Chronic distal symmetrical polyneuropathy is a common long-term complication of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.1 In addition, it is estimated that 15–20% of […]
Read more →For many of our patients, chronic pain is a chronic stress. Unfortunately, the resulting ongoing physiological stress reaction can have neurotoxic influences in key brain […]
Read more →Of the approximately 700,000 military personnel deployed to the Persian Gulf in 1991 and 1992, at least ¼ have reported negative health consequences, including musculoskeletal […]
Read more →Patients with a history of trauma are at an increased risk of developing chronic pain.1 The dysregulation of inflammatory responses due to early life stress […]
Read more →Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP) present a higher economic burden to society and insurance payers than those without CLBP.1 This is largely due […]
Read more →In a recent review article, Nijs and colleagues examine the role of chronic or severe stress and sleep disturbance in promoting aberrant glial activity which, […]
Read more →How can mindfulness help people in pain? I describe my experience in an article, Mindful Awareness Training: A promising treatment approach for persistent pain, recently […]
Read more →Patients with chronic insomnia are thought to suffer hyperarousal and experience mind-racing and rumination when trying to fall asleep. Training in mindful awareness is hypothesized […]
Read more →In a study by Andrsik and colleagues, patients with a history of migraine headache for at least 10 years and overuse of triptans and NSAIDS for […]
Read more →A qualitative study by Doran examined how a mindfulness-based therapy impacted perceptions and management of chronic back pain in 16 individuals with a pain duration […]
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