Last February I reported an update from Join Together that I interpret as the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) planning...
I was speaking with someone today that shared what his sponsor told him about pain management in recovery. As most people...
At many of my pain management trainings I ask my audiences three questions to keep in mind as we go through the taining. ...
Relationship between chronic pain and PTSD While chronic pain and PTSD are conditions that may occur together, their...
Below are five classifications of nonpharmacological (non-medication) ways that people have learned to implement in order to...
Coping with chronic pain is a difficult struggle that requires a lifestyle management approach focused on caring for both...
Over the years one problem common to most of my patients with chronic pain is they have problems sleeping. For some it is...
According to research published in Pain Physician Journal as recently as 2006, 90 percent of people in the US receiving...
An anxiety disorder and a co-occurring chronic pain condition can make a person’s health more difficult to treat. But a...
The Addiction Free Pain Management® (APM) System provides a way to deal with the problem of chronic pain and co-existing...
All over the planet people living with chronic pain are not receiving timely and appropriate treatment interventions for...
You see it in the media all the time now—the “evils” of smoking. If you review research from credible sources e.g.,...
Many people in any type of recovery process know that recovery is an inside job. We also learn early in recovery that in...
The main reason APM™ coaching works is that you’re hiring someone with greater experience than you in pain management...
When you experience a bad pain day your TFUARs (thinking, feelings, urges, actions, and reactions of others) often change....
In 1996 I conducted research to begin developing the first clinical skills training for Addiction Free Pain Management®. ...
A depressed individual can be emotionally withdrawn, isolated, lethargic, self-critical and, sometimes, suicidal. If you...
There has been a tremendous amount of controversy about the use of narcotics (also referred to as opiates) for long-term...
I want to discuss something I had to resolve for myself early on in my own recovery because for a time I was suffering with...
In my work with patients or during trainings I conduct I often run into some controversial and challenging concerns. One...
Although in most cases, anxiety about pain is more likely in acute pain stage while depression prevails in the chronic pain...
A surprising consequence of neuroplasticity is that the brain activity associated with a given function can move to a...
The Three Parts of Pain Biological: A signal that something is going wrong with your body Psychological: The meaning...
Many people living with chronic pain really don’t understand as much about their pain as they need to. That is why one of...
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