Chronic pain affects millions of people around the world. While there are medications available there is also concern about adverse side effects and the long term use of drugs. Chronic pain can be caused by a vast array of conditions and causes.
In some cases the cause of chronic pain is known [...]
Archive for the ‘Chronic Fatigue’ Category
Shedding Light on Chronic Pain
On August - 18 - 2009Comments Off
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: the Role of the Adrenal Gland
On June - 27 - 2009Comments Off
by Dr. Gregory Ellis
Chronic fatigue syndrome occurs when the adrenal gland secretes too little cortisol. The anatomical location for the adrenal gland is on top of each kidney.
The adrenal gland is the end gland in the body’s hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA). This is the primary pathway for stress regulation and it’s long been suspected that [...]
Aline Strikes Back at Fibromyalgia
On June - 1 - 2009Comments Off
About 30 years ago a friend of mine was found to have Fibromyalgia – something I hadn’t heard of at the time. I can’t recall many of the details, but I certainly can remember some of the most pertinent facts. We were all younger then, in our early mid thirties and like me she was healthy with no history of chronic illness. She had a young boy and a newborn too. Sadly, there was stress from money troubles as well as the challenges that put on her marriage.
Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome a consequence of the stress response?
On May - 16 - 2009Comments Off
How does ME/CFS start?
General Joint Pain Causes
On May - 15 - 2009Comments Off
by Mark Freeman
If you are experiencing joint pain, and you do not remember injuring the area that is having the pain, there is another cause for that pain. Maybe you have overworked that joint and did not realize it. Maybe you are getting arthritic, or age is taking its toll. You could have an infection, [...]
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome link to stress response
On May - 7 - 2009Comments Off
by Russell Stubbs
How does Chronic Fatigue Syndrome start?
There are many ways that people develop Fatigue conditions, including Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome (PVFS), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) as well as Fibromyalgia (FM). Some of the more common causes are viruses, bacterial infections, operations, vaccinations, etc. The onset can also occur after a stressful [...]
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome — Recovery is Possible
On May - 6 - 2009Comments Off
by Russell Stubbs
Advanced Practitioner Russell Stubbs gives an overview of the Lightning Process training programme.
Which health conditions can the Lightning Process be used for?
I will refer to the condition of CFS – Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the following article. However, the same principals apply equally to M.E. – Myalgic Encephomyalitis, F.M. – Fibromyalgia and P.V.F.S. [...]
Understanding Chronic Fatigue
On May - 3 - 2009Comments Off
by Irene Mmari
If you are getting extremely fatigued when you exercise or have any mental activity and this doesn’t ease even after bed rest then you have one of the classic signs of Chronic fatigue Syndrome or CFS. Another debilitating disease like Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is Crohns Disease, the sufferers of both have only one [...]