Our program met every two weeks for two hours. Each session had a particular agenda: for sessions 2 – 14, a new relaxation technique would be taught, group members would check in, a medical topic would be covered and/or a therapeutic principle would be introduced, there would be a group medical visit with a topic [...]
Mindful Eating with a Raisin Check-in: Introductions Name What kind of pain diagnoses What you are hoping for from these groups (or if you feel coerced and are hoping they will end so you can get back to just getting your scrips) Meanings of Pain Exercise – physical symptoms, feelings and thoughts, and activities affected [...]
Eating mindfully means becoming aware of the eating process itself. Often, we eat mindlessly, while talking, watching television, driving, and so on. When our mind is tuned out during mealtime, the digestive process may be 30% to 40% less effective. When we eat on the run or while thinking about other things, we are often [...]
For general research: Google Scholar – weeds out all the commercial sites and gives you only research articles These websites are helpful for evaluating alternative cancer therapies: http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/cancer1/altthrpy.htm#AHCC http://www.cancure.org/choiceoftherapy.htm http://cancerguide.org/alternative.html http://www.quackwatch.org/ http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/CIMER/ http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/44.cfm Nutritional information http://www.cspinet.org/reports/chemcuisine.htm
Anusara Yoga is heart-oriented, spiritually inspiring and yet profoundly therapeutic for both the inner and outer body. It is a uniquely integrated style of Hatha yoga in which the radiant potential of the human heart blends seamlessly with the scientific principles of biomechanics. Class levels are determined by ability of students Breathing and Meditation for [...]
Tagged relaxation, yogaLen Wolff was one of the founders of the Pain Management program. 1062 G Street Suite F Arcata, 95521 826-7338
We are all healing all the time. The only thing you need to do to evoke healing is to poke yourself with a pin. (paraphrase of Rachel Naomi Remen) In the same way that there are cells within you that know how to heal a cut, there is a part within you that knows how [...]
Tagged inner healerTreatment with Thyroid Hormones with “Normal” Blood Tests The presence of thyroid dysfunction in nonthyroidal illness (NTIS Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome, previously known as the Euthyroid sick syndrome) is well-described in the medical literature and is particularly receiving attention in recent years in the critical care literature. This is believed to represent both hypothalamic-pituitary axis dysfunction [...]
Tagged armour, thyroidBy now, you may be asking, “What exactly is this treatment that I am starting?” Before we get to the “nuts and bolts” of how this can help you, it will be useful to describe the four important components of the cognitive-behavioral approach and how they interact with one another. These four components reflect on [...]
Tagged CBT, cognitiveOpioids in Chronic Pain Management: Benefits and Risks Side effects: constipation, sleep disruption, altered mental status, itching, nausea, respiratory depression Addiction vs. Dependence Assessing whether medication improves quality of life and participation in life or diminishes them Benefits of Opioids for Pain Opioids “take the edge off pain” or “make it easier to manage it” [...]
Tagged narcotic, opioid