Do you consciously notice when you feel angry or resentful, exhausted or helpless? Or do you push them down, aim to ignore them and push on? The route to recovery Now that we know the true root causes of chronic pain & other persisting conditions are frequently connected with unexpressed emotion and stress, it’s integral to our recovery that we become more attuned to our emotions in the moment they’re happening. If we can feel our stresses & emotions as they happen and so al

Even if it's happening on a more subconscious level, we often look outside ourselves for others to help fix us. When symptoms persist, however, the paths to relief and recovery often lie within ourselves, the mindbody continuum. In my last blog I took a peek into how our knowledge, thoughts & emotions can feed our accumulating stress which can become held within the mind & body (whether that's in or out of our conscious awareness). This, in turn, can impact pain because hidde

Let’s dive in straight away.   The first step to wellbeing & recovery is most often gaining an up-to-date basic understanding of pain science…   All pain is generated by the brain and we now know that pain can also be generated without any physical cause such as an injury or a disease process in the body.   And in the case of persisting pain lasting beyond 3 months (historically referred to as chronic pain), pain without physical cause has been shown to possibly be occurring

Whether we remember our childhood fondly, or with trepidation, with a mix of both or a refusal to even think about it, it’ll likely be...

When you forever put others ahead of your own needs & desires, your own wellbeing suffers, & bodily tension, aches & pains can arise & stay.

This may seem controversial, but your symptoms from osteoarthritis, such as pain, stiffness and functional difficulties, may be more...