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
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Foods that Could Help you to Decrease Inflammation and 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
9 ways to use distraction as a pain relief
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
Understanding The Link: Chronic Pain & Mental Health
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
Helping Someone In Pain (When You’re In Pain Too)
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)
I’m so glad I…did all that travelling even though it caused so much more pain
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 #bookreview
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 from … Continue reading The Headache Healer?s Handbook #bookreview
Heat packs for pain: helping you find the right one for you
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
I have a Pain Recovery Coach as my first ever Guest Blogger!
I am so excited to have my very first Guest Blog post on Notebooks and Glasses | Chronic Pain Blog. Julie Hughes is a Pain Recovery Coach and Physical Therapist and we connected via Instagram. I love learning from Julie as she talks a lot of sense and gives some really simple but effective advice … Continue reading I have a Pain Recovery Coach as my first ever Guest Blogger!
I’m so glad I…went for afternoon tea at Patisserie Valerie
For Mother's Day last year I bought my Mum a Buy a Gift Afternoon Tea voucher and we finally got round to redeeming it this week. We went to Patisserie Valerie in Shrewsbury and ate so much cake! I didn't let my chronic pain stop me buying this gift for my Mum, nor would I … Continue reading I’m so glad I…went for afternoon tea at Patisserie Valerie