Comments on: When Pain Becomes a Tsunami: Don’t Try this at Home! http://blogs.psychcentral.com/anxiety/2010/02/when-pain-becomes-a-tsunami-don%e2%80%99t-try-this-at-home/ Anxiety news, insights and commentary from the authors of Anxiety for Dummies Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:55:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Charles H. Elliott, Ph.D. http://blogs.psychcentral.com/anxiety/2010/02/when-pain-becomes-a-tsunami-don%e2%80%99t-try-this-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Charles H. Elliott, Ph.D. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:07:03 +0000 http://blogs.psychcentral.com/anxiety/?p=474#comment-789 @Lomi: You're absolutely right! Other approaches are usually much more effective past the very acute stage. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! @Lomi: You’re absolutely right! Other approaches are usually much more effective past the very acute stage. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

]]> By: Lomi http://blogs.psychcentral.com/anxiety/2010/02/when-pain-becomes-a-tsunami-don%e2%80%99t-try-this-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Lomi Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:35:11 +0000 http://blogs.psychcentral.com/anxiety/?p=474#comment-788 Your cautions are right on - I would like to add that medication is great in acute situations but how about some empathy and understanding for your spine...what it needs to function normally is to reverse the insult..like passive posture adjustment: assume the opposite posture/action from that of sitting in the chair, hang over head down and let gravity gently bring all back into alignment and allow the movement of breathing to release the muscles. I'm not a PT, just one who has suffered long and seen reliance on meds past the acute moment have dreadful results. Chronic pain is the abused stepchild of modern medicine. Your cautions are right on – I would like to add that medication is great in acute situations but how about some empathy and understanding for your spine…what it needs to function normally is to reverse the insult..like passive posture adjustment: assume the opposite posture/action from that of sitting in the chair, hang over head down and let gravity gently bring all back into alignment and allow the movement of breathing to release the muscles. I’m not a PT, just one who has suffered long and seen reliance on meds past the acute moment have dreadful results. Chronic pain is the abused stepchild of modern medicine.

]]> By: PsychCentral http://blogs.psychcentral.com/anxiety/2010/02/when-pain-becomes-a-tsunami-don%e2%80%99t-try-this-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-787 PsychCentral Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:02:36 +0000 http://blogs.psychcentral.com/anxiety/?p=474#comment-787 Anxiety & OCD Blog: When Pain Becomes a Tsunami: Don’t Try this at Home! http://bit.ly/bOvFkD Anxiety & OCD Blog: When Pain Becomes a Tsunami: Don’t Try this at Home! http://bit.ly/bOvFkD

]]> By: Prof.Lakshman http://blogs.psychcentral.com/anxiety/2010/02/when-pain-becomes-a-tsunami-don%e2%80%99t-try-this-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Prof.Lakshman Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:58:13 +0000 http://blogs.psychcentral.com/anxiety/?p=474#comment-790 When Pain Becomes a Tsunami: Don’t Try this at Home!: I haven’t very often suffered from significant chronic pai... http://bit.ly/9mY8kC When Pain Becomes a Tsunami: Don’t Try this at Home!:

I haven’t very often suffered from significant chronic pai… http://bit.ly/9mY8kC

]]>