I first noticed pain in my left shoulder when I was eight months pregnant. I was 25 and had just taken a leisurely stroll with my toddler. Nothing had happened — no injury or event. The muscles just ...
Author Rachel Zoffness breaks down why we have chronic pain and how science shows that it’s all in our head ...
The MRI report stated, "most likely has deep pelvic endometriosis." It caught me off guard. My doctor had ordered a test for my coccyx, or tailbone. The pain in that area was so intense that I ...
How much pain is too much to bear? Where do you draw the line? I asked myself these questions as I sat on the cold examination table in my then-OB-GYN’s office last June. I had always had painful ...
I've had chronic pain for as long as I can remember and have seen numerous doctors for my symptoms. After more than a decade, I was finally diagnosed with lupus. Now I drive from New York to Baltimore ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to natural anti-inflammatories, the golden-orange spice turmeric is a superstar. A relative of ginger, turmeric ...
As a chronic pain sufferer, I sometimes surprise people by telling them that my pain doesn’t have a physical cause. It’s a mind-body thing, I say, related to stress and emotions. To many, this sounds ...
When I was pregnant with my second child, the pain in my pelvis was extraordinary. “It’s normal,” my white obstetrician said. I told her I had never felt such pain. She instructed me to walk with ...
Everyone has had their fair share of health challenges, one of the biggest challenges I have faced was my struggle with neck pain and a frozen shoulder. You might know what I am talking about. I could ...
In the fall of 2024, my body collapsed. Not metaphorically—literally. I couldn’t walk, stand, or place weight on my own two feet without unbearable pain. My body had been whispering for years, and in ...
As I hurried to an important meeting about my Ph.D. dissertation one day in 2015, I slipped and fell on Iowa’s formidable winter ice. I quickly jumped up to prevent anyone from seeing me on the ground ...
The MRI report stated, “most likely has deep pelvic endometriosis.” It caught me off guard. My doctor had ordered a test for my coccyx, or tailbone. The pain in that area was so intense that I ...