With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, I’m reminded of an old episode of The Simpsons when the family celebrated the made up holiday Love Day—clearly a satire of Valentine’s Day, it included all my favourites; obligatory gifts, commercialism, and let-downs. I always smile at people’s reaction to my distaste for the holiday...”live and let live”, “to each their own”, and so on I’m told. And yes, certainly, for anyone who knows me, I am not one to impose my beliefs and ideals o

Our last blog explored some possible theories as to why those suffering from chronic pain conditions typically feel their pain increase in the cold winter months. We discussed the fact that although there is very little empirical evidence showing a link between the weather and increased pain, the vast majority of our clients do indeed experience more pain through the winter. Regardless of the mechanisms at work here, we know that our pain management skills must be effectively