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Arthritic Chick on Chronic Pain

About chronic secondary pain, and how to treat it. The science, the politics and the lived experience.

Launched 3 years ago

Articles

The Week That Should Have Flared My Chronic Pain

Some weeks test everything. This was one of them.


Last night the pain was severe so I took an extra dose of oxycodone

The same dose I used to be allowed to take every day.


We Need to Talk About the Suicide Risk of Untreated Chronic Pain

There is something deeply dishonest happening in chronic pain care.


If the biopsychosocial model was applied to career progression the way it is applied to chronic pain

Fear and fear avoidance are key!


Imagine a life that requires round-the-clock morphine

Imagine a life where you need morphine around the clock. Morphine.


The Real Fear in Chronic Pain

Fear is not what you think it is, and people in pain are not afraid of what you think they're afraid of.


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