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I've been looking for some other CP/IP (Chronic/Intractable Pain) patients who would like to contribute to this site, whether one time, sporadic, or regularly. If anyone is interested, please email me at IntractablePainKills@gmail.com

I'm also open to any suggestions about improving the blog.

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DUE TO A GLITCH IN BLOGGER, MY POSTS DO NOT ALWAYS POST IN ORDER BECAUSE THEY POST USING THE TIME THAT I STARTED THE INITIAL DRAFT. I DO MY BEST TO CORRECT THIS WHENEVER POSSIBLE, HOWEVER SOME SLIP BY, SO PLEASE REMEMBER TO READ THE TITLES OF MORE THAN JUST THE MOST RECENT POST IF YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING.

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Medication alternative can make you worse

I don't want to discount the help that some people get from yoga, pilates, and similar regimens, but FAR too many people, including a frightening number of physicians, simply ASSuME that non-opioid, non-surgical, and non-medication treatments are safe. The common argument is that, even if these aren't effective, the benefit:risk ratio must be acceptable because they assume that these are safe. Any exercise program can exasperate CP/IP, but some of these risks are extremely severe.

NYTimes.com: How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body

From The New York Times:

How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body

Popped ribs, brain injuries, blinding pain. Are the healing rewards worth the risks?

http://nyti.ms/1jhFUNj

"Not just students but celebrated teachers too injure themselves in droves because most have underlying physical weaknesses or problems that make serious injury all but inevitable"