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 […]
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
When you are looking for a solution to persistent pain it really helps to understand what you are dealing with. Before I go any further I just want to be clear. All pain is real. Your pain is real. My pain was real. It is never ‘just in your head’ or psychosomatic or ’emotional’. That
