What Is Pacing? There isn’t an agreed definition of pacing, I would define it as flexible way of structuring your day in a way that supports both function and wellbeing. Pacing essentially means breaking down tasks and activities into manageable chunks with consideration of the different types of activities, including enough short rest breaks …
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This is part two of the healing within connectedness & love blog, in this blog we will look briefly at the importance of aligning mind, body & heart, along with connectedness in healing, especially living from the heart, connected to our true selves/true nature, other people, love and nature. You can find part one of …
Physiotherapy can be helpful for people with PoTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), it is recommended to be with a physiotherapist that has a specialism or special interest in PoTS. Before we look at how physiotherapy can help let’s look at what PoTS is. What is PoTS? Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) is a form …
What Is a Pain Specialist Physiotherapist & How Is This Different to MSK Physiotherapy? Persistent pain (also known as chronic pain) is a specialist area/field in healthcare, it’s an area that I have specialised in and wanted to share a little on what this means. A little background on physiotherapy training, following completion of …
This blog is about grief and losses in persistent pain (also known as chronic pain) and other long-term health conditions. It’s important to be aware that reading this may be triggering for some people, please choose if reading it is ok for you. The suffering associated with losses and grief affects us all many times …
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Here it is, my first blog! Some years ago I decided to start writing blogs and set up a blogs page on my website and that’s as far as it went. My first blog is my story with pain which led me to specialising in treating people with going pain. My blogs will be mainly …
The guidance in this blog can be used for people with and without persistent pain. Many people know exercise is essential for the health of body, mind and brain. We get modulation of pain perception, known as exercise induced hypoalgesia, from a release of helpful chemicals like endorphins and dopamine. However, for people with persistent …
Living well with pain can be misunderstood to mean that pain won’t change or go away, or having to put up with it and that nothing can be done. This is not what it means! Pain can and does change, nothing is ever the same even though it may feel like it is. For some …
The International Association for the Study of Pain currently defines pain as: ‘An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage’, and is expanded upon by the addition of six key Notes and the etymology of the word pain for further valuable context. Pain is always …
What is Recovery From Suffering With Pain to Living Well I am referring to recovery from suffering with pain to living well in this blog as being able to live a values aligned life that’s full of meaning, with pain being in the background. Let’s get the clouds cleared and say now that pain can …
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