To effectively manage physical pain, whether it be from a small scrape on our knee, to serious injuries suffered in an motor vehicle accident (MVA), we first must understand what pain is and how it works. Unfortunately, pain is a very complex entity that cannot be explained in a single blog entry. Pain can vary in type, intensity, and duration and each one of us interprets pain differently. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as “an unpleasant

I am constantly intrigued by my generation of parents who have created this cult of “mommy-hood”, passively excluding not only non-“mamas”, but fathers, as well. Some mothers today flood social media with pictures of their children—their soccer games, private, day to day moments, magazine-like, manufactured memories which all appear to be designed to increase “likes” on their social media, all the while, creating an artificial facade of what life is really like. So why do pe

Over the last few years, there has been a significant change in the public perception of mental health issues and treatment. This is a field that has endured a lot of historical stigma, often related to the invisible nature of mental health issues, and confusion about mental health practices. A primary source of this stigma is the way mental health and therapy have been portrayed in Hollywood and the media. These images and portrayals are often sensationalized, brutalized, an

As many of us sit down to big Thanksgiving dinners this weekend, I wonder if many indeed reflect on that which they are thankful for, or if most are celebrating out of tradition, obligation, or some other reason. When people post on social media about what they’re thankful for, are they really sitting down to reflect on it, or just jumping on the hash-tag bandwagon? While it is certainly important to remember the historical significance of Thanksgiving, it is also important

This question is the one answered by researchers in Australia and the simple reply is “Yes it will”. What is fascinating about this latest research is the fact that they have conclusively proved with a random study that a certain type of diet is helpful to reduce severe depression. Remember that this doesn’t mean that a bad diet CAUSES depression. What it means is that a Prescriptive Diet can be helpful as a treatment tool in reducing depression and even preventing it from