Websites:
These are not your usual sites, but treasures I have found by accident. Each one has a different flavor and one or two of them may speak to you.
Chronic Pain:
The Princess in the Tower is a great website with lots of information and somewhat of a focus on Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), or Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) and Fibromyalgia. Written and researched by a young woman with these disorders, it offers good articles and also a very informative Facebook page. I feel her and my site complement each other nicely with some similar interests, for example art and neuroplasticity.
My Cupa Jo is a blog site by Jo who has chronic pain due to a work injury. A young active person, she blogs on her journey to regaining both more function and live her life more fully. She also recounts some very interesting treatment experiences. She writes beautifully about her experience in long and detailed posts. Beautiful photos of Colorado nature complement her site.
Pain Maps This informative website is maintained by a woman with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), and contains information, interviews and links about the cutting edge of understanding and treating chronic pain through neuroplasticity research. Jessica has assembled great resources for the anyone wanting to delve deeper into the role the nervous system plays in chronic pain and what one can do about it.
Pain Pathways can be viewed online and ordered as a printed magazine, also check out their Facebook page. While some of the articles are a bit simplistic, and clearly the advertising in the print issue is linked to them, there is always something helpful. There are reviews of new treatments in one section, again these are likely paid for, but might point you in a new direction.
Hypermobility Association Mild hyper mobility may account for a great deal of chronic pain. Even if you do not fit the general criteria and have only one or two hypermobile joints, such as an elbow or a knee, and are stiff in other part of your body, I believe that you may find some helpful topics here. Somehow the British are much more educated about this, while doctors in the US seem to know much about this. There are specialists at the major medical centers, and otherwise it is usually neurologists who diagnose these issues. I am hoping to put together more information in the future.
Chronic Pain Heroes “A Place for People Living with Chronic Pain, Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia” from a Christian perspective, mostly a very active blog.
Mindfulness/Meditation/Neuroplasticity:
Tara Brach offers dozens of recorded free meditations and hour-long talks
Rick Hanson has a rich website with a lot of free information on mindfulness and the new brain research, including section on relationships and child rearing.
Pain Maps This informative website is maintained by a woman with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), and contains information, interviews and links about the cutting edge of understanding and treating chronic pain through the research on neuroplasticity. Jessica has assembled great resources for the anyone wanting to delve deeper into the role the nervous system plays in chronic pain and what one can do about it.