Karen is in her forties, very active at work and play.  Over the past several years since her husband died, she has had a lot of stress with the loss...

Tim was in pain for as long as he could remember.  His back began hurting years ago and never went away.  He had seen multiple doctors who only prescribed him...

I decided to watch a bit of the Ironman competition the other night.  They began to feature a man named Lew Hollander.  He looked around 65 years old and they...

Chronic pain affects millions and millions of people, many of whom live in silence. It is strange because it kind of creeps up on you. It subtly takes over you...

Could Indian Food Help Fight Pain? Within the cornucopia of medicinal plants, few possess such a wide spectrum of qualities and medicinal uses as turmeric. It has been used to...

Few figures are as iconic and meaningful to American than Sylvester Stallone. He, and others such as Schwarzenegger and Willis, set the standard for manliness through their epic films featuring...

Have you ever taken Tylenol or Advil to help with headaches and those everyday nagging pains? Your doctor will probably never tell you this, but when you take common pain...

Fibromyalgia is not a disease; it’s a “syndrome” which means that is just a collection of symptoms.  The problem is that there may be many different causes of the same...

What is Fibromyalgia? Fibromyalgia is a common syndrome, not a disease, in which people experience long-term, body-wide pain and tender points in joints, muscles, tendons and other soft tissues.  Fibromyalgia...

Everybody handles pain differently.  But for fibromyalgia sufferers, body aches, sore muscles, cramps and tender spots scream a “10” at all hours of the day.  Because the neurotransmitters in the...

It’s gone!  Jeannie was so excited! Within a week, what had started out as painful shingles had just disappeared.  She was pregnant, and since she was already having complications from...