by Steve Haines | Feb 26, 2020 | Exercise, Injury Prevention, Pain
One: Too much load can lead to injury Not sleeping, not being able to rest and managing lots of stress are all extra loads on our system. Being emotionally out of balance, having poor nutrition and feeling isolated are all extra loads. The more load we are carrying... 
by Steve Haines | Aug 2, 2019 | Pain, Safety, Trauma, TRE
The very nature of trauma is that it is overwhelming – it’s more than the organism can cope with. Trauma shatters our worldview and rules of fairness and justice no longer seem to apply. Trauma often leads to a spiritual crisis and a profound re-evaluation of... 
by Steve Haines | Jun 18, 2019 | Feeling, Pain, Safety
Anything can work some of the time. Nothing works all of the time. This phrase works really well to illustrate the complexity of working with pain. Pain is dependant on multiple, diverse, interacting variables. Pain is a perception due to the interplay of biological,... 
by Steve Haines | Jun 6, 2019 | Pain
There’s an awful lot of pain around. There was a huge survey done in Europe recently: 1 in 5 people experience chronic pain. They have persistent or severe pain for more than six months. For many of them, the median time was a number of years. The really exciting news... 
by Steve Haines | May 24, 2019 | Anxiety, Feeling, Pain
This is a short video on the importance of feeling, on how nerves can get sensitised and some tips to be less sensitive. Enjoy! How can we be less sensitive? Danger chemicals from immune cells and stress hormones sensitise nerves. Simple things helps us...
