This is a collaborative post and the ideas and opinions expressed are of the writer. We all know how easy it is to make a decision about trying to improve your health, and then squirt on it before too long, or start to find excuses as to why not to keep it up. If you … Continue reading How To Finally Commit To Your Health
This is a collaborative post. Health and fitness is something that everyone should look toward these days. There are such a lot of reasons why it is important to get fitter and healthier in your life, and one of the main ones is to prevent health problems in later life. So, you have to make … Continue reading Getting in Shape: It’s a Process That Starts With You
This is a collaborative post. Your chronic pain may be physical, but we all learn sooner or later that the mental and emotional impacts can be just as hurtful. One that is particularly common is the stress associated with financial strain. Besides budgetary problems that can lead to debt, financial stress is very closely associated … Continue reading Fighting The Financial Strain That Comes With Chronic Pain
This is a collaborative post. Those living with chronic pain may very well know what it’s like to not be taken seriously by doctors or to be treated with mistrust and skepticism. More pain patients are not only being denied the kind of opioid medication that they may need but can’t get their doctor to … Continue reading Dealing With The Doctors We Disagree With
This is a collaborative post. Source It is estimated that up to 50% of people who experience chronic pain also struggle with a mental health condition, with depression and anxiety disorders being the most common. This is unsurprising. Chronic pain presents a number of challenges that those without chronic pain do not experience. Interestingly, this … Continue reading Understanding The Link: Chronic Pain & Mental Health
This is a collaborative post. Picture Help comes in many ways, and we all try our best to help someone when they're going through a tough time, even if we're feeling a lot of stress ourselves. But when we are going through our own pains, whether physical or mental, and we're trying our best to … Continue reading Helping Someone In Pain (When You’re In Pain Too)
This is a collaborative post. There?s nothing so relaxing as a massage for tense muscles. For those of us who work in repetitive work like at a desk, or on our feet all day, it can really help to relax the knots that often show up in your back, neck, and calves. But of course, … Continue reading How To Give Yourself A Massage, No Matter Where It Hurts
This is a collaborative post. https://unsplash.com/photos/PHIgYUGQPvU Being healthy can seem really hard. When you live with chronic pain, it can sometimes feel like you?re the exact opposite. You can wonder what is happening in your body to make you feel the way that you do. And while you may not be able to find anything … Continue reading Health Savvy: Small Steps That Go A Long Way