24 episodes
1step2life: For those living with chronic pain and the people who love them. Nancy Darling
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- Health & Fitness
Honest talk for people living with persistent pain, chronic illness long COVID or other complex medical conditions. Nancy Darling is a psychologist who studies adolescent parenting and the mom of a son with severe chronic migraines.
Living with chronic pain or illness shrinks your world, limits your social life, and makes even small things an effort. We discuss information common to folks living with chronic illness. Many of our podcasts are for caregivers - particularly parents - who support people who live with pain.
These podcasts grow out of the 1step2life.com blog.
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Why Did A Psychologist Who Studies Families Develop An App for Tracking Pain?
When her son developed severe chronic migraine at age 14, Dr. Nancy Darling developed an app to help parents of children in pain support their children. The app, 1step2life, is built on cutting edge developmental and rehabilitative science. It is the only app that helps parents and caregivers as well as people living with pain.
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Pain & the TMJ: It's Complicated!
The TMJ joins the jaw to the skull. It's complex, closely linked to facial nerves, & under tremendous stress. No wonder it often causes pain.
If you're interested in learning more about TMJ disorders, try the following links:
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.
Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan .
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Chronically Ill Teen? Fighting the Dread
Dread comes from one more day of pain, Two more days missed school. Three more failed classes. Seeing your child's future slip away. When every little failure looms into a life lost.
It's time to step back.
From the original post on the 1step2life.com website. 1step2life is the only app with a Caregiver mode for parents and partners of people living with chronic pain. -
Ganglia, Facial Nerves, & SPG Blocks
In this two part episode, Andrew Burns talks about facial nerves and ganglia and how SPG blocks can be used to stop pain originating in facial nerves and ganglia.
If you'd like to look at diagrams showing the anatomy being discussed, please check out the original essays at 1step2life. We also have a YouTube video describing nerve functioning available through that same essay. -
Why Are My Hands Green? An Introduction To Raynaud's Syndrome
Raynaud's phenomenon is an unusual circulatory problem where a twitchy, sensitive nervous system can over-react to cold or stress.
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The Trigeminal Nerve
The head and face are highly innervated. One of the most important nerves is the trigeminal, which sends information from the temples and face to the brain. The trigeminal nerve is the nerve most closely associated with migraine disease and trigeminal neuralgia.
From a 1step2life.