More than half of people that are living with a chronic pain condition are also smokers. This is an incredibly high percentage when you consider that only around 15% of all people in the UK smoke. People that have long term chronic back or neck pain conditions are even more likely to smoke than others. … Continue reading What is the link between chronic pain and smoking?
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
This week though, I am very proud to have a guest blog post from a blogging friend of mine, Lauren Ephithite, who shares her top tips on how to look after your mental health when you're in pain. Lauren Ephithite is a mental health writer and advocate based in Norfolk, UK. She writes about her … Continue reading 7 ways to look after your mental health when you’re in pain
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
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
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)
The other week I drove 4 hours to meet my nephew, 2 hours to attend a family funeral, and this week I am 6 hours north on holiday in the Scottish Highlands. I don't travel well with my chronic sitting pain; I don't let it stop me, but it hurts. Here's one of my?I'm so … Continue reading I’m so glad I…did all that travelling even though it caused so much more pain
The Headache Healer's Handbook: A Holistic, Hands-On Somatic Self-Care Program for Headache and Migraine Relief and Prevention is the bible for anyone who suffers with headaches and migraines. It has over 380 pages of everything you need to know to understand headaches and migraines and how to help manage them. Although I don't regularly suffer … Continue reading The Headache Healer’s Handbook #bookreview
Heat can be really beneficial in helping to manage chronic pain. The science behind it is really simple, and as long as you find the right heat packs for you, it is an effective of way of feeling in control of your own pain management. Pin this for later?? Over the years I've used different … Continue reading Heat packs for pain: helping you find the right one for you
