NOVEMBER 2020 – Giving Thanks in “The Worst Year” (and in Chronic Pain)
So far 2020 is shaping up to be the worst year most of us can remember. For those of us suffering with severe and unrelenting pain maybe it doesn’t make as much of a difference – every month and every day can be tormenting. But every November for the past couple hundred years (and at…
Read MoreOCTOBER 2020 – Compass men’s residential treatment facility report
This month we were blessed to tour Set Free Alaska’s new Compass residential substance abuse rehabilitation center for men in Homer. This sixteen-bed facility opened on August 17, expanding the existing outpatient treatment center (closer to town center) opened earlier this year. The Compass Program allows men to work in the house, cook meals, and…
Read MoreSEPTEMBER 2020 – Wheel in the Sky
This month, we are privileged to post some thoughts from Dr. McAnally’s ‘s friend and collaborator on various projects (including the Beyond Pain website), Ya’akov Ben-Adir. Courtesy of WikiImages “…keeps on turnin’ – I don’t know where I’ll be tomorrow…” announces one of my favorite bands. I don’t know enough about physics (let alone astrophysics)…
Read MoreAUGUST 2020 – Welcome, Virginia and Kylee!
You’ll see two new faces up front this summer at NAPM; introducing Mrs. Virginia Warren and Ms. Kylee Nicholas, who we’ll let tell their own story briefly below. Katrina and Theresa have moved away from “the front lines” as many of you know already; Katrina is focusing full time now on her practice of Traditional…
Read MoreJULY 2020 – Justice, Mercy, Humility
Like many of you I’m sure, I have been overwhelmed with competing emotions over the past several months, many of which have to do with COVID-19. Honestly though I’d say at the forefront of these for me has been gratitude – for myself and my family, but also for our community and state. Alaska has…
Read MoreJUNE 2020 – Transitioning to Telemedicine
Photo by Allie on Unsplash So, it seems as though we’ve been fast-forwarded into the Jetsons age (or Star Trek) in some ways by COVID-19. Telemedicine appears to be here to stay for the near future, and many experts are predicting it will stick around even once this crisis has passed. There wasn’t a functional…
Read MoreMARCH 2020 – CoVID19 Update and Perspective.
OK, I admit I’m a little unnerved by this whole coronavirus thing. My bravado (and I’ve heard this from enough people to know I’m not the only one) is a little bit better maintained I think, by voicing things like “I’m not worried about getting sick or dying – I just don’t want to get…
Read MoreFEBRUARY 2020 – What Coronavirus can teach us about pain (and addiction.)
By now everyone’s heard of CoVID-19, the novel Coronavirus. It’s been a few years since we have had a real epidemic, let alone a pandemic. I want to take a few minutes here though and ask you to consider the similarities… and differences between this infectious public health threat and what we have been dealing…
Read MoreJANUARY 2020 – Plan, Do, Repeat.
New year… New decade… New energy for a lot of people. Maybe you’re not so lucky, but regardless of where you find yourself on the spectrum of health, wellness and your general outlook on life right now, I want to talk about taking what’s new and making it old. As in routine. Habit. From McAnally…
Read MoreDECEMBER – 2020 (Pain Management) Vision…
Katrina White, MAc, LAc and Dr. McAnally were honored to be interviewed this month by MedPageToday; the official transcript is available for viewing at https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/pain-points/83801 Here’s the initial rough draft with a little more information… At the outset of a new decade, as we race towards the era of the Jetsons, more money is…
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