My Sciatica Success Story

Clare joins Rob and Dave and discusses her own journey of treatment and learning around sciatica She explains how trial and error is a vital part of recovery and why mindset and belief play an important role in getting well. This is a journey that many will resonant with and Clare shares some key points that altered her thinking, impacted positively on her recovery and have led to success. KEY TAKEAWAYS My stoic attitude helped because it was a routine but battling through and just putting up with the pain was detrimental I’ve been the one who has made all the discoveries because nobody told me anything If you are changing how you think about things you are changing the neural pathways You have to have an open mind and consider everything I discovered my body didn’t move in the way it should do, years of pain had led to overcompensation and I was stuck in a vicious cycle of pain Exercise and movement are two of the most important things for pain My brain said to certain areas of my body don’t move because it will hurt creating internal fear avoidance I’m now tricking my brain to make myself believe I’m well and healthy and to calm my central nervous system We are all unique and individual and this is the same with the pain we experience Engaging people around you and helping them to understand will help you Everything matters when it comes to pain because of how it impacts People can get well; it is possible to recover but people need to understand that their pain is their responsibility BEST MOMENTS ‘It’s all been about me being curious and wanting to find out about my body’ ‘When people keep telling you there is nothing wrong it makes you want to scream’ ‘You have to try things, trial and error is a massive thing’ VALUABLE RESOURCES The Back Pain Podcast The Back Pain Podcast website The Back Pain Podcast recommended products affiliate link Our Rode Mixer https://amzn.to/3waU8bx Our Microphones https://amzn.to/3rzSZ9Z Second Microphone https://amzn.to/2ObKMeA XLR Cable https://amzn.to/3rBL8ZB Studio Headphones https://amzn.to/3u082LE Laptophttps://amzn.to/3dhfafT Our webcam https://amzn.to/31uUefQ ABOUT THE HOSTS Dave Elliot Dave is the owner of Advanced Chiropractic, a chain of Chiropractic and massage therapy clinics in Essex, UK. Dave still sees patients during the week but has been working hard to talk to as many experts in the field of back pain as possible to help distil all the information and bring it to you in this awesome podcast. You can find Dave on any of the Advanced Chiropractic social media platforms, or you can contact him at hello@thebackpainpodcast.com if you have any questions for him. -Instagram Rob Beaven Rob owns and runs a multidisciplinary clinic, The Dyer St Clinic in Cirencester Gloucestershire. His team of Chiropractors, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Doctors and podiatrists all collaborate on thousands of back pain patients every year. Alongside Dave, he has worked hard to bring to the table experts across all industries to give you the low down on back pain, with steps you can implement today to start feeling better. -Instagram -Twitter CONTACT METHOD Instagram Twitter Facebook hello@thebackpainpodcast.com Support the show: https://thebackpainpodcast.com