I deal almost exclusively with people have tried everything for their pain already. People with complex, long standing issues. A lot of them are hypermobile. Sometimes they know they are. Sometimes they have had a physio mention it about a joint or too, but not had any further information. Often they have never considered it […]
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“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 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
When you have pain and seek help often one of 3 things happens: 1 Investigations find a condition or some changes on an x-ray or MRI. Maybe degenerative changes in your spine, or your knee joint. You are told to keep active, and take some pain relief when needed. You were doing that already. You
The topic of pain is rife with myths and legends. One of the biggest is that of core stability, or core strength. In fact this one is sticking around so persistently you could call it a zombie myth. If you have had back pain you will have had exercises for your core recommended. If not
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
