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stress and pain

Woman looking out a window thoughtfully while reflecting on chronic pain and why pain comes and goes.

March 17, 2026 · In: Pain Science and Healing, Science-Backed Education

A Simple Explanation For Why Pain Comes and Goes

Understanding why pain comes and goes is one of the most confusing parts of living with chronic pain. One day you may feel relatively functional, while the next day symptoms…

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why chronic pain does not go away

January 20, 2026 · In: Pain Science and Healing, Science-Backed Education

Why Chronic Pain Does Not Go Away Even After Tissue Healing

If you’re dealing with chronic pain that won’t go away, it can feel deeply frustrating. What is even more frustrating is that you might hear that tissues have healed or…

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mechanical low back pain

January 6, 2026 · In: Back, Body Region Support, Science-Backed Education

Why Mechanical Low Back Pain Keeps Flaring Even When Imaging Is Normal

Mechanical low back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek care, yet it often comes with confusing answers when imaging looks normal. Many people are told their…

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stress muscle tension relief

August 26, 2025 · In: Nervous System Regulation

Stress and Muscle Tension Relief: How to Ease Tightness and Restore Calm

Stress doesn’t just live in your head. It shows up in your body; the tight shoulders, clenched jaw, an achy back. For many women, that tension becomes the quiet background…

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diaphragmatic breathing

August 5, 2025 · In: Nervous System Regulation

Diaphragmatic Breathing: How to Breathe Correctly

When stress, fatigue, and chronic pain play a part in your daily life, something has to change. I’ve been there. I understand the struggle. It’s hard to find our way…

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DOMS vs injury

July 29, 2025 · In: Pain Science and Healing, Science-Backed Education

DOMS vs Injury: What Your Body is Really Telling You

You crushed your workout and now your muscles are letting you know it. Now the question starts rolling around in your head: DOMS vs injury? Is this normal soreness or…

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I'm a practicing physical therapist based out of sunny SoCal who loves to educate others and share information and knowledge. You can typically find me hard at work trying to manage normal life or cuddled up under a blanket enjoying coffee or desserts I can never seem to get away from!

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Some of the work does not look like work at all. Some of the work does not look like work at all.

Sometimes it looks like rest. Sometimes it looks like saying no. Sometimes it looks like doing 10 minutes when you wish you could do 60. Sometimes it looks like sitting on the couch and letting the day be small.

If you are someone who has spent your whole life proving you can push through, this part of the work will feel like failure at first. But try looking at it like this instead: it is part of what your nervous system has been asking you for the whole time.

A little reminder ❤️

#chronicpain #nervoussystemawareness #restisimportant #mentalawareness
I am not posting this from the other side of a fla I am not posting this from the other side of a flare. I am posting it from inside one.

For two weeks I have been doing the work I teach… pacing, resting, listening, modifying. None of it has fixed it.

And I have caught myself spiraling into the exact thoughts I would gently redirect a patient out of. “I should know better.” “I am the expert in this.” “What am I doing wrong?”

Here is what this flare has reminded me. Knowing the framework does not exempt you from living inside it. A regulated nervous system is not a permanent state. It is a relationship you keep coming back to. And the moments when nothing is working are not proof you are doing it wrong. They are proof your body is asking for something you have not figured out how to give it yet.

If you are in it too right now, I am right there with you. Tell me what is in your bucket this week. Let’s all share some support with one another.

#nervoussystemhealth #chronicpainawareness #chronicpainsupport #painflare #mindbodyconnection
I did a workout that should have been easy and los I did a workout that should have been easy and lost two weeks to it. Six months ago that same workout was nothing. Nothing about my body broke. My capacity is just being asked to cover more than it used to.

This is the thing I want every woman with chronic pain to understand before she beats herself up one more time. Your nervous system is not separating “the hard workout” from “the rough week at work” from “the night you barely slept.” It is pulling from one pool to handle all of it.

When you stop asking “what should I be able to do” and start asking “what can my body support today,” everything gets easier. Not in a wellness-quote way. In a real, your-actual-life way.
If your bucket has been full for a while, tell me what is in it.

Save this for the next time your body does something you do not understand. You will want the reminder.

#paineducation #nervoussystemhealth #strengthtrainingforwomen #returntostrength #chronicpainawareness
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