14/07/2025
💥Change your FOCUS💥
🤕 If you've been struggling with pain for a long time, it can be difficult to think about anything other than trying to do everything in your power to get rid of your pain
😑 Pain sucks. I get it.
😭 It makes us irritable, uncomfortable, miserable at times, and overall negatively affects our quality of life!
☝🏼 However, as much as it sucks, it's important that you don't get so CONSUMED with it that it becomes difficult to focus on any other positive improvements you may be making!
🎯 That's why I often urge my patients and clients to focus more on FUNCTIONAL improvements and how their quality of life is improving, rather than fixate on if they are "pain-free" or not
✅ Not only does this help keep you focused on your true goals (doing MORE of the stuff that you want to get back to), but it decreases the negative impact your pain has on your life!
Here are a few examples:
📌 Pain may stay similar in INTENSITY (e.g. 4/10 on a 0 to 10 scale), but if you now can perform MORE of an activity without having to stop, THAT is progress
📌 If your pain comes on less often (decreased FREQUENCY), say 3 days out of the week rather than all 7, THAT is progress
📌 If you can do MORE of an activity before the pain comes on (e.g. starting after running 3 miles, not 2 miles), THAT is progress
✅ And so on...
😕 Focusing on ridding yourself of pain can make you feel like you aren’t making progress...even if you are
🎯 So spend more time focusing on how your FUNCTION is improving (even small, baby steps), not just on if your pain is gone or not
💪🏼 You'll see that once you start doing this consistently, your pain will have LESS power over you, putting YOU in control!
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