Miscellaneous Resources

1.  Surviving Finals Week with Chronic Pain

Link:
http://chroniccurve.tumblr.com/post/21332969917/college-and-chronic-illness-finals-week

While all college students struggle during finals week, finals week poses even more challenges to college students who have chronic pain. This blog post gives some useful advice about what students can do to make their finals week a little more manageable. I also feel that this advice could help college students with chronic pain during any point in the semester, not just during finals week.

2. Yoga for Chronic Pain

Link: 

https://www.youtube.com/user/lupuscommunity/search?query=yoga+for+chronic+pain

This youtube channel contains a series of instructional videos that walk chronic pain patients through gentle yoga specifically designed for people with Lupus and other chronic pain disorders. These relaxing activities an opportunity for patients to exercise in a less intense way that is less likely to aggravate pain. Of course, if you start following these instructions and feel that it aggravates your pain, stop doing these yoga activities.

3. Tips for Dealing with Lack of Sleep Due to Chronic Pain

Link:
http://www.lupus.org/resources/15-questions-strategies-for-restful-sleep

This webpage contains commonly asked questions about lack of sleep and Lupus, although I feel that certain parts of the FAQ can apply to other chronic pain condition as well. For some advice on how to improve sleep that is complicated by chronic pain, see responses numbers two, four, and seven.