It’s easy to become so used to living with pain or illness, that we sometimes don’t notice when something is wrong. For example, someone could have a dental abscess or an ear infection, but they think their trigeminal neuralgia is flaring up. Or a back pain sufferer might not realise…
Category: Back Pain & Scoliosis
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Eating and Cooking Tips For People With Pain Or Illness
It is so important for people to eat well, but especially so when living with a health condition. However, when you have chronic pain or a chronic illness, both eating and cooking can be difficult, so I have put together a few tips. I hope it helps. Food is Fuel…
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How to Find Out What Triggers or Worsens Pain
I say it often – pain can be unpredictable. Sometimes there is simply no rhyme or reason as to why pain flares up. But sometimes something triggers or worsens pain. Last week when I was chatting to my friend online, my back suddenly became excruciatingly painful and I had to…
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Review of ActivePosture Posture Shirt with Discount Code
Disclosure – I have seen websites advertising posture clothing and since I live with chronic back pain I was interested in finding out if a shirt could benefit me. ActivePosture gave me a posture shirt to trial in exchange for an honest review. Why I wanted to Review the ActivePosture…
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Ill Health Retirement After Years of Struggling to Work
Very often, people with ill health or disability struggle to work and have to face early retirement. It’s not a decision that anyone takes lightly. I Had to Take Ill Health Retirement When I was 28 I had to take early retirement through ill health in 1994 when I was…
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Learning to Listen to Your Body When You’re in Pain
Learning to listen to your body when you’re in pain is easier said than done. I have lived with pain for most of my life. Chronic severe pain which has been both disabling and debilitating. There have been spells when it’s been extremely difficult to cope with it.
For many years, I tried to fight against my pain which did nothing but make it worse. Eventually, I learned to listen to my body. It didn’t stop the pain, but I was able to cope with it better.