Living with chronic pain or chronic illness is tough. Your days can be unpredictable and hard to manage. Not only do you need to think about everything you need to do as part of day-to-day life, but you need to factor in the challenges of your pain and/or illness and the impact this can have. … Continue reading The things you need to do to effectively manage your chronic pain or illness
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
When you have chronic pain, you know that you will be in it for the long-run, so you need to find ways of managing your pain so that you can continue doing the things you enjoy and living your life. It isn't just the pain itself that you need to consider as part of your … Continue reading Your complete guide to pain management for chronic pain
Today I have a guest post on my blog 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 … 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
Recently I've had an interest in understanding more about vegan food; why people decide to be vegan, and why being vegan can be better for us. I have always been quite fussy about what veg I eat, often picking the vegetables out of the meals on my plate. But at the moment I have decided … Continue reading Why I’m trying to eat more vegan food to help manage my chronic pain
We are all encouraged to try and do 10,000 steps a day to make sure move as much as we can to help improve our overall health. But why 10,000 steps? And why having a lower daily step goal can make you move move. For me, movement is a huge part of my pain management … Continue reading Why having a lower daily step goal can be better for you
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
We are all encouraged to try and do 10,000 steps a day to make sure we get some exercise in our busy schedules which leads towards a more healthy lifestyle. But why 10,000? And how can we hit 10,000 steps when we are so busy. In this blog post I look at some of the … Continue reading How to hit 10,000 steps a day