Article: Struggling to control chronic pain

Article: Chronic Pain and Occupation: An Exploration of the ...
The American Journal of Occupational Therapy;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... research on the relationship between chronic pain and occupation. This phenomenological ... experiences of people who have chronic pain. METHOD. Via demographic questionnaires ... analysis yielded one main theme: "Chronic Pain Is Life Changing." The following ...

Article: Chronic pain - assessment of orthopedic physical ...
Physical Therapy;  March 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... to treating patients with benign chronic pain secondary to orthopedic disorders. We define benign chronic pain as pain of greater than 6 months ... malignancy. Patients with benign chronic pain are frequently seen in orthopedic ...

Article: Preventing Chronic Pain After Surgery: Who, How, ...
Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... attempt to reduce the incidence of chronic pain after surgery. The current study ... that patients who go on to develop chronic pain after surgery report greater pain ... after surgery and the incidence of chronic pain. It is tempting to speculate that ...

Article: Chronic pain and intimacy in the relationships of ...
Generations;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Chronic pain significantly challenges all aspects ... life. When treating older adults with chronic pain, most professionals focus on alleviating ... pain than its physical manifestations. Chronic pain significantly challenges all aspects ...

Article: Chronic pain: nursing diagnosis or ...
Nursing Diagnosis;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... nursing diagnoses that represents a chronic pain syndrome. METHODS. The nursing ... and 46 nononcologic patients with chronic pain were submitted to univariate and ... accepted as possible components of chronic pain syndrome. FINDINGS. The possible ...

Article: Chronic Pain Up Almost 40 Percent Among U.S. ...
PR Newswire;  January 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... PRNewswire/ -- Persistent, chronic pain has risen dramatically among full ... McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. "Chronic pain appears to be increasing in prevalence ... survey indicates that employees with chronic pain must become their own advocates ...

Article: Managing chronic pain
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  July 25, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... with her doctor. When you have chronic pain, as she does, you keep trying ... even then. Forty years later, chronic pain is just one aspect of the woman ... to live with pain. The American Chronic Pain Association says people in the ...