We react to by contracting in against the cold. It’s normal but doesn’t actually help with keeping warm…. Training yourself to react differently can really help with tension and pain that gets worse in the colder months. See this short video for how to do that: Tensing against the cold is an example of what […]
Cozy vs contracted -dealing with muscle pain due to cold weather Read More
I seem to be getting this message from everywhere. Planning to train for some big run next year? Start little jogs or up your steps now. Planning on weight loss next year? Make some small changes now – don’t write off December because of Xmas. I totally agree – I’ve written before about how the
“That’s the calmest collie I’ve ever seen!” commented the man in the shop. Finally, I thought, we’ve fooled someone. This dog was an out and out loon who spent her first two years attracting tutting and judgmental comments with her reactive behaviour. But then I thought about how much had shifted for Lani. Actually she’s mostly happy,
The sign off at the end of my backtoactive bites emails is “take it easy”. This isn’t me being quirky, it’s like a low level philosophy I try to imperfectly follow. It comes from having a history of more than a decade of awful back pain, and doing a lot of trying hard to sort it
I always think digging yourself out of pain hole needs a multi pronged approach. There’s rarely One Big Fix, unless you happen to have a good surgical option (and even then that’s not always the whole answer). I’ve been wittering on recently about check-ins… and they are one of my favourite ‘prongs’ because they
When I was in lots of pain I was searching for something substantial enough that felt like it would sort my pain. But as I went through the long list of the usual things, and each one left me disappointed, I was left with less showy options. The ones with more muted claims. Like: Get a
