Rainbows and Flare Ups: Applying SURG0130 Learning to My Work
In my first lecture for my latest pain module, Andreea Palcu introduced me to the concept of pain being a memory held by the body. I then...
Creating a Pain-Flare Plan That Future-You Will Be Grateful For
When chatting to a friend about her experience of living with fibromyalgia she described it as walking around the edges of a dark hole...
Migraines, Patient Advocacy and Pelvic Pain: Three useful lessons from SURG 0131
I have an app that I made with the idea that it would empower people recovering from injury. It is a series of coaching tips to help...
Using Your BRAIN: How to Make Informed Decisions About Your Medical Care
In the UK, five million people visit their GP surgery every week and up to 90% of healthcare is delivered by primary care. According to...
Pain in the membrane. Pain in the brain. Oestrogen’s role in headaches.
This A.I generated image conjures the sense of pressure that I feel when in the throws of a migraine. It misses the black spiders...
Can Positive Imagery Training Improve Pain Perception?
These images are from Deborah Padfield’s book Perception of Pain. She collaborated with pain patients to help create visual tools to...
An eye exercise class for you to try
Eyes have held incredible power in many cultures for millennia. Talismans to ward off the curse of the evil eye are found all around the...
Remedies for Non Specific Low Back Pain - the “common cold for the spine”
Mark Shepherd is a physio who has likened non specific lower back pain to the common cold for the spine. I love this analogy because it...
Learning to Centre a Client in Their Cancer Rehab Process
These are my people - my husband and my two wonderful children. They are my reminder that life is precious and every minute spent with...
Exercise for Ages 40 and Beyond: Training Advice from Stacy Sims’ Book: ‘Next Level.’
For eons Earth has tilted as it rotates around the Sun, cycling through restful, preparatory, flourishing and quietening seasons. For...
