Are you familiar with a “boom – bust” pain cycle?

I bet you are.

Let me explain.

For most of us living with persistent pain life goes like this: on the days that we feel good we “give ‘er”; and then we pay for “giving ‘er” for hours, days, and sometimes even weeks afterwards.

Once in a grip of a full on flare up we’ll do whatever – desperate times, desperate measures, right? – to feel better. I cannot tell you how much time, money, and nervous energy I spent on trying to fix flare up after flare up after flare up…

Then what?

The acute flare up is over, yet we remain frozen and scared to move, almost scared to breathe – what if I hurt myself again? This can become our mode of operation – maybe forever, or maybe until the pain has lessened and the flare up been forgotten - that’s when the “boom – bust” cycle is repeated all over again.

Sounds familiar?

So how do you break from the “boom – bust” pain cycle and begin moving forward with confidence?