My blog posts tend to talk about chronic pain in general, rather than specifically be about the type of pain that I have. My pain can only be described as coccydynia pain as I feel my pain where my coccyx was, and I am in pain when I sit down. It also hurts when I … Continue reading 5 ways to cope with coccyx pain
If you're a regular reader of my blog, you'll have noticed that I didn't publish my usual Sunday blog post this week. In all honesty, I hadn't quite finished the post I had planned to publish, and I didn't want to rush it for the sake of it. So I took the pressure off myself … Continue reading Wellbeing Wisdom: appreciating the small things
In this blog post I review an online yoga course that is designed for people with chronic illness. I give my honest views and thoughts on the course and how I found it helped or affected my chronic pain. The course was given to me free of charge through the Chronic Illness Bloggers network in … Continue reading Could this yoga course help with your chronic pain and fatigue?
I've written a few posts on distraction for chronic pain, and why it's a big part of pain management. In this post I want to delve a little bit deeper in to exactly what distraction is and how you can make it a part of your pain management toolbox and use everyday to help you … Continue reading What is distraction for chronic pain and how can you make it a part of your pain management toolbox
This is a collaborative post and the ideas and opinions expressed are of the author. Living with chronic pain can be awful, debilitating, and affect your quality of life worse than you ever imagined. In between being unable to move without discomfort to waiting at the doctors to prescribe you a different medication, it feels … Continue reading Self-treating chronic pain without the doctor
I'm very excited that today's blog is a guest post from Dr. Brent Wells (read more about Dr Wells at the bottom of the article). It's all about some simple and effective ways of easing neck pain. I'm definitely going to do more to keep myself hydrated - I had no idea that this could … Continue reading Lesser-Known Tips for Easing Neck Pain
This is a collaborative post and the ideas and opinions expressed are of the author. Everyone experiences pain from time to time, and learning how best to deal with it is something that we should all do as best as we can. If you can get to the point where you can deal with it … Continue reading The best approach to bodily pain
Everyone's chronic pain is different and everyone must learn to deal with their pain in different ways. In this post I talk about 5 ways that can help you deal with your chronic pain. Please note: This post is sponsored by Pathways but all views and opinions are my own. I am not a doctor … Continue reading 5 ways to deal with your chronic pain
Coming up in September is Pain Awareness Month and this year's theme is 'Let's talk about pain'. I fully understand how hard it is to talk about chronic pain. My type of pain is really embarrassing and it's invisible; people often don't get how hard it is to live with chronic pain on a daily … Continue reading Don’t suffer in silence – let’s talk about pain
I've had chronic pain for over 7 years. I've been angry, scared, lost, defeated, frustrated, and worst of all, my relationship nearly ended because of it. I wanted it out my life and to get the 'old' me back. But over the last few years, the more I've accepted that my pain has, and will, … Continue reading Your chronic pain will change you, but it’s not all that bad
