How to Sleigh Your Holiday Chronic Pain
Living with chronic pain can often be the most debilitating during our busiest times. Unfortunately, the holidays are no exception. Here are some personal and proven tips to help you get through this holiday...
Pain Resource Holiday Gift Ideas for Chronic Pain 2019
The holidays are here and if you’re anything like me, you haven’t even started shopping yet! Living with chronic pain and an autoimmune disorder takes up a lot of my energy, but I still...
How to Feel Grateful During the Holidays with Chronic Pain
With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching and the holiday season kicking off, it can be common to see people practicing gratitude. However, finding gratitude is easier said than done when you live with chronic pain. My first...
2019 Fitness Trends + 4 Amazing End of Year Workouts
The end of 2018 is here, as are tons of sweets, treats, and reasons to celebrate. But instead of indulging, take this time of year to promise yourself a fresh start health-wise! There are...
Try These 3 New Year’s Resolutions for Chronic Pain
You made it through the winter holiday season. Congratulations! We hope Santa filled your stocking with thoughtful gifts, gadgets, gizmos and plenty of holiday cheer. Now it’s time to mentally prepare for a brand...
It’s a Family Holiday Affair: Joint-Friendly Fitness Ideas
Let’s face it: most of us don’t plan our holiday family activities around working out. Some of us might have the fleeting thought that since we are on vacation, we will have more time...
Don’t Be Grinch-y: Asking for Holiday Help with Chronic Pain
As a chronic pain sufferer, the holidays can seem more fretful than festive. A few days ago, I wrote about coping with holiday stress with chronic pain. The two go hand-in-hand most of the...
7 Tips to Kick-Start Your Post-Holiday Detox
The holidays and the upcoming new year are great opportunities to practice gratitude and enjoy quality time with the ones we love. But they're also opportunities that invite us to overindulge in sweets and...
Tips for Managing Holiday Stress with Chronic Pain
‘Twas weeks before Christmas, and your achy body feels the pressures. Shopping, parties, family visits and emotional holiday stressors. There’s no denying the holiday season can be hard on the body and soul. Managing holiday...
Your Guide to Health Goals for the New Year
It’s hard to believe, but there is less than a month left of 2018. Rather than chastising yourself over health goals for the new year that you may have missed the mark on, you may find...
10 Holiday Gifts for Those with Chronic Pain
Holiday shopping season is in full swing, and the lists continue to grow: to-do lists, gift lists and wish lists. It can be challenging to come up with meaningful gifts for your loved ones....
9 Ways to Ease Seasonal Depression Symptoms
With the holidays and colder months, you might find yourself feeling more anxious and/or depressed. The days grow darker and colder, something that likely prompts you to consider how you can better prepare for...
Here’s How to Enjoy a Pain-Free Holiday Vacation
Taking a vacation goes a long way toward refreshing and resetting our bodies and minds. But when you live with chronic pain, jockeying for a spot at the beach or squeezing onto another overbooked...
Give Back to Your Health and Your Community for Giving Tuesday
Distraction is a powerful tool in managing chronic pain. Living in constant pain might also make you more empathetic to the struggles of others, and volunteering can prove to be a useful way to both...
Navigating Your Holiday Shopping with Chronic Pain
The holidays are upon us (whether we're ready for them or not). You're surely looking forward to celebrating with the fabulous four Fs: food, fun, family time and Friday - Black Friday, that is....
Cultivating Gratitude While Facing Chronic Pain
Are you grateful for your life? Are you grateful for the things you've been given? Does that include your chronic pain, chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia? What about your other invisible illnesses? I am. This...
Boo-tacular Hacks: Halloween and Chronic Pain
Enchanting and festive to some and downright ghoulish to others, Halloween is that spooktacular time of year when we can dress up as someone else and revel in sweet treats. But if you live...
Cast a Spell With Spooktacularly Healthy Halloween Treats
It's Halloween - that time of year known for dressing up, enjoying cooler temps and of course tricking or treating for a few sugar rushes. If you're trying to make healthier choices, you may...
Here’s How You Can Enjoy the Holidays with Chronic Pain
The holidays are meant to be enjoyed by all of us. If you’re someone who is living with chronic pain, you’re likely worried about feeling left out of seasonal group activities. But worry not:...
Holiday Season Tips: Traveling With Chronic Pain
Holiday season is almost on us. It's an exciting time, but traveling with chronic pain can be less than exciting to say the least. Living with conditions such as arthritis, fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel syndrome, sciatica, stomach...
