15/10/2020
But it can feel like a car. You can "upgrade" your muscles and joints and tissues by working out. This will make your tissues stronger and more resilient.
When your artery is not working well, you can get it repaired. You can get a new knee and a new hip.
Only with pain, it's a bit more different.
Pain does not always shows you that there is something wrong or damaged.
People have pain in their foot, that is not their anymore after an amputation.
Pain is very complex. Much more complex than the simple car metaphor. Especially chronic, or persistent pain. Most of the time, not the hardware but the software is not working so well.
So the brain and nervous system and all kinds of other systems in your body are not in balance anymore.
Your thoughts, beliefs, habits, they way you cope with stress, lifestyle, nutrition, sleep, exercise are all very important for having a healthy body and mind and soul.
The good thing is that there are a lot of things and activities you can do to help the "software". These things can calm your system down and perhaps reduce the pain and increase your activities in your daily life that you have been avoiding because of your pain.
These possible things are exercise, mindfulness, yoga, being in nature, having good social dynamics, working on your inner self, having discipline and doing things you love, have good sleep hygiene, etc. Best is to do this together with a physical therapist or a lifestyle- or pain coach, so you have a partner who can help you.
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