It was ten years ago, in September 2010, that representatives of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) from sixty-two countries signed the Declaration of Montreal. This Declaration set out to change the current view of pain to one “that access to pain Read More …
I’m feeling very happy with myself today. I just realized that I’ve ridden just over 350 km on my bike since Friday before last. That’s about 218 miles for my American friends. Pedaling past scenic farms and through forests, riding along our gorgeous Montreal Island Read More …
One of my first stay-at-home and self-isolation projects, at the very start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early March, was to begin growing some vegetable plants from seed. It felt important to me, at the time, to do something that was both future-oriented and hopeful. Read More …
Canada has a long history of using telemedicine to reach patients in remote areas. Would you be surprised if I were to tell you that we’ve been using this technology for over fifty years? Back in 1998, an article was published to mark 40 years Read More …
This month is Pain Awareness Month around the globe, coordinated by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). The special theme for this year is “My Pain Plan”, and: “focuses on the vital importance of an individualized, multidisciplinary, multimodal approach to pain care…share Read More …
For international Pain Awareness Month, I decided to share a very personal story today with my former colleagues and workplace contacts over on LinkedIn. Although most of these folks know that I have a rare disease, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), they don’t know exactly Read More …
