A health, wellness and chronic illness blog that aims to articulate lifelong illness and disabilities from various perspectives.
Physiotherapy after knee operation is the most crucial part of the recovery process. It needs to be taken seriously, because doing something wrongly, or too early, or too late, can all have devastating long-term impacts on your ability to walk properly again. I was bed bound for months after my bilateral patellar tendon rupture surgery, […]
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Dealing with a chronic illness can go from being a small annoyance to completely debilitating. It can be tough for someone who used to be very active to have to deal with limitations. In some cases, they may have been a very successful professional cyclist who cannot compete anymore. In others, their chronic disease might […]
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The type of yoga that comes to mind for most people (long classes and becoming a pretzel) is not the bulk of what yoga can offer. Especially for those of us with chronic illnesses. Despite what we see on Instagram or even on YouTube. As a person with chronic pain and fatigue, when I completed […]
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*Note from A Chronic Voice: Cynthia Hill is an occupational therapist with over 25 years of experience. She aims to help her clients – many of whom live with chronic pain or disability – regain their quality of life as best as they possibly can. She has always had a special interest in hand injuries, […]
An Introduction of the ‘Zero to Hero’ Fitness Programme I had the wonderful privilege of trying out the Zero to Hero online fitness programme for free, designed and run by Megan Densmore. It’s based on pilates and tailored for those who live with chronic pain, who are unable to keep up with a full on […]