Living Well: Painful Changes
I have a cherished friend who is going through a very tough time. She is in her early 70’s and is suffering from the pain,…
Articles Written By: Joy Selak, Columnist
This author has written 9 articles
Living Well: Gait, Posture and Pain
We moved to a different part of town recently and I’ve been discovering new places to walk my dog. Since the trails and terrain are…
Living Well: Strategies to Deal with Social Pain
Pain patients often report that one of the hardest trials of dealing with invisible illness is the lack of social support they feel. Their experience…
Living Well: The Bell Curve
Sometimes when you are hurting all or most of the time, it seems like life itself has turned against you, like you’ve been singled out…
Living Well: The State of Health Care
When I first got sick several decades ago, I wandered through the health care wilderness for a long time with unsatisfactory results. Lately, I’ve been…
Living Well: The Need to Grieve
By Joy Selak, Columnist Over the last two decades, I’ve learned a lot from being sick -- how to make lifestyle changes, access better health…
Living Well: Pain, Fatigue and Memory Loss
I think of pain, fatigue and memory loss as the three-legged stool upon which a great number of chronic illnesses sit. They are present in…
Living Well: Learning the Language of Pain
(Editor’s Note: National Pain Report is very pleased to welcome Joy Selak as our newest columnist. Joy's personal mission is to help other patients who…
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