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 […]
2021 is here, and even though celebration might be subdued this year, it is still a prompt for a new start. All the disruption of 2020 has made a lot of people to re-evaluate what is important to them and focus more on quality of life, for themselves and others. If you want to take
Medical advice these days for back pain flare ups is to ‘keep active’. Much better than what they used to advise, which was bed rest – that’s a recipe for going downhill.However. if you are really suffering, this sounds like you are being told to soldier on without making allowances for the pain. The general principle
In the pain and fatigue and wellness world we love an analogy…. These always seem to involve kitchen items for some reason: spoons (see here) or cups.None of these are perfect at explaining what’s going on in something so complex (you!), but they can assist us to understand how to help ourselves. What’s in Your Cup? We
Have you made a New Year Resolution? My resolution time is generally in the summer when there isn’t the excuse of cold and the desire to hibernate, so I’ve had a while to work on mine! I started couch to 5k. If you don’t know it, this is the NHS app that cheers you on
The most pleasurable activities in our lives are those which are really absorbing, ones where you lose time. And that’s great, we don’t want to stop doing these things: they are the best parts of life! However, that absorption can mean that we stay still for too long, or overdo it and suffer the consequences.
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.
