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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Managing Chronic Pain

Many of you know tidbits about my own personal journey through chronic pain. I manage my pain by this system.
Upon waking, I stretch and do a few crunches. I swing out of bed and hit the foam roller and tennis balls for trigger point. After my muscles relax I take a hot shower and then stretch my hamstrings in the kitchen on a parallel bar. I dance and shimmy while taking my vitamins and getting ready to leave the house. Sometimes i'll take the ice pack in the car along with my foam roller and tennis balls.. You get the message here? Its a lifestyle. Sure your quality of life improves with regular massage but for some of us who carry burdens that outlive us we may never quite reach a point of no pain. After a weekend pain level of 16 (my rib popped out) i am euphoric today at a 6.
I have been paralyzed 6 times so far. Every 2.5 years my muscles dislocate my lumbar spine and pinch the sciatic nerve causing numbness from the waist down. My experience with pain helps me minister to others suffering so please let us support each other. Subscribe Please!