Tag: Pain

  • Share Your Story: Amy Branton

    I’ve dealt with severe back pain since the birth of my son when I was 24. During childbirth my doctor was inexperienced with high risk patients (obese) and he instructed me to push incorrectly. I herniated 2 discs in my back and a few months later, I started my journey of dealing well and not…

  • Patient Story of Annie Skerchek

    We are getting ready to retire to Florida and so I started looking for pain management. I’ve been living with chronic pain for 26 yrs now. I live with Arachnoiditis, arthritis, neuropathy, severe lumbar back pain. stenosis, radiculpathy. Since having a lumbar laminectomy in 1989 my life has never been the same. And now my…

  • Where Do You Tilt Your Lance? by Guest Blogger Lynn Webster, M.D.

    Where Do You Tilt Your Lance? by Guest Blogger; Lynn Webster, M.D.     One sunny noonday in the spring of 1990 I received a call from Salt Lake City primary care physician King Udall.  This is the city where I had been practicing medicine since completing my residency in 1980. Dr. Udall was known…

  • To Go or Not To Go

    To GO or Not To Go By Barby Ingle, President Power of Pain Foundation Imagine going from living an active life, where dance was a central part of your life, to living in pain that limits your every move. It happened to me. As head of Washington State University’s cheer and dance programs, physical fitness…

  • #ShareYourStory; Louise Carbonneau Vermeiren, RN (Retired Nurse)

    #ShareYourStory; Louise Carbonneau Vermeiren, RN (Retired Nurse)  – My journey –   At the age of 23 (1974), I had my whole life ahead of me, being a new bride, having graduated the year before from a small town hospital, in nursing. Working as a nurse in Québec city, Canada, in a large hospital, on the orthopedic…

  • Consumer Pain Advocacy Task Force (CPATF)

    Power of Pain Foundation is a member of the Consumer Pain Advocacy Task Force (CPATF). More at http://lnkd.in/bs88pNn The CPATF is comprised of national leaders and decision-makers from 16 consumer-nonprofit organizations that are dedicated to patient well-being and supporting the use of effective methods for pain treatment. The State Pain Policy Advocacy Network (SPPAN) first convened these leaders…

  • The Power of Pain Foundation Article for PAINWEEK Journal

    The Power of Pain Foundation Article for PAINWEEK Journal 2014 PAINWeek Journal (PWJ) Vol 2, Q 2 issue By Barby Ingle The mission of the Power of Pain Foundation (POPF) is to promote public and professional awareness of neuropathy conditions while educating those affected by the neuropathy pain, as well as their families, friends, and…

  • Stronger Than Pain by Twinkle VanFleet

    Stronger Than Pain By Twinkle VanFleet Her heads high, spirit flying, Body Weak, Sometimes dying Laughing out loud, striving for gain, Never giving in, she’s stronger than pain.   Her voice carries, dissolving in echoes Lifted by swirls of radiant speckles, A showering existence With gratitude and persistence A heart filled mind evolves to soar…

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