Self-Health Fix: How to Stop Being a Forever Patient and Start Taking Charge of Your Well-Being - PLUS Your Personal Health Rating Scale by Rosalind Ferry

Author:Rosalind Ferry [Ferry, Rosalind]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rosalind Ferry
Published: 2021-09-30T18:30:00+00:00

Problems

Allowing a diagnosis or assessment to remain permanently when it no longer serves you.

Being overly fearful of spine damage or severe pain.

Becoming fixated on a single health issue.

Not being willing to try a different approach.

Solutions

Remaining hopeful and optimistic.

Finding skilled professionals who will give you the confidence to recover.

Believing you will regain your health.

CHAPTER 9

Feeling Trapped by Chronic Shoulder Pain

Pamela, a home-based computer worker, was under a great deal of stress when her husband developed a terminal disease. Before he died, she drove him to various medical appointments and had to help him get in and out of bed. Now, she herself was starting to suffer from chronic shoulder pain.

During this tough time, she experienced increasing health, financial and work pressures. She was stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Also, she had two aging parents to take care of, though they lived in their own home. Her stubborn father refused outside help for himself or his wife. And she had a married son with struggles of his own. She was run off her feet.

I saw Pamela weekly, and the physiotherapy I gave her was keeping her shoulder from freezing. But it wasn’t helping her overcome her debilitating pain or the difficulty she was having getting a good night’s sleep.

Her family doctor prescribed pain and anti-inflammatory medications, which also were not helping much.

A different approach was clearly needed. I suggested to Pamela that she needed to take steps to reduce her stress level—and that, if she didn’t, she was heading for major health problems. Already, she had been diagnosed as a borderline diabetic, no doubt because of her sedentary, stressed lifestyle.

I suggested she take a good look at her life and decide for herself what steps would unburden her heavy load and allow her to feel in charge. She later concluded, after much thought, that the best option for her was to de-clutter the house and sell it before moving into a nearby apartment.

She also quit her job, because she now had the money from the home sale to enable her to retire. This lifted a load off her shoulders, and her overall health started to dramatically improve.

I’ve treated scores of patients who are dealing with exceedingly trying circumstances; many of them fill me with admiration for the way they do so. Pamela did more than just cope. She made a herculean effort to regain her good health.

She succeeded in what she was determined to do. And I applaud her for it.

Her story highlights the way our health tends to mirror our lifestyle, for better or for worse. Sedentary people who are feeling blocked at work will often experience back pain.

Constant financial struggles can lead to problems ranging from knotted muscles to stiff necks and sleeplessness. And domestic issues, including raising challenging teenagers, can literally give one headaches.

“I felt completely trapped and could see no end to my stress; my health was suffering. I decided if I didn’t change my situation voluntarily, circumstances would change it for me,” Pamela said. “I now feel so much better and in charge of my life again.

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