Encove Health

01/08/2025

Some of my favorite quotes come from children's books.

What's your favorite breath lately?

03/08/2024

Happy International Women's Day! If I could write a letter to my younger self, here's what it would say.

I just want you to know that turtleneck rocks!

Also please know:

-You matter. Your opinion matters. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

-Keep doing the hard things, no matter what anyone tells you.

-Use your voice.

-Stop apologizing for taking up space.

Sincerely,

Your older and wiser self and mama to 2 daughters

03/01/2024

I'm tickled to share that I've been featured by the American Chronic Pain Association for the work we are doing Encove Health.

They do important education and advocacy for those in chronic pain.

This world needs more healing right now!

Check out the full publication here: https://www.acpanow.com/chronicle.html

11/10/2023

Are you ready to get the needle moving with pain? Are you frustrated with the care and results that you are getting?

Pain care today just isn't working...and we know another way.

December 1st is our next cohort!

DM to see if you'd be a good fit for our program!

10/23/2023

If you've been in pain longer than 3 months...👀

This is not a fun ride to be on but identifying where you are at is the first step to getting off this train.

It goes like this:

👉 Onset of pain

This can be from an injury but not always. (We know that injury is not synonymous with pain).

From here, we are at a fork in the road.

Meet Samanatha and Rachel. They both suffer from lower back pain. It started at the same time. They both got in to see their doctor who couldn't find anything structurally wrong. Samantha started to feel better. Rachel didn't. Why?

Most likely Rachel stayed in this cycle and Samantha didn't (by no fault of their own).

What follows a typical road for chronic pain and what could be happening for Samantha.
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👉 Pain Catastrophizing

This is when we can only see the worst possible future outcome.

"No one can find what's wrong with me."
"I'm going to be in a wheelchair."
"I have a bulged disc."

👉 Pain Related Fear

"This must be really bad."
"My life is over."

👉 Avoidance

"It safer to not do anything. I'll stay home"

👉 Disuse

At this point, we may be unable to function. Which further perpetuates the cycle of pain. More disuse=more pain.
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While it can be difficult to navigate this cycle alone, the most impactful but not necessarily simple advice for you I have is this:

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Can you identify where you are at?
Can you see how they feed each other?

My greatest wish for you is that you find a guide, a coach or a provider that can help weave this together for you.

You got this.

10/06/2023