I've been blogging for over two and a half years now but I thought I'd take you back to the beginning and share why I decided to start blogging about my sitting pain. What is my sitting pain? In all honesty, I don't know. I've never had a proper diagnosis. I've had my pain since … Continue reading Why I decided to start blogging about my sitting pain
My friend came up with a really good idea of seeing what it is like to live with someone else's pain - so that's exactly what we did. We called it Spoonie Swap and spent the day doing the things that each other did to cope with their chronic pain. Read Part 1 of the … Continue reading Spoonie Swap Part 2: A day living with someone else’s pain
My friend came up with a really good idea of seeing what it is like to live with someone else's pain - so that's exactly what we did. We called it Spoonie Swap and spent the day doing the things that each other did to cope with their chronic pain. Read Part 2 of Spoonie … Continue reading Spoonie Swap Part 1: A day living with someone else’s pain
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)