Our National Institute of Health (NIH) states,
“a growing body of evidence suggests that some
complementary approaches, such as acupuncture,
hypnosis, massage, mindfulness meditation,
music-based interventions, spinal manipulation,
tai chi, qigong, and yoga, may help to manage
some painful conditions.”
From, credible research, books and publications,
- We have mindset amplifiers (e.g. fear or anxiety) for CP. Yet, wait, wait… there are ways to counter, dampen or stop those amplifiers for musculoskeletal and neuromuscular pains.
2.Yes, you can mitigate the flow of your “fight or flight” hormones like cortisol when you do NOT need them.
3. Yes, there are practical and proven SAFETY-IN-ME (SIM) messages of hope and change to address CP.
Trust the experts and me to find you own mediation and management tactics.
Practical Chronic Pain Mediation & Management – PCPM2
Mind Body Alignment – can keep you from being PAINGRY.
Take Note:
√ Our Brains are Protectors – NOT healers.
√ Our Brains can create more problems.
√ Our Brains have neuroplasticity.
Condition your Brain and its 8 pain nodes to become part of your winning tactics of PCPM2.
●Seek the Root Cause(s) of your Chronic Pain (CP) – don’t fear, understand.
●Try natural & time-tested interventions (see X Factors in my book, Strong to Save.)
●Use passive pain management (drugs) as a later or last resort.
●Breathe well and sleep to mimic Morpheus!
●Laugh often, Hug lots! –> D O E S = 4 happy hormones.
●Live in the Present with self-acceptance
●Find what each new day has to offer
●Don’t complain – why Not me?
●Keep “pity parties” to a minimum.
●Invest time in a Body Scan or Meditate.
●Create new Cerebral pathways to separate PAIN from your activity.
●“Do what you can.” A. Ashe
Use WILDA as your Guide
DO A CANDID “WILDA” AUDIT.
●Assess your current pain level:
Constant? Episodic?
●Nociceptor signal?
Sharp, pinpoint, dull, hot
●What physical and/or mental steps make it better? Or worse?
●When does it peak? Or lessen?
●How long have you experienced this PAIN?
●What else was going on when it started? Context.
Listen to your Mind & Body, then selectively filter out unwanted or abnormally processed pain outputs. Journal your Findings.
Tame the CP Beast!
Build up Safety in Me (SIM) senses (hear, smell, taste, touch, places you go, bodily things happening.) Examples of SIM are:
a. I believe in my practitioners.
b. Broken bones will heal in their time! There is light at the tunnel’s end.
c. My inflammation is a feedback signal for me to change.
d. I found friends who feel what I feel.
e. I love many things happening in my life.
f. I’ve been through worse.
Don’t DIM or Catastrophize! Rather, Invest in your Self Care steps like these for your PCPM2 :
Mindful Breathing Techniques – What Childbirth & Snipers have in common.
Meditation – invest in your time to get grounded.
An anti-inflammatory Diet, nil or no alcohol & tobacco.
Individualized Exercise – Aerobics, QiGong, TaiChi. Go easy at first.
Restorative Sleep – Root Chakra sound waves.
Proactive patient & “customer” advocacy.
Pet Pets.
Talk it Out! CBT (Our brains are masterful storytellers, so re-wire them w/ neuroplasticity.)
Make the (Vital) Force Be With You. Investigate “traditional/natural” treatments.
Remember to Journal your Highs and Lows!
Bottom Line Up Front
Do try integrated approaches and embrace those that work for you.
Think of the 4-letter word – PAIN – as a positive acronym:
Positive Actions Influence (your) Nociceptors.
– Please consider passive prescription drugs as a later or last resort to alter body-brain signals and pain amplifiers.
As Sean, the tough love therapist in GOOD WILL HUNTING offe
