Juggling a career—and social life, family, and the demands of fibromyalgia–can be challenging. Find the help you need from Jenni Prokopy—a woman living with the chronic, widespread pain and fatigue of fibromyalgia. Watch the video…
The Relationship Between Fibromyalgia and Weight Gain
Unfortunately, it’s easy for chronic pain patients to gain weight. Chronic pain patients are often in too much pain to get up and cook a healthy meal or exercise, so the pounds can add up…
Fibromyalgia: 5 Tips for Traveling Like a Pro
For 5 simple ideas for traveling well in spite of pain, a woman living with the pain and exhaustion of fibromyalgia. Despite her condition, Jenni needs to travel many times throughout the year and, in…
Headaches After Exercise
Exercise is extremely vital to our health. It keeps our hearts healthy, lowers our risk of diseases, and can even release pain-relieving endorphins that can help patients suffering from chronic pain. However, instead of feeling…
Nerve Block Technique Might Help Chronic Back Pain
A procedure that uses radio waves to treat chronic low back pain provided long-lasting relief to a small group of patients, researchers report. Called intradiscal biacuplasty (IDB), the procedure uses two water-cooled needles to blast…
What is a Quell Device?
Chronicillness.co Site of United States values innovation, so when a new FDA-approved device comes out, we want our patients to be the first to learn about the possible benefits. You may have heard of a…
9 Questions to Ask About Postsurgical Pain Management
One of the best ways to ease anxiety about a major event, like surgery, is to plan ahead. Conversations about postsurgical pain management need to happen before your procedure, so you can focus on your…
Swimming for Degenerative Disc Disease Pain
As summer approaches, more families are heading to the pool to cool off. It is also a time when many who suffer from a wide range of pain conditions take advantage of the pool to…
Don’t Wake Mom Today
This Mother’s Day, take pity on the woman who cooks, cleans, shops, fusses and worries over you. Before you overwhelm her with breakfast in bed, let her sleep in. It’s no secret that women are…
Why Do We Feel Pain?
When you drop something on your foot or slam your finger in a drawer, you know that pain will usually follow. Did you ever wonder why you feel that pain? Feeling pain in response to an injury…