Tag Archives: Migraine

24Jul/17

Improve staff fitness

July 24, 2017chronic back pain, Chronic pain, Pain, Pain Coach, Pain Educationchronic pain, IBS, Migraine, Performance, public health, Staff fitness, stressrichmondstace

Call to improve staff fitness by the Chief Executive of Public Health England, Duncan Selbie To improve staff fitness is a great idea all round. According to The Observer yesterday, the cost of staff sickness is £29Read More…

24Oct/16

Women in pain

October 24, 2016Chronic pain, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Joint Hypermobility Syndrome, Migraine, Pelvic Pain, Uncategorized, Women and painchronic pain, Functional pain syndromes, IBS, Migraine, pain, pelvic pain, Women in painrichmondstace

Recently I gave a talk to a group of female health professionals at the Inspiring Women in Medicine meeting entitled ‘Women in pain’. I spoke about the significant societal problem of women suffering persistent pain, which isRead More…

23Mar/16

Women in pain

March 23, 2016chronic back pain, Chronic pain, Women and painback pain, chronic pain, Fibromyalgia, functional pain, IBS, Joint pain, Migraine, neck pain, Women and pain, Women in painrichmondstace

I see more women in pain than men in pain. Naturally, it depends upon the individual as to whether they seek help or not, yet as a general observation it appears that women in pain areRead More…

21Sep/15

Vulvodynia

September 21, 2015Chronic pain, Chronic pelvic pain, Fibromyalgia, Functional Pain Syndromes, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Pain, Pain Coachanxiety, chronic pain, depression, Fibromyalgia, functional pain, IBS, Migraine, Pain Coach, pelvic pain, vulvodyniarichmondstace

Vulvodynia is a painful condition, often exquisitely so, located in the vulva, which is the skin surrounding the vagina. Usually unexplained, this troubling condition can arise seemingly from nowhere, interfere with intimate relations and hence attemptsRead More…

20Jun/15

The problem of migraine

June 20, 2015Chronic pain, Fibromyalgia, Functional Pain Syndromes, Headache, Hypermobility, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, JHS, Joint Hypermobility Syndrome, Migrainechronic pain, Headache, Migraine, overcome chronic painrichmondstace

The problem of migraine is bigger than most people realise. In fact, the problem of chronic pain is bigger than most people realise, this being apparent as I purposely ask people I know and meet ifRead More…

22Oct/14

Girls, stress and pain

October 22, 2014Chronic pain, Functional Pain Syndromes, Headache, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Joint Hypermobility Syndrome, Migraine, Pain, Pain Education, Stresschronic pain, Functional pain syndromes, Headache, IBS, Migraine, stress, Women and painrichmondstace

I have seen a number of teenage girls over the past year who are affected by chronic pain. They are often referred because of recurring headaches or migraines but we discover that there is widespread sensitiveRead More…

28Sep/14

Fibromyalgia in women | #fibromyalgia

September 28, 2014Aches and pains, Chronic low back pain, Chronic pelvic pain, Fibromyalgia, Women and painchronic pain, Fibromyalgia, fibromyalgia physiotherapy, fibromyalgia treatment, IBS, Migraine, Women painrichmondstace

I see many women suffering with fibromyalgia. I also see many women who have widespread aches and pains, frequently without an injury, but rather a gradual increase in pain across the body. This maybe fibromyalgia, butRead More…

05Nov/12

Women and pain | Part 1

November 5, 2012Bladder pain, Chronic low back pain, Chronic pain, Dysmenorrhoea, Endometriosis, Fibromyalgia, Functional Pain Syndromes, Headache, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Low back pain, Migraine, Pain, Pelvic Pain, Pregnancy, Pudendal entrapment, Pudendal neuralgia, Pudendal neuropathy, Stress, Women and painFibromyalgia, Functional pain syndromes, Migraine, pain, pelvic pain, physiotherapy, Pregnancy, Pudendal neuralgiarichmondstace

  ‘As many as 50 million American women live with one or more neglected and poorly understood chronic pain conditions’  Generally I see more female patients than male. This observation supports the view that chronic pain is moreRead More…

26Sep/11

Dysmenorrhoea and Pain

September 26, 2011Chronic low back pain, Chronic pain, Dysmenorrhoea, Fibromyalgia, Functional Pain Syndromes, Headache, Low back pain, Migraine, Pain, Pain Education, Understanding painback pain, chronic pain, Dysmenorrhoea, functional pain syndrome, Headache, Migraine, pain, pain specialist, pelvic pain, physiotherapy, physiotherapy Chelsea, physiotherapy London, specialist physiotherapyrichmondstace

Dysmenorrhoea and pain — You may wonder why I am writing about dysmenorrhoea. It is because in a number of cases that I see, there is co-existing dysmenorrhea and other functional pain syndromes. These include irritableRead More…