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...
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...
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,...
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...
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. ...