The San Diego Pain Summit is still swirling around in my head, an unreal amount of thoughts and ideas associated with all I learned, was exposed to, and talked about there, that it’s hard to even know where to start. I have roughly 4 draft posts in the wings right now because there’s too many directions I want to go →
This past weekend I attended the first annual San Diego Pain Summit and I can’t even begin to put into a cohesive string of words all that I am thinking, nor can I come close to formulating into a single blog post all that I learned during the course of three days of thought-provoking presentations from a stellar line-up of speakers. On top →
After my flare at the end of last year (which I talk about a bit here), and the months of getting through it, I started reading a book on pain called Pain: The Science of Suffering, by Patrick Wall, the guy who literally co-wrote the textbook on pain. I took my time, just recently finishing it, and figured I’d share some of →
Are you getting enough sleep? Do you feel rested in the morning? Energetic? Ready to tackle the day? This time of year things can get busy and good sleep can be one of the first things to suffer in the name of getting shit done or thinking about all the shit that needs to get done or attending holiday parties →
There are a number of things I’ve been wanting to write about but I always have trouble knowing where to start (I have a tendency to want to give you guys EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE). So I’m going to start chipping away at them in small doses, starting with some clarification on what pain is and what it isn’t. Today →
Do you love the greening that spring brings, the color jumping back into the world after a winter of white and gray? Or have you ever been walking down a busy city sidewalk and spied a bit of green that lifted your spirits and made your day (or at least the moment!)? Have you ever been stuck indoors and longed to →
Movement is powerful, not simply as a means of locomoting from one place to another but rather as a means to keep our bodies and minds functioning at optimal levels. When we sit all day long, our bodies and minds become stagnant. You’ve seen stagnant ponds, right? Stagnant = no good. But when we break up our sitting bouts with →
This complete breath exercise is my second post on breathing , if you missed the first one head over there for a good place to start if your new to breathing exercises. Or if you want to dive right in – go right ahead Complete breath…. Oftentimes the breaths we take aren’t complete. We’re not fully inflating our lungs and →
Here is the third installment of my favorite Facebook posts from the last week (ok, I was a bit late with this one so it’s the last week+) in the world of wellness. To start us off, some thoughts on health and wellness I just started a new quarter at school and one of the discussion topics this week is →
Changed the name a bit but idea is the same…. Here’s my favorite Facebook posts from the past week in one convenient place for you to scroll through and see what interests you! I’m trying to find the best of the web in the world of health and happiness and bring them to you here in a way that may →
Have you tried meditation? It’s something I am going to try daily, for just 5 minutes (to start!), to help with my hip pain. Also, I am striving to be more mindful and I think meditation will be a great way to improve my ability to be more present in the moment, more present with my friends and families, and →
We all feel stress at times; the stress of work, of a hectic schedule, of finances, of testy relationships, of health concerns, of pain. And for many people, the stress can seem almost constant. While some stress is good, this excessive stress can affect our health, our relationships, our mental state of being, our happiness. So how can we let go →
We all get stressed out from time to time. Some of us feel stressed out ALL the time. But do we all stress out the same? Obviously not. Not only do individuals stress out differently, there appears to be some significant differences between how men and women respond to stress that may explain a few things. But even though we →