One of the things I really admire about Neil Pearson’s approach to chronic pain treatment is his optimism about our ability to re-train our nervous systems, once they’ve become sensitized to pain. Chronic pain is...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIraNEW_gdA I know I may have mentioned this once or twice before on my blog (or in like every post), but in case you missed it: Neil Pearson‘s work changed my life. It all started...
Update, Jan. 2018: Hi everyone– I’ve learned a ton since I wrote this post. Be sure to check out my other site, My Sacroiliac Joint Saga! And now, the original post: In Part 1 of this...
This is a really well-written post on an important subject from The Sports Physio. It is by a physiotherapist, intended for other physiotherapists, but it was also really meaningful to me as a patient. (For...
The more knowledge I’ve acquired about the human body, the more I realize that most of the problems I have now are due to lack of muscle strength. When I developed compartment syndrome at the...
Update, Jan. 2018: Hi everyone– I’ve learned a ton since I wrote this post. Please be sure to check out my other site, My Sacroiliac Joint Saga, for more! And now, the original post: So, let...
Update, Jan. 2018: Hi everyone– I’ve learned a ton since I wrote this post. Please be sure to check out my other site, My Sacroiliac Joint Saga, for more! And now, the original post: So, let...
Today, Ruby shocked me by taking her first swim of 2014. It was awesome. As you may remember from my previous post about her, Ruby is my family’s 14-year-old Lab mix (she’ll be fifteen in...
It’s been a few years now since I first began to understand my pain problem– three, to be specific. Since then, I feel like I’ve made a lot of progress in terms of how I...
This is the third part in a series about an amazing new approach to physical therapy for chronic pain patients, and how the role it played in my life. To start from the beginning, check...