09/29/2025
The other day I was chatting with a patient who told me their foot hurt every time they got up off the floor. I asked if they had tried a different way of getting up so it didn’t trigger the pain. Their answer? “No… I’ve been stubborn.”
Because they kept moving the same way, they kept triggering the same pain… and growing more and more annoyed.
It made me think of something from my own life. After I had my daughter, my body shape changed. But for months, I kept trying to squeeze into my old university jean shorts. And every time I put them on, I instantly felt frustrated with myself. Eventually, I realized the problem wasn’t my body — it was that I was setting my body up for failure by trying to make it do something that didn’t work right now.
The solution? Buying a bigger pair of shorts that made me feel comfortable and let me move forward and enjoy life again.
Pain works the same way. Sometimes the best thing you can do is shift the way you’re moving, just for a while, to break the pain cycle. It doesn’t mean you’ll be stuck doing things differently forever — it just gives your body the chance it needs to heal.
✨ Sometimes the “easiest way” really is the smartest way.
