Alexithymia Predicts Persistent Pain After Breast Surgery
Very interesting study that shows 'Alexithymia' was the only factor that predicted chronic pain 12 months after breast surgery. I call alexithymia the most important unknown word in chronic pain. It is…
Anger Repression Linked to Asthma in Adolescents
2020 study showing again how when we hold emotions in they can cause and exacerbate physical problems. In this case, anger repression and less anger expression was linked to asthma in adolescents. One…
The Link between Emotions and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Researchers at Penn State University have found that emotions themselves can act as stressors to create inflammation and pain in the body. In this study they found a link between emotions and rheumatoid…
Emotional Awareness & Expression Therapy For Chronic Pain
One of the things to closely look at with chronic pain and chronic health issues are emotions. As I have talked about before, the definition of pain is an 'unpleasant sensory and emotional experience'.…
Suppressed Anger Leads to Greater Pain
One of the most important things I look at with people in chronic pain is their emotion regulation style. Remember the definition if pain is a "sensory and emotional experience." The more chronic the pain…
The Power of Placebo Injections(Mind) on the Knee(Body)
The power of fake knee injections is real and lasting in people with knee osteoarthritis(OA). See study link below. What is this? It's called the placebo, but it's really the power of your mind. It is…
Running is Actually Good for Your Osteoarthritic Knees
People have this belief that running is bad for their knees. And especially for knees with osteoarthritis. Well this systematic review of more than 1200 people over the age of 50 puts this belief to bed.…
13 Year Follow-up Study: MRI Findings with Chronic Back Pain
2020 study that looked at the association of MRI findings and long-term disability in chronic low back pain patients over a 13 year period. The goal was to assess whether long-term disability is associated…
Relax Into Instead of Resisting or Reacting To Chronic Pain
One of the biggest issues with chronic pain and other chronic health ailments is that the sympathethic fight or flight nervous system is commonly in overdrive. We need to learn to activate the parasympathetic…
No Particular Treatment is Better For Acute Low Back Pain
This was a systematic review for Acute low back pain. Basically nothing was shown to be better than the other. What it tells me is the body heals by itself, not by a certain treatment. We just need to…
