Grateful to be okay
Well, if there’s anything I can say I learned last week week (in addition to chiropractors are dangerous), it’s this: How very, very grateful I am not to have a permanent nerve injury. I guess...
Tag: physical therapy
Grateful to be okay
Well, if there’s anything I can say I learned last week week (in addition to chiropractors are dangerous), it’s this: How very, very grateful I am not to have a permanent nerve injury. I guess...
Too much of a good thing: when people don’t really *get* pain science
I wanted to share a really important post with you all this morning, from the author of Chronically Undiagnosed. She’s a therapist who is dealing with chronic illness. Recently, she wrote about her experience attending...
My very first interview: The Capable Body Podcast!
Hi everyone! One of my goals for 2017, and continuing on into 2018, was to say “yes” to any opportunities that came my way to grow my blog. So, when my friend Matt Villegas asked to...
The Four Categories of Pain– Dr. Jay Joshi
Hi everyone! I’ve just discovered this awesome talk on central sensitization by pain management physician Dr. Jay Joshi. It’s totally packed with information I want to share with you all– such as why it’s so hard to...
Treating Chronic Pain as a Two-Way Street
The nervous system has a system of checks and balances that ultimately determine how strong a pain signal is experienced by the individual. Different parts of the spinal cord and brain can play a role...
Understanding pain as your body’s alarm system
In my experience, the key to learning to work with your pain instead of against it is to learn to view pain as your body’s alarm system. In the global North, most of us are...
Tip for knee and hip pain: Go down the stairs backwards
When I first developed knee issues, I found it extremely painful to walk down the stairs normally. I would limp down in an awkward way, trying to find a way to move that wouldn’t hurt...