CELESTE SPEAKS - An autumn overview

The fall season is a time of harvest and preparation, and that is the metaphor for “Fall Devotions”. It is not a book of daily religious devotions; instead, it is a book for taking one day at a time, learning to live in the moment. As leaves turn brilliant colors and fall from the trees to provide a protective blanket for the harshness of winter, so does this book help our readers view life through a door open to a landscape of honor and hope.  (Excerpt from http://www.celestecooper.com/fall-devotions.html )

As we prepare for the days ahead, I thought it would be a good time to share a sampling of topics I have covered as free lance writer at Health Central and ProHealth. A few of the articles are listed below in alphabetical order according to the main topic. You can find more articles and direct links on my website.

Check out Celeste's articles for articles on topics, such as:

What is Centralized Pain: An Interview Dr. Karl Hurst-Wicker, MD

Chronic Pain and Movement Motivation
Illusive Disorder-Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Dry Eye and Chronic Pain
The Connection Between TMJ and Chronic Pain​
How to Report Foot Pain Symptoms
Tips for Managing Fibrofog
Fibromyalgia Awareness and Aggravating Conditions​
Fast Facts: Fibromyalgia Is Real
Fibromyalgia Centralization and Peripheral Myofascial Pain
Fibromyalgia Concerns for a Healthy Mouth
A Nervous System at Odds: Dysautonomia and Fibromyalgia
Taking up the Slack: Flares, Frets and Fibro
Are There Objective Tests for Fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia Tender Points or Myofascial Trigger Questions
Essential Factors for Relating Fibromyalgia Symptoms
When Fibromyalgia Is More than Pain                                                    
Treatment of Foot Pain: How to Care for Our Feet
Joint Hypermobility and Chronic Pain
Downloading a Pain Tracking App
The Legs of Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain
Marijuana and Chronic Pain-QA-Dr David Barton
Migraine, Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS
Myofascial Pain Treatment
What is a Myofascial Trigger Point, and Their Relationship to Pain?
Why knowing the cause of pelvic pain is essential to treatment
Piriformis Syndrome or Sciatica, Is There a Difference?
Pitfalls & Pearls-Resistance Training - fibromyalgia and myofascial pain
Restless Leg Syndrome: Sleep, Fibromyalgia, and Myofascial Pain Syndrome 
6 Reasons Why Trigger Point Injections Aren’t Helping Your Fibromyalgia
What’s Causing This Chronic Rib Pain?
Sculpting Our Thoughts on Pain
The Romance of Fibromyalgia with Tai Chi
Yoga and Chronic Pain

​ and more...

Articles from Celeste at CelesteCooper.com list just updated. See what’s new at:

http://www.celestecooper.com/freelance-articles-for-you.html

Be sure to check out the archives here on the blog, too.

In healing,,Celeste

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"Adversity is only an obstacle if we fail to see opportunity."  

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Celeste Cooper, RN

Author—Patient—Freelance Writer at Health Central & ProHealth —Advocate

Celeste’s Website: http://CelesteCooper.com

Learn more about Celeste’s books at her website or find links here on Celeste's  blog. Subscribe to posts by using the information in the upper right hand corner or use the share buttons to share with others.

All answers and blogs are based on the author's opinions and writing and are not meant to replace medical advice.  

Chronic Pain Month Goes Out with the Blood Moon by Celeste Cooper

Blood Moon (c) Celeste's Photo Gallery

What a phenomenon many of us had the opportunity to witness on September 28th, a total eclipse of the moon, a blood moon. And, I captured it with my own camera. What a way to mark the ending of chronic pain awareness month.

This September was full of events offered by various advocacy associations. This advocate wants to share with you her contributions to chronic pain awareness and education on various pain topics.

Scroll on down and you will find a poem written this summer that shares my intimate thoughts on our earth and its treasures.

September 2015

·        The Painful Truth: A Book, a Documentary, a Meeting with Lynn Webster, MD

·        6  Reasons You Want This Book If You Live with Chronic Pain

·        Is Fibromyalgia a Psychosomatic Illness? Med Student Asks Celeste Cooper

Health Central

·        Q&A on Chronic Pain w Karl Hurst-Wicker, MD

·        What is Centralized Pain: An Interview Dr. Karl Hurst-Wicker, MD

·        Incredible Ways to Visualize Pain in the Brain

ProHealth

6 Reasons Why Trigger Point Injections Aren’t Helping Your Fibromyalgia

August 2015

·        When a Peek at Chronic Pelvic Pain Isn't Enough

·        The Why and the Way Fibromyalgia Studies are Important to You

Health Central

·        Why knowing the cause of pelvic pain is essential to treatment

·        The Secret to Pelvic Pain and the Myofascia

·        Essential Elements of Pelvic Pain in Men and Women

July

·        Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) for Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, and Migraine

·        Myofascial Trigger Points and Chronic Pain

Health Central

Fibromyalgia Centralization and Peripheral Myofascial Pain: Interview with Karl Hurst-Wicker, MD

June 2015

·        ME/CFS Advocates Making a Difference: Giving Thanks

·        A Patient Powered Network: Change Agents for Relieving Pain in America

·        Migraine, Fibromyalgia, and Chronic Myofascial Pain

Health Central

·        Chronic Pain Self-Management Workshop: An Interview with a Stanford Program Leader/Trainer, Orvie Prewitt  

·        Myofascial Pain Treatment

May 2015

·        May Awareness: Sharing Our Spoons

·        Healing What Hurts: The Politics of Pain: A Symposium Overview

·        Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 - S. 483 H.R. 471-A Template Letter

ProHealth

 Fibromyalgia and Other Invisible Illnesses-An Interview with a Disability Attorney. My interview with Anthony Castelli, Atty.

Health Central

·        Understanding Myofascial Pain Syndrome

·        Fibromyalgia Tender Points or Myofascial Trigger Points: Knowing the Difference for the Right Diagnosis

·         What is a Myofascial Trigger Point, and Their Relationship to Pain?

April 2015

·        Can Aerobic Exercise Reduce Fibromyalgia Symptoms?

·        Make a Public Comment on the National Pain Strategy

Health Central

·        Treatment of Foot Pain: How to Care for Our Feet

·        How to Report Foot Pain Symptoms

March 2015

·        What’s the Big Deal about Sleep?

·        Guest Blog on MIDNFULNESS by Melissa Swanson

Health Central

·        Foot Pain: What’s Causing My Feet to Hurt?

·        Getting Physical with Our Body Talk

February 2015

Health Central

A Personal Account on Chronic Pain: What If

January 2015

·        Germans Suggest Only Medication for Depression is for Fibromyalgia

·        Hey! American College of Rheumatology, What’s the Deal?

ProHealth

 Color Me M&M: The NIH P2P Report on Opioids and Fibromyalgianess

Where the Earth Meets Sky© by Celeste Cooper

The lodge pole pines tremble in anticipation

And their needles whisper in the wind.

Swaying to the orchestra of creation,

Their fragrance teases the tip of my nose.

It’s evening here where the earth meets the sky.

A graceful wind dances across my face.

It coaxes my senses to receive the invitation

To be awakened by the elegance of its finagling.

Pines swirl, their majestic crowns inviting me to join,

Taking my senses, together the earth meets the sky.

The wind washes upwards creating a sense of need,

And distant thunder keeps time with the universe.

Clouds anticipate their release upon the ground,

So they can move on—and let the night come alive.

Mingling constellations wait for the earth to greet the sky.

Listen, percussion from the wings of hummingbirds

Brushing across the cymbals of space and time.

Chipmunks chatter a crescendo of urgent messages.

The elk bugle for their mate and coyotes howl,

Extraordinary harmony as earth reaches for the sky.

This place is alive with spirit, life, and understanding.

Here is where the earth rises up to greet eternity.

A feeling of unison, and a guttural understanding,

Ours if we embrace the trembles, the orchestra, senses—

They come alive here where spirit resides between earth and sky.

  

Don’t forget to check out our book Broken Body, Wounded Spirit: Balancing the See-Saw of Chronic Pain, FALL DEVOTIONS. It’s time to begin daily activities and inspiration for the fall season.

http://www.celestecooper.com/fall-devotions.html

In healing and hope, Celeste

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"Adversity is only an obstacle if we fail to see opportunity."  

Celeste Cooper, RN

Author—Patient—Health Central Chronic Pain Pro —Advocate

NEW Website: http://CelesteCooper.com

Learn more about what you can do to help your body function to its potential in the books you can find here on Celeste's  blog. 

All answers and blogs are based on the author's opinions and writing and are not meant to replace medical advice.  

September 2013, A Look Back at Pain Advocacy: Blogtalk by Celeste Cooper

“The task ahead of us is never so great as the power behind us.”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Blogs directed at pain advocacy.

September is Pain Awareness Month -- Part III

• When Pain and Disability are Life Limiting – The Seven Rules
• Supporting the Center for Practical Bioethics Initiative andPatient Powered Research Network Pain Action Alliance to Implement a NationalStrategy in Kansas City (PAINS-KC)
• The legacy of Thomas Hennessy Jr –Tribute to an Advocate 
• September is Pain Awareness Month – See what this advocateis doing – Part II 
• September is Pain Awareness Month – See what this advocateis doing – Part I
• Social Security Disability: Mastering the Red Tape When Youhave Invisible Illness
• Bias and the Band. Concerns and comments, “Are DoctorsPaying Attention to Women in Pain?” from the National Pain Report
• Relieving Pain in Kansas City
• June is migraine awareness month. About migraine from mywebsite 
• Standing on the shoulders of giants - Thank you for yoursupport
• Looking back and planning forward: Invisible pain andillness
• May awareness for all neuro-endocrine-immune (NEI),rheumatic and autoimmune disorders.
• Article for National Pain Report Could Fibromyalgia BeLabeled as a Psychiatric Illness?
• New Canadian Guidelines for Treating Fibromyalgia
• Fibromyalgianess is ALL in Our Head? My Correspondence withDr Frederick Wolfe
• Walk a mile in my shoes: The FDA and opioid labeling andrestrictions, where does the problem really reside?
• Women, Men, Autoimmune, Neurological disease, andFibromyalgia: Meeting Gender Bias Head On

 Check our other blogs to the right.  Move forward we shall.

Think adversity? See Opportunity!

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All answers and blogs are based on the author's opinions and writing and are not meant to replace medical advice.  

Celeste Cooper is a retired RN, educator, fibromyalgia patient, and lead author of the Broken Body Wounded Spirit: Balancing the See Saw of Chronic Pain devotional series (coauthor, Jeff Miller PhD), and Integrative Therapies for Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myofascial Pain: The Mind-Body Connection (coauthor, Jeff Miller PhD) She is a fibromyalgia expert for Dr. Oz, et al., at Sharecare.com, here, and she advocates for all chronic pain patients as a participant in the Pain Action Alliance to Implement a National Strategy, here. You can read more educational information and about her books on her website, http://TheseThree.com