8 Affordable Tools to Manage Pain at Home
Your recovery game must be as good as the game itself
“Moving isn’t important, until you can’t.”
— Gray Cook
At the age of 25, I endured a back injury that forced me to my knees for longer than I ever imagined.
That was thirteen years ago. I have permanent damage to my low back — sacroiliac joint dysfunction.
I crawled in pain. I cried in pain. I screamed in pain. I lost hope.
The ugliest part of my recovery lasted about a decade. It still ebbs and flows.
It destroyed me. It defined me. It has empowered me.
Mostly, it has refined me.
It has educated me and forced me to pray.
It revealed my vulnerability and tenacity.
“We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to.”
— C.S. Lewis
I used movement to heal. It wasn’t easy. I wasn't always able to move well.
But I was always determined to keep moving with the pain, through the pain, and past the pain.
