July 2010

Good Posture and Evading Trigger Points

by Jonathan

Why do trigger points come back?

One reason that almost always comes up is that you don’t have optimum posture. Bad posture creates muscle imbalances and tension – which then creates trigger points.

It’s a cumulative thing, but having efficient posture will give the best chance to not only look good and move freely, but also have your trigger points go away and stay that way.

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The Mind Body Connection – Pain Management 7

by Jonathan

This is the final piece in this talk – I believe the effect of a positive mental attitude when you’re managing pain is crucial. In the final analysis, you are the one who decided where to put your attention – onto the pain, or in another direction.

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Sleep Recovery – Pain Management 6

Another key aspect of managing pain is getting your sleep back. There is a negative downward spiral that occurs when you don’t exercise because of pain. When you don’t exercise you use less energy, making it less likely that you’ll be tired enough to sleep. If pain is making it hard to sleep, then you’ll [...]

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Exercise & Wellness – Pain Management 5

I’ve gone over this point in a previous article – keeping active is a vital part of managing chronic pain. This is because even very gentle exercise can produce endorphins – the natural pain killers of your body. This text will be replaced >Next Video

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The Pain Hotline – Pain Management 4

This is a vital concept in understanding a specific type of chronic pain. This is chronic pain that does not have an underlying physical cause. This can be: when you have ongoing discomfort from an injury that has healed when you have a malfunction in your pain system It’s important to understand here – the [...]

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How Pain Works – Pain Management 3

Understanding the mechanics of pain is the first step to realising how to control it. Because – and this is crucial – the hurt is not felt where the damage is. Pain is felt in your brain. And sometimes, the soreness can be felt independently from the actual damage in your body. What I mean [...]

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Pain Defined – Pain Management 2

I believe that it’s important to understand a condition before you can control it. And to understand something, you first need to define it. So here’s an explanation of what pain is. It’s an explanation that I think will help you. Pain = unpleasant sensation + negative emotion Once you  understand the two components of [...]

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Do You Really Want No Pain? Pain Management Talks 1 (with Bollywood Backing Track)

If you do hear some strange music playing in the background for this video – it’s not actually part of my presentation! Outside the hall where I did the talk, there was some type of dancing band outside with lively Bollywood music. There’s not much I could do about that, though it does add a [...]

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