If everyone could hear and see everyone else’s struggles, would we all find greater ease in pain? Pain changes how we view ourselves, our past selves and maybe causes us to worry about the future.

In this episode, Jane discusses how gaining distance and allowing for the contrast of time and space, can really transform our outlook and offers us the opportunity to recognize our own fortitude.

Key Points From This Episode:

• How to cope with airplane travel with lower back pain.
• How to use your mind’s eye and visualization to create ease in your body.
• Use of standing desks and being an "active sitter".
• Acceptance of changing body needs.
• The gluten controversy - Can the increasing gluten sensitivity be linked to a chemical sensitivity due to the impact on our wheat by the use of pesticides?

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

• Fear-Avoidance Behavior Impact on Pain https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15102230 
• “Axial” Definition  https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/axial
• Compression, Lengthening and Shearing Stress http://stopeverydaypain.com/2015/01/18/3-mechanical-stressors-can-cause-pain/
• Mental Imagery and Sports Performance 
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/sports/olympics/olympians-use-imagery-as-mental-training.html 
  • http://euacademic.org/UploadArticle/1396.pdf
• Jack LaLanne - the Godfather of Fitness and the First Fitness Superhero  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_LaLanne
• Image of the Passive Release Positioning  http://stopeverydaypain.com/2016/04/04/get-off-pain-causing-treadmill/
• Pesticide Usage and Health
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4947579/
  • https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/4/1416
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3945755/
  • https://ourworldindata.org/fertilizer-and-pesticides#pesticide-consumption-by-country
• The Sick Building Syndrome  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2796751/
• The Toxin Solution by Dr. Pizzorno  http://www.thetoxinsolution.com/

Connect With the Show:

• Facebook Page – Everyday Pain Guide
• Facebook Group – Everyday Pain Forum
• Twitter – @noeverydaypain

Music From This Episode

• Eric and Magill – https://ericandmagill.bandcamp.com/
• Samuel Vas-Y – https://samyel.bandcamp.com
• The Fresh & Onlys - https://thefreshandonlys.bandcamp.com/