Kitchen gadgets – some are helpful, some less so. But for people who live with chronic pain, a chronic illness or a disability, some kitchen gadgets are essential and can make life so much easier. My Mum used to love kitchen gadgets. She visited the Ideal Homes Exhibition in Glasgow’s…
Category: Self Help
Chronic Pain
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How to Help People With Chronic Pain or Illness
Life can be difficult for people who live with chronic pain or a chronic illness but it must also be difficult for friends and family who look on wishing that they could do more to help. How Can People Help Someone With Chronic Pain or Illness? Often, friends or family…
Chronic Pain
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Dragonfly CBD Oil for Pain (Review and Discount Code)
For years, I have read posts on support groups from people who use CBD oil to help their pain. Until recently, I hadn’t tried it. So when Dragonfly got in touch to ask if I would be interested in trying their CBD oil in the hope of it helping my…
Facial Pain & Trigeminal Neuralgia
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How to Look After Painful Teeth If You Have Trigeminal Neuralgia
Brushing your teeth is possibly one of the biggest pain triggers when you have trigeminal neuralgia. It can cause excruciating pain, but we do still need to take care of our teeth. This post has tips for coping with mouth and teeth pain, tips for cleaning teeth and some suggestions…
Chronic Pain
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How to Cope With Dry Mouth (Xerostomia)
Dry mouth, known medically as xerostomia, is something that most people have experienced at some time. If you wake up in the morning with a dry mouth and a quick glass of water solves the problem, then it’s easy to cope with. But a dry mouth isn’t so easy to…
Back Pain & Scoliosis
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Review of Huggaroo Neck and Shoulder Wrap ~ I Love it
I’ve written before about the effect of stress on pain. If I’m under stress for any reason and can’t control it, my pain normally gets worse but it’s not just my usuals pain. I often get tension headaches. Medication doesn’t tend to help me when I have those type of headaches, but I sometimes find that applying a heat pad to the back of my neck can help. Therefore I was excited when a company called Huggaroo got in touch and offered to send me a head, neck and shoulder wrap so I could write a review about it.
Emotional & Mental Health
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Coping Better on Painful Days by Enjoying Good Memories
When we’re struggling with pain, whether it’s physical or emotional, it can often feel like there’s nothing to look forward to. Days can feel dark and gloomy as though the light has gone out of our lives. Sometimes, thinking about happy times in the past can shine that light back into our lives. Good memories can help us through the toughest, most painful days.
Chronic Pain
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Breathing a Better Way Could Help Your Pain
We all breathe. Obviously, we have to. But did you know that breathing slightly differently might actually help when you’re in pain? When you live with chronic pain, there is normally no quick fix available. There are no magic cures. However, pain management techniques can help people to cope with their pain. One of my most used pain management tools is a breathing exercise called diaphragmatic breathing, also known as belly or abdominal breathing.
Emotional & Mental Health
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12 Ways to Improve the Quality of Your Sleep
Getting quality sleep is important for everyone but probably especially important for people who live with chronic pain or chronic illness. However, many people across the world are sleep deprived. If you are one of those people, there are a few things you can do to try to improve the quality of your sleep.If you know why you’re not sleeping well, you might be able to do something about it.
Distractions
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Creativity Can Help You to Cope With Your Pain
I often mention using distractions as a way of coping with pain. That’s because when we concentrate on something, it can take the focus off the pain, even if only briefly. I love creative hobbies because my mind can become really absorbed in whatever I’m doing. A lot of people in the chronic illness community are also creative, so perhaps I’m not the only one who thinks that creativity can help us to cope with pain.
I would never suggest that creativity can cure pain. If my doctors can’t cure it, painting a pretty picture or stringing some beads together certainly won’t. But I’m sure it helps me to cope.