Emma, 45, South Wales writes “I started to experience back pain in 2018 when caring for my Mum and it worsened following her passing away. I can remember going for a run on the treadmill and was building up slowly doing interval training, 1 minute of running, 1 minute of walking. I had built up …
Case Study – A journey from major back surgery to a pain free life Read More »
Sport is a really useful metaphor for those wanting to learn to manage their pain. It does not matter whether it is an individual sport or team based. Bob Rea, Clinical Lead at Our Health Hub explains that people who play sports tend to always want to get better at it, usually because they like …
Bob Rea, Clinical Lead at Our Health Hub, explains that just like baking a cake is not the same as cooking, managing persistent pain is not the same as living with persistent pain. Baking is more precise, accurate and more scientific – just like pain management. When you bake you need to know the …
With so many of us working and operating from home over the past year, you would think that chronic pain would subside – but many people will have continued to experience pain and looking to recover as they’re allowed to go out again. Here, Miriam Daurat, Chartered Physiotherapist at Our Health Hub, discusses summer after …
Summer after Lockdown – how you can use it to recover from chronic pain Read More »
The phrase “aggravating an old injury” is commonly heard but is not entirely accurate. Depending on the injury, its severity and the journey to recovery, there are several factors that influence how our bodies respond to future injury. Instead of “aggravating an old injury”, it would be more accurate to say that a poorly managed …
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In a group of new guidelines published in April, NICE announced in its assessment and management of chronic pain that people with primary pain should be offered a range of treatments to help them manage their condition. NICE recommends a range of effective treatments for people with chronic primary pain and calls on healthcare professionals …
Pain Specialists react to new NICE Chronic Pain Assessment Guidelines Read More »
Living with someone you care about with chronic pain can be hard to cope with. Without support and understanding you can have feelings of overwhelming helplessness which can lead to feelings of frustration, anxiety, stress and a breakdown in communication. Coping strategies need to be put in place for people living with someone with chronic …
Support tool for caring for someone with a chronic pain condition Read More »
Miriam Daurat, Chartered Physiotherapist and Pain Management Specialist with Our Health Hub says ‘Chronic health conditions’ cover an incredibly broad range of health issues. These range from persistent pain from varying causes, autoimmune issues like diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis, breathing difficulties from conditions like asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and many other conditions. …
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Whether it’s from a broken arm after coming off a bike, stepping on a dreaded piece of your kids’ Lego or an arthritic hip that keeps you up at night, pain is something we are all familiar with. Pain can be fleeting but sometimes it persists for much longer. A stubbed toe may have us …
Pain is an unpleasant experience but also essential and an effective way to protect your body from danger. So, does this mean pain indicates that there must be damage to the body brought on by trauma or an illness? In the case of acute pain, yes, and we know that the body responds to an …
