Everyone's chronic pain is different depending on the causes, symptoms, how your body reacts, and how you cope. Some people prefer to use prescribed medication to help reduce their pain, and some people choose to use alternative therapy and treatment to try and manage their pain better. But what about the different types of home … Continue reading Home equipment to help you manage your chronic pain
This is my weekly post on Notebooks and Glasses where I highlight my pain challenge of the week and how I coped with it. This week, my pain challenge has been trying to stay awake. Stick with me, I'll explain more... This week's pain challenge Christmas can either be a very stressful time of the … Continue reading My pain challenge of the week and how I coped with it
This is a collaborative post and the ideas and opinions expressed are of the author. Nobody wants to be in pain, but usually it passes with time. If you suffer from chronic pain however then the pain might not go away for weeks, or even months. This can have a debilitating effect on your life … Continue reading Foods that Could Help you to Decrease Inflammation and Pain
I've decided to start a new weekly feature on Notebooks and Glasses to highlight some of the pain challenges that I have and to share how I get through them. This week's pain challenge This week, for some unknown reason, I have had something that I can only describe as twangs in my Gluteus Maximus … Continue reading My pain challenge of the week and how I coped with it
This is a collaborative post and the ideas and opinions expressed are of the author. Image source It is without doubt that conventional medicine plays an important and lifesaving part in the healthcare process, as without conventional medicine, if you were to have an accident or life threatening injury there’s little chance you would … Continue reading The Need for Alternative Medicine
If you really, really look, you will find some positives chronic pain. It takes a while, but you will get there. Of course, chronic pain isn't a good thing - it causes our bodies and minds to struggle on a daily basis; it causes anger, frustration, and at times hopelessness and isolation; it causes us to … Continue reading Finding the positives of chronic pain
I've had a Kindle for as long as I've had my chronic pain and I absolutely love it. It's easy to hold, easy to use, and helps me manage my chronic pain. I can get comfy lying down If you're familiar with my story and regularly read my blog posts, you'll know that I have … Continue reading How my Kindle helps me manage my chronic pain
A huge part of pain management is distraction. It is important to keep busy to try and not let chronic pain take over, and keeping your mind busy means that you are not focussing on your pain. In this blog post I suggest 9 ways to use distraction as a pain relief and why it … Continue reading 9 ways to use distraction as a pain relief
Everyone's pain is different and everyone copes in different ways. As time goes on you have to learn to cope as best you can. I've had my endometriosis pain for nearly 20 years and my sitting disability and other pains for over 6 years. During that time I have had to learn ways to cope … Continue reading 11 simple ways to cope with your chronic pain
As part of my Blogtober challenge I had scheduled in a guest post from my blogging friend Nicola at nicolajogston.com. Even though I didn't complete the challenge (you can find out why here) I still wanted to publish this guest post and not let Nicola down. I'm also considering doing a guest post series on what … Continue reading Guest Post: What’s in my bag – autumn edition