The Infinite Loop of Fibro

I was doing quite well today, even considering all the physical therapy exercises I did yesterday, so I decided to move some things around a bit, (with hubbies help of course,) and get some deep cleaning done. I can tell already I over did things and my lower back is quite angry with me. If only I could learn not to bend over so many times and more importantly to bend at the knees not the waist. I have so many bad habits in how I move around naturally. It's so hard to break those habits. I could save myself a lot of pain if I could learn to move like a granny. hehe

I had a lot of trouble sleeping last night. Sometimes when I'm feeling better/less pain my mood gets too high to fall asleep. I have those mood swings and racing thoughts. I try to blog my thoughts and make lists in my phone, but it always seems I am laying awake thinking about something I want to do in the AM. It really is ridiculous when you lose sleep thinking about what you are going to do when you wake up, so much that you end up having to sleep in or take a nap and get less of what you had planned to get done in the first place. It just seems like an endless battle at times.

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It's really exciting when I have a day or two with little pain, so I start thinking about all the things around the house that get over looked and then I start diving right in. I get over zealous, ignore the warnings, and before I know it the pain is screaming at me to stop and rest. Here I sit, with a very nicely organized and clean environment, but my lower back especially is throbbing about an 8 pain scale. Earlier it was only a 1 - 2.

Hopefully with my recovery times being so much faster these days, I will feel ok tomorrow, as I have PT and AT. Being in the pool will really help. I have learned the hard way that once I get moving in the mornings my pain usually lessens a bit. Then I start feeling like I can tackle the day a little better.

Helpful Links:

How to Understand Someone With Chronic Painhttp://www.wikihow.com/Understand-Someone-With-Chronic-Pain

Strategies to Reduce Chronic Pain, Part Onehttp://www.bettermovement.org/2010/strategies-to-reduce-chronic-pain-part-one/

Movement Therapies
http://www.healingchronicpain.org/content/introduction/comp_movement.asp 

11 Chronic Pain Control Techniques
http://www.spine-health.com/conditions/chronic-pain/11-chronic-pain-control-techniques

Easy Ways to Reduce Chronic Pain
http://www.feldenkraisportland.com/reduce-chronic-pain/

CHRONIC PAIN AND THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD
BY DEBORAH BOWES, PHYSICAL THERAPIST, FELDENKRAIS PRACTITIONERhttp://www.learningforhealth.com/feldenkraismethodandchronicpain.cfm

7 Best Moves to Fight Painhttp://www.sharecare.com/health/chronic-pain/health-guide/chronic-pain-management-cmp/pain-safe-posture-movement-to-minimize-chronic-pain