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I am interested to hear if any of you have ever addressed your pain issues with the help of a chiropractor/osteopath/masseur? Or have you tried any other type of alternative therapy to manipulate your muscles and bones? I have tried it all, with varying results. All I can say is that I would...

Do your joints crack a lot? Mine do constantly. In the morning when I wake up and stretch my limbs, my hips, knees and ankles make loud popping noises, followed by little cracking sounds in my left shoulder and neck. It tends to realign my body, especially if I have been swimming the day before...

Being afflicted with chronic pain tends to force you to rest a lot. In the many years that I suffered from constant discomfort, I pend a lot of time reading. I would read anything, from books, magazines to newspapers, always hungry for information and ready to get distracted from my pain. Even...

During the recent hot spell I have noticed that my feet tend to be swollen when I wake up in the morning. Usually, after walking around for a while, and drinking a few cups of water, the problem tends to subside. Do any of you suffer from fluid retention, and how do you deal with it?

When you have pain, you hardly think of your posture when everything cramps up and all you feel like doing is lie down. But over the years I found that, despite of the extreme discomfort, I still need to pay a lot of attention to sitting and walking straight, as I get more pain if I just...

I am posting this thread under Alternative Therapies, because I regard swimming as one of the best natural ways to combat any kind of pain or mental distress. For me it is one of the strongest "medicines" ever. Swimming on a daily basis gives me the ability to lead an almost normal life. The...

When I first started with Yoga I almost gave up, as I found the pain nearly unbearable after a few simple stretching exercises. I was then advised to take it really easy and gradually build up my strength. So, I did the recommended poses ever so gently and focused on my breathing. It took me a...

During some of the worst times of my life, when my pain just wouldn't give me a break and sleep was hard to come by, I managed to decrease its intensity by visualising myself outside my body. I would leave my aching husk and look down at myself from a point somewhere above myself, floating in a...

Hello, I am Ambrosia, and I suffered from chronic pain for nearly 22 years before I found a person who could treat my condition. I was abused as a child and sustained compounded injuries in my spine from being beaten on a daily basis. I developed excruciating back pain at a young age, which led...