As the author of 10 books on nutrition and editor-in- chief of the newsletter Nutrition Alert, Somer knew well the science about inflammation when she wrote “The Fire Inside” (page 40). “Inflammation is a silent condition, so it can smolder with no symptoms, but that doesn’t mean you aren’t being affected,” she says. When Somer began experiencing knee pain years ago, she soon became frustrated in her attempts to end her pain. “I finally found a physical therapist and he fixed it in two sessions, after almost three years of no relief. My lesson there was to never give up. Keep trying until you find the door that has the answer.”
Lisa Romerein Romerein keeps one thing front of mind when work- ing with products, including those she photographed for “Looking Good” (page 18) and “Pain Relievers” (page 24). “I think about the quality of the light,” she explains. “I want to make sure the light is wrapping around the products nicely and shows them off in a pleasing way.” Romerein is also a veteran of back pain. “I had a microdiscectomy to relieve a large herniated disc,” she recalls. “It ended up working and I am now pain-free.” Romerein’s work has appeared in Martha Stewart Living, House Beautiful and Vanity Fair.
Jacqueline Stenson After the birth of her first son, born by C-section, Stenson says she tried to “tough it out” by skimping on painkillers. “I quickly learned that was a big mis- take.” When her second son arrived (also by C-section), she says, “I took my opioid meds just as the doctor ordered and my recovery was much smoother.” Sten- son, a veteran health reporter, dived deep for her feature on why pain is so undertreated in the U.S. (page 44). “Patients face many obstacles,” she says, “from finding a qualified doctor who takes them seri- ously to getting insurance to pay for their pain care.”
Lisa Davis Davis, a travel and health writer, and also a Pilates instructor who helps people rehab their pain through exercise, wore two hats for this issue: the magazine’s managing editor and also contributor of this issue’s “Pain Relievers” column (page 24) on green products. Personal experiences with pain—a cousin who dealt with severe cancer pain—taught Davis that “giving someone a solution offers them hope and the power to not let pain be the sole definition of who they are.” When it comes to green living, Davis follows one simple guideline: “If my grandma didn’t use it, then I don’t. Organic, plant-based products are safest.”
Moving is the best medicine. Keeping active and losing weight are just two of the ways that you can fight osteoarthritis pain. In fact, for every pound you lose, that’s four pounds less pressure on each knee. For information on managing pain, go to fightarthritispain.org.
Moving is the best medicine. Keeping active and losing weight are just two of the ways that you can fight osteoarthritis pain. In fact, for every pound you lose, that’s four pounds less pressure on each knee. For information on managing pain, go to fightarthritispain.org.
Moving is the best medicine. Keeping active and losing weight are just two of the ways that you can fight osteoarthritis pain. In fact, for every pound you lose, that’s four pounds less pressure on each knee. For information on managing pain, go to fightarthritispain.org.
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ROMEREIN: PATTI MCINROE; STENSON: LARRY TERENZI; DAVIS: RON STERN