Resources for People with Chronic Pain and the Physicians that Treat Them

Books

Treat Your Own Back by Robin McKenzie is an easy to follow book with 72 pages of education and clinically-proven exercises.

The Fibromyalgia Handbook, 3rd Edition: A 7-Step Program to Halt and Even Reverse Fibromyalgia by Harris McIlwain and Debra Fulghum is a great self-help book for people with fibromyalgia. Many therapeutic and non-therapeutic options are presented, including analgesics, antidepressants and complementary drugs, exercise, advice about sleep, coping strategies, seeking support, massage, and the Alexander technique.

The Joy of Comfortable Sex: A Guide for Couples with Back or Neck Pain by Dr. Pierre Angier teaches people with chronic pain strategies to manage or eliminate their pain, sexual techniques to use when their hurting, alternatives to intercouse that both partners will love, and communication skills to help regain or enhance intimacy with their partners.

Links

The following links may be of interest to visitors to ComfortableSex. Please note, that ComfortableSex does not control the content of these sites. Clicking on a link will take you out of ComfortableSex, and transport you to the destination website.

Arthritis Foundation: The Arthritis Foundation is a national non-profit organization that supports the more than 100 types of arthritis and related conditions with advocacy, programs, services and research. On their Website you'll find links to current news, activities and arthritis information.

Arthritis Today: The Arthritis Foundation’s consumer health magazine, where you can access the latest information on arthritis medications and ways to manage your arthritis, including tips on exercise, diet and lifestyle.

Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation creates resources for those affected by the connective tissue disorder Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

MayoClinic.com: Empowers people to manage their health by providing useful and up-to-date information and tools that reflect the expertise and standard of excellence of Mayo Clinic.

WebMD Pain Management Health Center: Find symptoms, causes, treatment options, and in-depth news and information to help cope with chronic pain. You can also find pain management information specific to back pain, sciatica, arachnoiditis, neck and shoulder pain, jaw pain, and chronic muscle pain.

Spinal Stenosis Foundation of Palm Beach County: Their Mission is to work towards education, research and community service to aid in the search for excellent treatment for those suffering from Spinal Stenosis.

SpineUniverse: SpineUniverse aims to explain what causes spinal problems and how they can be treated. They have special sections on low back pain, sciatica, back pain, neck pain, degenerative disc disease, herniated discs, kyphosis, spinal stenosis, spinal osteoarthritis, spondylolisthesis, scoliosis, on non-surgical treatment options for back and neck problems,

Articles

Foltz-Gray D (2006). Keeping your marriage strong. Arthritis Today, Mar-Apr.

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (2007). Exercise takes the edge off chronic pain. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/chronic-pain/AR00017.

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (2006). Reclaiming your life in spite of chronic pain. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/chronic-pain/PN00048.

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (2006). Sexuality and chronic pain: you and your partner can have a satisfying sexual relationship in spite of your chronic pain. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/chronic-pain/PN00009.

Panush RS, Mihailescu GD, Gornislewicz MT, Surtaria SH, and Wallace DJ (2000). Sex and arthritis. Bulletin on the Rheumatic Diseases for Evidenced-Based Management of Rheumatic Diseases: A Publication of the Arthritis Foundation, Vol 49, No. 7, pps 1-4.

SpineDr. Sex and the Back: Taking the Pain Out of Sex. http://www.spine-dr.com/site/sex/sex_article1.html

WebMD and The Clevend Clinic. Pain Management: Maintaining Intimacy. http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/pain-management-maintaining-intimacy.

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