26/08/2023
I just wanted to share a little bit about my journey of chronic back pain with you all and I am hoping it will give others hope and courage to fight on.
I have suffered from over 15 years of chronic back pain which honestly ruined my life, Not being able to sleep, waking up in pain, not being able to pick things up, the list goes on and on
I ended up having 3 major back operations, 2 X microdiscectomies and later a full replacement disc at L5 (this operation was brutal) I thought that this would fix all my problems as it was recommended by a private doctor who was a specialist in his field. The operation caused more problems than it fixed and I was then told by the same doctor and physios that I would never run again and definitely never ever play sports again. I was so disappointed and so so angry, this doctor said that it would fix all my problems!
I saw chiropractors, physios, acupuncture specialists, I tried yoga, pilates, swimming everything that I could think of to try and release the pain. Nothing seemed to work, I almost gave up as I just did not want to continue life in such pain any more.
I saw gruru after guru saying stretch this or do this, what I noticed was that none of these people actually suffered from chronic back pain and that they were all just reading from the same textbook. One day I decided that enough was enough and I stopped looking to others for advice and I started connecting with my body and doing my own research. I spoke to other people who had recovered from chronic back pain who did yoga, martial arts and were dancers. I noticed that they all had a very similar routine and that they no longer suffered in pain. I also read books about the science behind these routines and why they worked and realized that it was all very straight forward.
Today I am happy to say that I am totally pain free and in fact I am able to run again and I even play football which the doctors said would never happen.
I wish that I had connected with my own body sooner
