Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disorder of someone feeling extreme tiredness or fatigue that cannot be explained entirely by an essential medical condition. CFS is also called SEID (systemic exertion intolerance disease) or ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis). This complicated disorder worsens with mental or physical activity but does not go away…
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Brentford FC Christmas Gifts
Are you looking for the perfect Christmas gift for the Brentford fan in your life? Then here are two books that will have them writing their Boxing Day thank you letters, pronto. Just a Bus Stop in Hounslow: Brentford FC’s 2021/22 Season in The Premier League Looking back, the 2020/21…
Chronic Pain Management
An excerpt from Master Your Chronic Pain: A Practical Guide by Dr Nicola Sherlock Turning Up and Down the Pain Volume Dial Scientists can be heard saying that ‘our nervous system is plastic’, by which they mean that it can adapt and change. This ‘neuroplasticity’ is illustrated when a person…
50 Years of Hard Road – Sam, Dave, and Johnny Two Gobs
An excerpt from Chapter 6 of 50 Years of Hard Road by Nick Charles MBE. I cannot begin to imagine what modern-day health and hygiene inspectors would have made of the many hostels I frequented. However, to people like me, they were an absolute godsend. Street people typically take a…
What is Chronic Pain?
Chronic or Persistent Pain Chronic and persistent pain are both medical terms, and they essentially mean the same thing. When I started my career, chronic pain was the term that was most commonly used by clinicians to describe pain that went on for a long period of time. More recently,…
Chronic Pain and Depression
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and harder to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden.C. S. Lewis A book on pain management would not be complete without a chapter on mood management. Most of my patients have told…
Fibromyalgia Pain Management
The Homemaker Let’s use Michelle’s experience as an example. Since she developed her pain, some of Michelle’s rules had become very problematic for her – they no longer added value to her life. Michelle had a rule that her home must be clean and tidy at all times. She also…
The UFO Club – London 1966
An excerpt from Chapter 9 - Darlings of the Psychedelic Underground - from Thinking About Tomorrow – Excerpts from the life of Keith West While Tomorrow would eventually hitch themselves firmly to the counter-culture and psychedelic bandwagon, it’s important to recognise that, as 1966 came to an end, this was…
Liverpool versus Manchester United – FA Cup Final 1996
Chapter 13 from Champions Again: The Story of Liverpool’s 30-Year Wait for the Title by Ian Carroll On the 11th of May, 1996, Liverpool travelled to Wembley to face Man Utd in the FA Cup final. I was there. I travelled down to London with my mate Hero in the…
Green Living and Wellness
An excerpt from Chapter 3 of Spend Green and Save The World by Liz Christou Overconsumption Unless you’re a bit of a hoarder, you can probably look around your home and find many pointless possessions that you’ve bought or been given. If you can’t see them, then I’d bet money…