“Pain is in the brain” If you have been looking for solutions for a persistent pain problem, then you will likely have heard this phrase at some point. Urgh. I know the reaction it triggers in so many people living with a pain problem. They hear: “it’s all in your head” With good reason. Often […]
In my recent pacing workshop we touched on the concept of ‘Allostatic Load’This is how much chronic/intermittent stress the body is put under – and all the physiological changes that happen as a result. Some stress is good obviously – exercise. mental and social stimulation: being bored and inactive is bad for us. But too
In a previous life I was a vet. When I broke my back as a student, my surgeon told me that I shouldn’t try to be vet. Of course, I ignored him, I was 18 years old, and I had my 2nd year of vet school to get back to, thankyou very much. I’m glad
In order to have good proprioception i.e, a good sense of where our body is in space, and being able to coordinate ourselves, and move well, we need to take care of our internal body, and keep it refreshed. I’ve talked before about the cortical homunculus, where the brain has the internal representation of our
I’m sure you’ve heard all the following about posture: But your personal experience might feel like your posture is what causes your pain. Are you just one of the few for whom posture is significant, or might there be more to this story? Me as an example: I worked hard at having a good posture
What helps most people out of long term pain are active strategies. The word active here means things people do for themselves, as opposed to treatments that are passive. A passive treatment is something that is done to you that can’t replicate for yourself, like massage or some chiropractic treatments. Exercise, or mindfulness would be
