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^ Top   #1   07.17.2008

Baack Trucker Forum STAFF   Last Seen: 27 Minutes Ago 06.49 AM Member Since: May 2007 Location: Wisconsin Trucker? Trucking Industry Posts: 16,013 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 10,052 Thanked: 7,338 Times

Pleasant truths about pain Quote: In the short term, pain keeps you alive. It's an essential warning signal, a command that is impossible to ignore. When you yank your finger off a hot stove—or sit down to get the pebble out of a shoe—pain is doing its job. When the alert system goes awry, chronic pain may set in. It can arise mysteriously, persist for a long time and be very difficult to treat. Sometimes the cause is obvious. But pain's origin may be elusive—an inexplicable headache or a bad back that won't stop hurting. Finding surefire treatments has been difficult because the phenomenon is so complicated. Emotions, memory and expectations all influence chronic pain, and in turn are influenced by it. Because persistent pain is so complex, a cure for it is not yet on the horizon. But while we wait, a new understanding of why we hurt offers opportunities to use our minds to soften the sting. Heartburn and Heartbreak: It's All Connected When you are in agony, the last thing you want to be told is that it's all in your head. But in truth, pain does come from your head, in a group of interconnected brain regions known as the pain matrix. Some regions are involved in delivering descriptive information about the feeling—where it is, how intense it is, whether it's a dull soreness or a sharp prick. Another part, the anterior cingulate cortex, registers the unpleasant "hurt" of pain. It connects the physical sensation of pain to feelings of distress. More Pleasant truths about pain __________________ Forum Rules The Thanks! button Spelling and the TTR How to insert a picture Using our search feature Copying and pasting articles TTR Advertising opportunities

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notarps4me Professor of Mischief   Last Seen: 5 Hours Ago 01.37 AM Member Since: Jan 2007 Location: NASA HQ Trucker? No Answer Posts: 7,560 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 434 Thanked: 2,461 Times

I know I am alive. I spent 2 hours in the dentist chair having 1 tooth pulled.... __________________ A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

^ Top   #3   07.18.2008

Big Don "Old Fart"   Last Seen: 10 Hours Ago 09.09 PM Member Since: Sep 2007 Location: Utah's DIXIE! Trucker? EX-11 Years Posts: 3,032 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 1,024 Thanked: 1,699 Times

"I hurt, therefore I am. . ." I once knew an individual who literally could not feel pain. I've lost track of him over the years, but he was always in some kind of problem or another because of it. He broke his arm one time, compound fracture, and was unaware of it until he saw it! Not good at all. __________________ Until one has loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened. Anatole France

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