For those of you who don’t know me I’m Kelly. Thanks so much for watching while I share my story and my life with chronic pain. While I have built a good life for myself and like to stay as positive as I can, life with chronic pain certainly hasn’t come without its challenges. I was born with Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder and I started dealing with Chronic Pain at the age of 9.
I’ve used yoga to help with my chronic pain and I find so much benefit to the point I went on to complete my yoga teacher training so I can now share this with others. At the time when I started yoga, which was probably 8 years ago, well before I started my yoga teaching training and after many years of people telling me I should for my pain (but I always thought how was that going to help me it really does with my regular practice). I didn’t realise that doctors don’t always recommend yoga for EDS or HSD but I’ve found as long as I have correct alignment with my yoga poses and I don’t try to push myself into poses I’m not strong enough for and that I really listen to my body then yoga is the best thing I can do for my pain for me, so everyone is different but for me, yoga works, so I’ve learnt to listen to my body.
I’m sharing my story and journey as I’m not a medical professional its not given as advice, diagnoses or treatment just telling you what its been like for me. if its something you are dealing with you should definitely see your medical professional and not just base it off this video.
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