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Pelvic Pain: The Ultimate Cock Block
Dr. Susie and I have established quite a fab connection over the past year or so. We teamed up to help people with chronic pain with our own various ways – Dr. Susie providing her professional knowledge (and awesome down to earth approach), and I providing my patient input (Dr. Susie loves my Pain Train). I jumped at Dr. Susie’s invitation to write the foreword for her book, Pelvic Pain: The Ultimate Cock Block – in fact it was an honor and a pleasure. From what I hear through my site, men have a more difficult task [...]
Yes, it is like taming a beast
You’ve all heard the impact Prof Lorimer Moseley made on my pain journey – well my diagnosis actually. If it weren’t for him I wonder how much longer I would have been left searching for the reason behind (pardon the pun) the pain. It took 4.5 years! Lorimer’s research continues and this time he’s teamed up with some fabulous physiotherapists to make a lighthearted – but still serious, animation about chronic pain. […]
This, is Queenscliff
I’m thinking it might be relevant for followers to see where I moved to. So, here you go – welcome to Queenscliff! It has been a huge transition (by now you’ve heard about it) but moving from my previous (20+year) city life to this seaside town is quite a change! Kind of forced sea-change! […]
Self Management: Acceptance, Commitment & Sacrifice
(Image: Written Within* by Elizabeth Banfield hand burnished linocut, kozo tissue, thread ©2017) My sacral stim and I have known each other for a full 17 months now, so I felt it was the right time to make some comments and reflect, again, on this self management business. Yes, the sacral stim is making a huge difference. Now remember – I’m talking about my pelvis, my pain experience, my brain, my nervous system and my genes Three (of my never-ending) realisations for living with chronic pain are that I have to: accept that my life and I have changed – forever [...]
Not the fitball’s fault – it’s Nav1.7’s
In his theory, a stimulus triggers the Nav1.7 channel to open just long enough to allow the necessary amount of sodium ions to pass through, which then enables messages of stinging, soreness, or scalding to register in the brain. When the trigger subsides, Nav1.7 closes.
Dr Susie Gronski: How One Artist Used Her Hurting Strings To Stitch Back Her Life
I can't recommend Dr Susie highly enough. I wish I had online physical therapy advice when I felt lost, unable to commute and in need of someone who could understand my pain experience. Dr Susie really gets pelvic health issues and especially for males - oh hoorah, finally someone to help the boys! Don't hesitate to organise an online skype session, Dr Susie has a load of support and experience on offer. (Post written by Dr. Susie Gronski, DPT, PRPC. Doctor of Physical Therapy. Expert pelvic health advice without the jargon) Soula Mantalvanos has been dealing with pelvic pain [...]