09/19/2025
Sleeping in strange beds, airplanes, uneven surfaces = flare-ups.
Even when travel triggers pain, Iāve found natural ways to manage it.
Traveling is something I loveābut it also comes with its challenges.
Sleeping in different beds, curling up on airplanes, sitting on uneven surfacesā¦ all of these can trigger my back pain.
The truth is, my back has been my āweak spotā ever since I was a kid.
It all started on one of those old wooden teeter-totters. My partner jumped off suddenly, and I came crashing downāhardāonto my tailbone. They said it wasnāt broken, but the years of recovery told me otherwise. To this day, sitting on hard surfaces or leaning back the wrong way can leave me aching.
Over the years, Iāve dealt with slight degeneration in my lumbar spine and a sticky SI joint that sometimes sends pain up my back and into my hips. Some days the pain is a 2, other days it spikes to a 10. Gir the most past my pain is quite low, but itās there.
Iāve tried so many thingsāmassage therapy, stretching, cycling, pelvic floor workāand Iāve always chosen to avoid painkillers unless absolutely necessary. I wanted to find ways that supported my body, not masked the symptoms.
What helps me now is a combination of acupuncture, cupping, movement, and the Super Patch. āØ
The pain patch doesnāt medicateāit works with my body. It interrupts the pain signals, releases tension. Itās vibrational healing similar to acupuncture in the way it communicates with my nervous system energetically.
Travel may always make my back flare up, but I feel grateful that Iāve found natural ways to bring relief and peace back into my body.
