Pain Management & Quality of Life

The following article was published by the Q Magnet Newsletter covering Q Magnets for TMJ Pain. You can read in full with all embedded links below.  We have also reproduced the article below for your convenience Q Magnets for TMJ Pain Q MAGNETS – 9 OCT 2023 Hello Everyone, October is Face Pain Awareness Month. […]

The following podcast continues to explore how meaningful activity and hope plays an important role in chronic pain management. Further reading on the subject of HOPE Hope As A Therapeutic Intervention For Chronic Pain With Dillon Caswell, PT, DPT, SCS Welcome back to the Healing Pain Podcast with Dillon Caswell, PT, DPT, SCS The more […]

The title of the podcast  “dignity in chronic pain care” is a challenging one, and covers life living and death, especially for our community living with chronic pain and who are often left feeling there is no hope for a better life. Further reading about personal values and finding your purpose Dr. Chochinov has worked […]

We have a community of people living with trigeminal neuralgia who we have connections to through face to face and online support groups and our media platform of website, Facebook, Instagram and ENEWS digital newsletter. The following article was published via Beyond Blue and explains why connection can improve mental health. Feeling connected to others […]

The news cycle has recently been dominated by the advances, innovation and also the dangers of AI technology. It raised the question “Can AI Chatbots be a tool in Pain Management?”. A few years ago it would be thought futuristic to be talking about this possibility.  However with the huge digital advances made during the […]

Dealing with motivation and chronic pain can feel absolutely overwhelming.  It is easy to start believing that you are at fault, that you are lazy or not worthy, especially when those thoughts of “why bother” are constantly in your head. The good news though is, that there is science behind what you are feeling, and […]

We know there are thousands of people living with trigeminal neuralgia but often their voices go unheard. However there are pain warriors who are gifted writers, and share their experiences so others may benefit.  Liz the creator of Despite Pain Blog writes about her life with the aim of providing encouragement, education and support and […]

Can Reiki Help Your Chronic Pain?  We are constantly looking for therapies which can help our community living with trigeminal neuralgia manage pain. Reiki is a Japanese form of energy healing, a type of alternative medicine. Reiki practitioners use a technique called palm healing or hands-on healing through which a “universal energy” is said to […]

Should You Stop Talking About Your Pain? Getting pain under control starts by talking about it differently—and less. Posted April 9, 2021 Reviewed by Devon Frye KEY POINTS The language we use in both words and thoughts plays a key role in how the brain processes information and produces pain. We often mistake symptoms that […]

This podcast produced by Deanna Tsiapalis from Pain2Possibilities titled “Pain and Executive Function how to get things done“, describes how the brain can prevent you from completing tasks and to feel motivated which increases stress.  Our community living with chronic pain, often blame themselves for not achieving what they had hoped, be that small daily […]