Ananda Body LLC Pilates Studio

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👋🏼THIS IS THE CYCLE OF PAIN 👋🏼

⚠️ Pain kicks off a cycle of thoughts, emotions, physical sensations + behaviors -- that all AFFECT PAIN. 🌟

🧠 Thoughts + predictions that commonly accompany chronic pain include, "I'm broken, I'll never get better;" "Nothing has helped so far, so nothing ever will."

🌧️ These thoughts trigger negative emotions like anxiety, stress, anger, hopelessness.

🫀But emotions don't just live in our heads – they also COME OUT IN OUR BODIES. Somatic expressions of emotions include muscle tension, sympathetic nervous system arousal, inflammation & amplified pain volume. 🔊🔊🔊

🛌 Negative predictions, emotions & sensations then lead us to BEHAVE in certain ways. When we've had pain for a long time, we tend to avoid exercise, stop hobbies + activities, isolate, stay in bed.

☠️ While pain tells us this is the right thing to do, it's actually a TRAP: science says these are the exact ingredients for a 🔥🔥HIGH PAIN RECIPE🔥🔥 that keeps us stuck & hurting. ❌❌❌

🚨The goal of any good treatment is to BREAK this cycle. AND WE CAN 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Source: Tell Me Where It Hurts✨

Happy Tuesday, fam ♥️

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The 0-10 pain scale blows.
This one is better.
You're welcome 😁

* I hand this to my patients, especially the kids. They always laugh. These kids are in pain and absolutely don't want to be in my office so this is a huge win.

** Original art by Allie Brosh, author of Hyperbole & A Half. Links don't work in IG so Google her pain scale. It's worth it, You will p*e and your colleagues / patients / family members will thank you. ✌🏼

*** if you have an alternate or superior pain scale, put them in the comments. I want 'em all!!

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