Welcome

by Jonathan

Hi there, and welcome to LifeAfterPain.com

To get started, download our free Trigger Point Manual.  You’ll find out the real reasons why you get triggers – and then  the following email series shows you what you can do to get rid of them – long term.

And if there’s something you want to discuss, just leave a comment below any of the articles – this site is all about learning and sharing knowledge, so I’d very much like to hear what you think.

All the best,
Jonathan

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The Low Inflammation Breakfast

by Jonathan

Breakfast is an incredibly important meal to get your body on track for the day. Here’s some tips on choosing the right mix of protein and carbohydrates to fuel your body for the day.

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The 1 for 1 Rule

This is a short clip from a talk Ginny and I did about nutrition to reduce pain. You’re about to learn the 1 for 1 rule – a very handy and easy way to stay properly  hydrated – even if you’re much more of a tea and coffee drinker.

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8 Steps to a Pain Free Back – an Interview with Esther Gokhale

I’m excited to share with you a very interesting look at posture and how we can use our bodies to eliminate pain. Esther Gokhale has pioneered her own method of posture that helps people to be free of chronic back pain. She started by curing her own back pain and has since moved on to help [...]

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The Top 3 Posture Mistakes that Cause Trigger Points

Many years ago, I attended a course on Alexander Technique, in a beautiful retreat center on a mountainside in New Zealand. After that weekend in the mountains, my life changed.  I became an evangelist for good posture – constantly correcting both mine and my family’s posture. They did sometimes get annoyed with my constant reminders [...]

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Dry Needling, Acupuncture and the Dog in the Night

I’ve had quite a few questions on dry needling, acupuncture and trigger points. These videos give an explanation of dry needling, how it relates to trigger points, and a story about my night roaming dog Milo, and his encounter with acupuncture.

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Suffering and Gratitude

Over the years I’ve seen people in tremendous pain and suffering. What struck me most though, was how some of them managed to keep a part of themselves free from suffering, almost as if they were above it all, and were able to still feel a joy in life. One memory comes to mind – [...]

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How Top Athletes can Help You Beat Chronic Pain

Here’s a list of the things top athletes do that may help you beat chronic pain. 1. Daily Exercise Even if it’s walking to the post box and back. Anything to get you vertical and moving. 2. Visualisation All top athletes use this. Visualise health, natural movement, waking up pain free, returning to do the things you [...]

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How to Get Good Sleep – Even When You Have Chronic Muscle Pain

Do you wake up every morning feeling like you’ve just run a marathon? It can be really difficult to get decent rest when you’re in pain, and I get quite a lot questions about this. So I’ve put together a short video on how to get proper restorative sleep – even when you’re in pain.

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Fibromyalgia Series

This is a talk I did a few weeks back for an Auckland Fibromyalgia Society. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties I wasn’t able to get the whole talk filmed. However, I’ve broken into segments and will be uploading them over the next few days. This talk was intended for an varied audience. There were people [...]

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Inflammation & Pain – The Truth about how Anti Oxidants Reduce Pain

What foods can we eat to reduce pain? To answer this question, you need to first understand how your body works. As you’re sitting here reading this, new cells are being created in your body. Every moment, cells are also dying. And once a cell has died in your body, it gets broken down. You [...]

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