Tender Points – a Column by Christine Lynch

September 26, 2018September 25, 2018

Pushing Against My Seasons of Stress

Columns, Tender Points - a Column by Christine Lynch

I’ve always known that my fibromyalgia (FM) symptoms worsen whenever my stress level increases. However, rather than seek out and remove the cause of the stress, typically, my doctors ... Read more

September 19, 2018September 17, 2018

Swimming Eases My Fibromyalgia Symptoms

Columns, Tender Points - a Column by Christine Lynch

Water has always attracted me. That may explain why swimming is one of my favorite activities. I spent my childhood summers in the local public pool. Long before air ... Read more

September 12, 2018September 11, 2018

My Opportunity for Laughter Was a Gift

Columns, Tender Points - a Column by Christine Lynch

The past year has seen major changes in my neighborhood. Homes have been sold or rented. People have moved away. New families have moved in. One socially minded newcomer together ... Read more

August 29, 2018August 27, 2018

I’m Making Slow Progress

Columns, Tender Points - a Column by Christine Lynch

It’s been a better week health-wise for both our future therapy dog (Sam) and me. After two weeks on antibiotics and prescription dog food, Sam has been declared infection-free. ... Read more

August 22, 2018August 21, 2018

Warding Off Catastrophizing with Distractions

Columns, Tender Points - a Column by Christine Lynch

What you’re about to read may shock you. Recent studies using neuroimaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have shown that we get the pain we expect! ... Read more

August 15, 2018August 14, 2018

Facing a Challenge We Hadn’t Foreseen with Our New Dog

Columns, Tender Points - a Column by Christine Lynch

It’s been a trying week at our house. It turns out that the puddles our new little dog was leaving were not the result of his recent neutering as ... Read more

August 8, 2018August 7, 2018

Therapy Dog Training: So It Begins

Columns, Tender Points - a Column by Christine Lynch

This is the first of various columns that will chronicle my progress in preparing a Shih Tzu to become a certified therapy dog. Of course, I’ll emphasize how this ... Read more

August 1, 2018July 31, 2018

We Find a New Therapy Dog

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It finally happened! Three and a half long years after our beloved therapy dog, Charlie, died of colon cancer, we finally found another perfect dog for our household. It ... Read more

July 25, 2018July 26, 2018

Resistance Can Increase the Pain

Columns, Tender Points - a Column by Christine Lynch

I’ve been fighting acute pain for weeks now. I’m not speaking of total body pain like that of fibromyalgia. Rather, this is an additional illness I have dealt with ... Read more

July 18, 2018July 16, 2018

Control Your Pain by Living in the Now

Columns, Tender Points - a Column by Christine Lynch

I read Eckhart Tolle’s classic book called “The Power of Now” many years ago. Although I considered it sound advice at the time, I guess I’d always thought of ... Read more