Joint Pain Coach

28/07/2022

‘Going through perimenopause puts your body under stress, stress causes inflammation…’

…and inflammation can lead to joint pain….

This isn’t talked about enough.

A great article from Women's Health. Let’s keep the discussion going!

We asked the experts how nutrition can help with symptom prevention, and when to start switching up our eats

15/07/2022

☀️ With the incoming heat wave, you might be worried about the effect the weather will have on your joint pain...

🥵 We've put together 5 tips to help you manage your joint pain over the next few days!

💛 CLICK SHARE to help your friends out too!

07/07/2022

🍫 IT’S WORLD CHOCOLATE DAY!

💛 Are you a chocolate lover? We’ve got some bad news and some good news…

😬 THE BAD NEWS: Chocolate can trigger the release of proteins called cytokines, which cause inflammation and worsen joint pain symptoms. BUT...

😇 THE GOOD NEWS: Luckily, it’s only the refined sugars in chocolate that cause this effect! This means it’s still entirely possible to enjoy a chocolatey treat without worsening your joint pain symptoms…

🔎 CHECK OUT this DELICIOUS refined sugar-free chocolate mousse recipe below from Eating by Elaine!

This chocolate mousse is the easiest dessert out there so you can quickly whip it up without any stress.  No oven, no stove and no fancy

01/07/2022

❓DID YOU KNOW❓

💊 Supplementing your diet with chondroitin (alone or in combination with glucosamine) has been found to improve pain levels in patients with osteoarthritis by 8%.

🛒 This statistic lends support to the popularity of chondroitin as an over-the-counter supplement!

📑 Source: Singh JA, Noorbaloochi S, MacDonald R, Maxwell LJ. Chondroitin for osteoarthritis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Jan 28;1:CD005614. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005614.pub2. PMID: 25629804; PMCID: PMC4881293.

28/06/2022

💡 SPOTLIGHT:

📰 The Times and The Sunday Times have just published an article talking all about the scientifically proven benefits of wellbeing services like Joint Pain Coach!

🔎 The article follows a study published this June, which concluded, “Telephone-delivered CBA [cognitive behavioural approaches] and PEP [personalised exercise programmes] … should be considered as a key component of inflammatory rheumatic disease management in routine clinical practice.” *

🎉 We’re always excited to see an increased understanding of how invaluable holistic joint care interventions are!

*Source: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanrhe/article/PIIS2665-9913(22)00156-4/fulltext

Click below to read more:

Hundreds of thousands of people with conditions such as arthritis could offset fatigue with exercise and talking therapy, a study suggests. Experts said people

27/06/2022

❓ DID YOU KNOW?

🕯 A 2015 randomised controlled trial showed that 6 weeks of meditation improved insomnia, fatigue and depression. The trial was comprised of 49 older adults, half of whom completed 2 hours of meditation practice per week.

🎁 Did you also know, that Joint Pain Challenge includes a free guided meditation to get you started on your mindfulness journey!

💭 What are your thoughts on meditation? Let us know in the comments!

📰 Source: Black DS, O'Reilly GA, Olmstead R, Breen EC, Irwin MR. Mindfulness meditation and improvement in sleep quality and daytime impairment among older adults with sleep disturbances: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Apr

24/06/2022

🧘‍♀️ DID YOU KNOW?

⚖️ Yoga has been found to be more effective than massage for the improvement of knee joint pain (in cases related to aromatase inhibitors, a class of drug used to treat breast cancer).

🙋‍♀️ Have you tried one or both of these therapies? Let us know in the comments!

🔎 Tsai CL, Liu LC, Liao CY, Liao WL, Liu YH, Hsieh CL. Yoga versus massage in the treatment of aromatase inhibitor-associated knee joint pain in breast cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial. Sci Rep. 2021 Jul

23/06/2022

🧦 DIY: HEAT PACK FOR STIFF JOINTS!

🥵 As somebody who suffers from joint pain, you’ll know how much of a difference temperature can make to your joints. Sometimes just a change in the weather can decide if it’ll be a good pain day or a bad pain day. But have you ever tried using temperature to alleviate discomfort?

📰 READ THE BLOG POST BELOW, to find out how heat therapy can help your joint pain and how to make your own heat pack using items you've already got laying around the house!

https://www.jointpaincoach.com/blog/diy-heat-pack

Heard about heat therapy and want to give it a go? This DIY uses things you've already got laying around the house!

22/06/2022

📢 BREAKING NEWS:

A recent study suggests that mildly processed chicken eggshell membrane (taken as a capsule), may successfully relieve knee OA pain and contribute to daily life functioning.

🐣 Have you tried this.. or would you try it? Tell us below!

Source: Kiers JL, Bult JHF. Mildly Processed Natural Eggshell Membrane Alleviates Joint Pain Associated with Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study. J Med Food.

20/05/2022

⚠️ "Before the pandemic, joint pain was a huge issue for Brits, with over seven million people reporting moderate or severe pain levels. Post-pandemic, the problem is more significant than ever, with joint pain identified as the third most common symptom of long Covid..."

💬 Thank you to Culture Whisper for featuring our Joint Pain Challenge in their recent article! CLICK LINK TO READ!

🔎 Find out more about Joint Pain Challenge by clicking here: https://www.jointpaincoach.com/challenge

📰 https://www.culturewhisper.com/r/wellbeing/post_pandemic_recovery/16889

From brain fog to fatigue – here are the wellness options that may help your post-pandemic recovery

19/05/2022

⭐️ Thank you Rude Health Magazine for covering our coaching services in a recent article!

〝There remains no cure for joint pain, and everyone’s experience is unique. Working out which lifestyle changes will benefit each person is a complex puzzle.

Joint Pain Coach is a portal for people who need help with this issue. Members are given a series of proven changes over a 14-day challenge covering lifestyle, nutrition, movement patterns, mindset and complementary therapies within a private community...”

👓 https://www.rudehealthmagazine.ie/Pages/Information/News.aspx

Rude Health Magazine is the official consumer title of Health Stores Ireland, reflecting health trends, news and consumer information in Ireland.

18/05/2022

📣 Our co-founder Paul spoke to UK Health Radio's Danielle Sax, in an interview all about joint health. LISTEN NOW for some great tips about what you can do to help your joint pain!

🎧 https://bit.ly/3wmLbN1