You’ve got back pain. You are having a flare up and its miserable. Its been grumbling on and off for months but you’ve been getting on with it. Now it’s stopping you in your tracks. You want it fixed. You need it fixed, so you can get on with your life. There are lots of […]
I’m often asked by clients “do my muscles feel tense?” Usually they are asking about their neck and shoulders. They feel themselves to be very tense, and sometimes they are noticeably rigid, but sometimes, not so much. This kind of muscle tension is intriguing. If you feel tense a lot, it is definitely information to
When you are looking for a solution to persistent pain it really helps to understand what you are dealing with. Before I go any further I just want to be clear. All pain is real. Your pain is real. My pain was real. It is never ‘just in your head’ or psychosomatic or ’emotional’. That
This blog was provoked by comments I have seen online recently – someone with a chronic condition, fibromyalgia, was really distressed by colleagues making comments about how she was coping with her condition. They were suggesting she go to the gym – the implication being that this would “cure” her pain. This woman just couldn’t
I find long drives a source of stress. I know that if I’m not careful it can cause back pain for me. So what stresses you out? And what do you do when you have to do something that you know can trigger pain or stress? Feeling in control as much as possible is the
By now even the most fair weather gardeners will be out. I enjoy growing veggies, but gardening used to be one of the worst things for setting off my back pain.
