There’s no doubting the many benefits that regular exercise can bring into our lives. It keeps us healthy, improves our mood, and gives us more energy. However, while staying active can be relatively straightforward when your body is in peak condition, it can become much more problematic when your body is not in condition or … Continue reading Living an active life when you have chronic pain
There is always more I can do to help improve my posture. I spend a lot of my day on a laptop, either sitting or standing at my desk, and find that bad posture can make my other pains worse. Today's blog is a guest post from John at Yourbackpainrelief.com - John shares 5 posture … Continue reading 5 posture exercises to help your daily routine
One of the most popular posts on my blog is How to start exercising again with chronic pain. It's clearly a topic that people are keen to learn about so I thought I'd post a similar article about doing exercise, that will hopefully help you build more movement and activity in to your day. Disclosure/Medical … Continue reading 5 easy steps to doing exercise when you have a chronic illness
We are all coping differently right now. It's a real challenging time and we've all had to adapt our lives to this coronavirus situation in some way or another. For me, the staying at home rule hasn't affected me that much as I spend a lot of time at home anyway, and I like it. … Continue reading A few of my favourite things that are helping me right now
I'm really wanting to get in to running. I think it will really help both my physical and mental health and is something I can do to help manage my sitting pain. I'm a fast runner rather than a long distance runner, so I'm keen to know the basics to help me get going, which … Continue reading Four practical essentials for healthy running
I've recently suffered from shoulder pain and it was so uncomfortable and extremely painful. It felt like every movement I did triggered the pain; I could not get comfy or free of the pain at all. I was encouraged to do some stretches and exercise which really helped. This is a partnered post but I … Continue reading Chronic shoulder pain and what you can do about it
Lifestyle medicine is about improving your overall heath. It focuses on the things you can do on a daily basis to help make you feel better and improve how you're feeling and your physical and mental wellbeing. Understanding and implementing some lifestyle changes will automatically make you feel better in yourself, which will make managing … Continue reading What is lifestyle medicine and how it can help you manage your chronic pain
I've always said that walking helps my chronic pain. I've written several blog posts about it previously, and always try to encourage others to up their walking if they can. I wanted to give you a quick update on what I am currently doing and how I'm building daily walking exercise in to my pain … Continue reading Walking for chronic pain: What I’m doing
This is a guest post from Kirsten at Graphic Organic who writes about how to start exercising again with chronic pain. Kirsten is a 20-something year old from Belgium. Since she was 9 years old she's lived with multiple chronic illnesses. She is an entrepreneur working from home. Her business is called Graphic Organic. She … Continue reading How to start exercising again with chronic pain
Walking does wonders for our overall health and wellbeing and is a simple way to get some daily exercise. I absolutely love walking; it means I'm not sitting (which is when I'm in pain), it clears my head, and it energises me, even on my most tired days. It is one of my favourite pain … Continue reading Why walking helps me cope with my chronic pain