I seem to be getting this message from everywhere. Planning to train for some big run next year? Start little jogs or up your steps now. Planning on weight loss next year? Make some small changes now – don’t write off December because of Xmas. I totally agree – I’ve written before about how the […]
The sign off at the end of my backtoactive bites emails is “take it easy”. This isn’t me being quirky, it’s like a low level philosophy I try to imperfectly follow. It comes from having a history of more than a decade of awful back pain, and doing a lot of trying hard to sort it
Is a tense jaw a give away that you’re stressed? Grind your teeth at night? Tension headaches? About 50% of the people I work with report having some significant teeth grinding or jaw pain issues or tension headaches. I’d say about 100% notice that their jaw is an indicator of their general stress levels. It’s
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If you’ve got pain, stiffness, or posture issues, your instinct is probably to DO something. Stretch it out, “correct” the position, shrug or wriggle. Moving more is always a good strategy, but often fidgeting and exercising doesn’t do the trick on its own. You need reliable brain-to-body cues that eases tension and calms everything down.
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In my last blog, I shared three things I wish I’d known at graduation. One was: that there is a skill set that can help prevent those pains that will inevitably happen along the way from becoming chronic. Having lived with severe chronic pain, and recovered ( and done a lot of learning along the
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Have you ever reached a holiday so utterly exhausted that all you could do was collapse, and then spend the first few days just trying to feel human again? For many of us, especially those juggling work, care responsibilities, and health challenges, rest becomes something we “earn” only after pushing ourselves to the edge. But
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