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Recovering from pain-filled sleepless nights with Thermotex: Marina’s story

Tell me about yourself, and about your journey with pain?

I have rheumatoid arthritis in every joint except my hip and back – I even have it in my jaw and eyes. As the disease progressed, I was taking in excess of ten Extra Strength Advil every day, which barely helped to address my pain and still left me unable to sleep at night. The doctor that I had at the time told me there was nothing to be done and I would just have to learn to live with the pain.

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Placekicker for the CFL, Rene Paredes chats with Thermotex about pressures of repetitive movement and his experience as a high performance athlete

We were incredibly excited to talk to Rene Paredes, a placekicker for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) about his pain management strategies and what wellness means for a high level athlete. Paredes attended training camp with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2010 and 2011 and was signed by the Stampeders on July 4, 2011. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela and raised in Pierrefonds, Quebec.

T: Hey Rene,

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Re-Imagining Life After Arthritis- Leola’s Story

How did Arthritis affect your life?

I was very active in my youth. I loved being in the mountains, spending every weekend I could hiking and skiing. It wasn’t until my forties that I began to experience pain from Arthritis. Arthritis runs in my family, so when I started to suffer the effects of it, I had accepted pain as a part of aging. I thought it was normal! I was frustrated that I wasn’t able to engage in the activities I used to love,

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Calgary Stampeders’ Charleston Hughes uses far infrared for recovery

For high-level athletes like Charleston Hughes of the Calgary Stampeders, recovery after tough games and practice is everything. Hughes spoke to the National Post about recovery, and getting back to 100% using infrared for accelerated healing and natural pain relief. Read the article below to find out how he combines Thermotex with Call of Duty to recover and give football all he’s got.

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Local Clothing Designer Battles Rheumatoid Arthritis

Andrea Collins is the founder of Saturday Clothing, a fashion design studio and boutique atelier in the heart of downtown Calgary. She’s also utterly down-to-earth; when she’s not designing clothes you can find her in fly-fishing, working outdoors and spending time with her daughter.

Andrea has also suffered from Rheumatoid Arthritis since she was just shy of 27, an illness that altered the course of her career. When she was diagnosed, she was working full time outdoors for Air Canada at a job that she loved.

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Therapies to help manage chronic pain

Chiropractor Dr. Paul Thibert of joined with Global Calgary to discuss therapies which help manage various types of chronic pain and to raise awareness for National Pain Awareness Week.

He discusses proven natural remedies for chronic pain, including Thermotex, supplements and Graston therapy. You can find out more about Dr. Thibert at http://nwcalgarychiro.ca

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Naturopath, Dr. Frank Ervolino swears by low cost, practitioner independent pain management therapies

T: Tell us a bit about your professional past and present?
FE: I have worked in private practice, and in hospital settings treating severe chronic medical conditions before moving into a consulting career.
During this latest move I opened a low cost community acupuncture clinic, which treats people at prices they can afford. As the community became aware of my clinic, the numbers of patients we were treating rose exponentially, this brought me in contact with large numbers of people in pain.

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Alberta Ballet Ballerina, Reilley McKinlay talks life as a dancer and dealing with chronic calf pain

Reilley McKinlay, dancer with the Alberta Ballet, hails from Seattle, Washington where she grew up training at Pacific Northwest Ballet School in addition to her academic studies. At the age of 19, she moved to Toronto for a year to continue training at Canada’s National Ballet School. In 2008, McKinlay was offered a contract with Alberta Ballet to begin her professional dancing career and is currently in her 10th season dancing with the celebrated ballet company.

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CFL All-Star, Charleston Hughes talks his love for sport, warm up regime and how he treats pain

We had the chance to speak with CFL All-Star and Calgary Stampeders Defensive Lineman, Charleston Hughes for our most recent edition of Thermo Talk.

Charleston grew up playing football in his late teens though he didn’t get serious until high school, spending most of his time in track and basketball throughout his youth. Hughes naturally fell into football and began to play for the Northwood Timberwolves out of Midland, MI where he acted as Captain Starter for 4 years.

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How George Shed Osteoarthritis

Before Mike used Themotex to recover from his own injuries (See the story here) he was introduced to Thermotex through an unlikely client, George the Cat. As a microbiology grad, Mike got his start in the pharmaceutical arena, as a sale representative in veterinary medicine.

In his line of work there were many heartwarming scenarios and of course, those that truly tugged at his heartstrings. “One particular case I will never forget was George the cat.”

Mike meets George

Whether it’s a cat taken from abusive owners,

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