ virus infection in the nerve.
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Our sacroiliac joint, suspended in our pelvic girdle, solid and safe - mostly.
The large sacroiliac joints have very limited movement anytime, and most of what goes wrong reduces this further.
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Sorry for using incomprehensible vocabulary on this site.
This pain word index is to try to make up for all the technical terms on these pages.
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Fibromyalgia pain is widespread, intractable and responds to graded exercises.
With fibromyalgia pain, you're painfull and tender just about everywhere you push on yourself. You've got work to do on yourself.
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Hand pain and numbness, carpal tunnel, forearm or neck?
Wrist, thumb and hand pain and numbness - disabling, but readily sorted out and amenable to effective treatment.
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Mouth pain from stomatitis, gingivitis, aphthous ulcers -many causes.
Mouth pain is more likely to be caused by antibiotic treatment , than a throat infection.
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The elbow pain anachronism - It's just not cricket, tennis or golf.
Elbow pain is a mixture of enthesopathy and referred phenomena, not epicondylitis, seldom elbow arthritis.
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Ear pain when an earache isn't an ear ache, and when it is just that
You've ear pain, but your doctor says the ear's OK. Your child always has earaches. Here's information that may help.
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Pelvic pain misery - unnecessary, don't put up with it
Pelvic pain diagnosis often requires both a gynaecologist and ultrasound specialist with particular interest in this area.
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Limb pain - a compilation or maybe a compendium, of causes
General limb pain by cause, starting with lymphoedema
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Our links page for you to peruse, with thanks.
Other useful sites, including my sister's drawing classes
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