What Equipment is Needed After Knee Surgery?
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Medical
Pain Management
What Equipment is Needed After Knee Surgery?
If you’re on schedule to undergo a knee surgery and have talked to a surgeon about it, you know that it will take some time to recover from the medical operation. Depending on your procedure, it could take weeks or months before you can get back to being able to independently and safely do your […]
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Health
Pain Management
Sciatica Desk Job
From personal experience, I can tell you as a writer with a desk job, and especially today, sciatica pain during my workday is extremely difficult to manage. Not only that, but it is becoming ever more challenging to drive, too. Distances longer than ten minutes without a break are excruciating to bear. Although I will […]
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Health
Weather
How to Stay Cool and Hydrated in the Heat
High temperatures kill hundreds of people every year, especially seniors and those with compromised health conditions. With more than seven hundred people dying from extreme heat every year, had they been armed with the correct facts on how to stay cool and hydrated in the heat – these tragedies could have been prevented. It is […]
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Health
Psychology sociology
Can Back Pain Be Psychological?
When my pain level is at a constant eight or ten, all day, every day, yes, it most certainly affects me psychologically. So much so that I am unable to get a good night’s rest because I toss and turn all night. Not getting a healthy amount of sleep affects my mood, how I feel […]
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Family
Psychology sociology
What is A Common Unhealthy Coping Mechanism?
When I think about the upbringing, I had in the quaint little yet large community, I think of upper middle class (my family was working class), new construction neighborhoods (we lived in a townhouse), sidewalks, and kids everywhere in my age group. We were, as a generation, didn’t matter what “class” we were, the typical […]
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Education
Type of Adult Learners
Learning is a lifelong pursuit for most Americans. As lifelong learners, we don’t stop learning in formal education settings but continue the process outside and beyond it. And, there are always plenty of opportunities to learn something new at home, at work or in the community. How many times have you opened YouTube to learn […]
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Family
Health
How to Reduce Social Isolation in Elderly
It is so sad for me to see people feel or be lonely. It hurts my heart, and I feel compelled to do something. To help in some way. Especially for elderly folks. I lost my dear grandmother at the young age of sixty, and my grandfather just kind of fell into depression after that, […]
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Conflict Resolution
Family
Advantages and Disadvantages of Family Therapy
When looking back at a particular failed marriage, we can see that a key factor in the breakdown was that at least one person was unwilling to change, to honestly look at themselves, and to actually do the work suggested in family therapy sessions. For example, suppose the above-mentioned marriage does not have both spouses […]
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Family
Psychology sociology
Is Moving Considered Trauma?
Yes, moving could be considered traumatic unless you work with compassionate friends and family or hire professional movers. Should you decide to hire out, look for those who have an unwavering commitment to excellence, professionalism, and customer satisfaction. They’re handling your beloved, cherished items, and that alone can be stressful. Make sure they will ensure […]
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Enrichment
Health
Holiday Blues
Lately, I have seen messaging around the thought that not everyone is in a celebratory mood during the winter holiday season. For many of us, the holiday sadness is challenging to cope with when, everywhere I look, people sing about how this is “the most wonderful time of the year.” Add a divorce into the […]
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