About me

Hello everyone!

Welcome to my blog. I am writing this blog with the hope that people out there with chronic pain can learn from my experience, gain proper treatment, and begin to live (relatively) painfree.

I am a 31 year old female, who has dealth with chronic backpain since the summer of 2005. It took over a year and a half to receive a proper diagnosis, and therefore, receive proper care.

That is a year of a half of intense pain, sleepless nights, stopping most if not all of my social events - which were typically active social events, e.g. running, climbing, dancing and even walking. A year and a half of friends and family not sure how to handle the "new" me... and ultimately feeling a sense of despiration, and slowly falling into depression. I went from specialist to specialist - and everyone clearly seeing the symptoms, but no-one being able to determine the cause.

When the pain started and did not subsist - not only did I turn to many professionals: chiropractor, sports doctor, physiotherapist's, active release massage therapist and osteopathy; I also turned to the internet to see if anyone else had my problem.

Suprisingly, not many clear signals emerged... I was not able to assist with a proper diagnosis.

So with this blog, I will take you on my journey, telling you how I went from bed ridden, to now being very active - I can even do the P90X workout! And also tell you how I maintain a healthy lifestyle, and deal with, and ultimately prevent future painful flairups.

Sincerely,

Lindsay