In this post we are going to discuss how addressing perpetuating factors has helped me improve chronic pain and fatigue. This is the second in a series I’m sharing as I consider the last 14 years on my healing journey. It’s not necessarily in order, but this is the second in my list.
In this series, The Key Things That Took My Symptoms From Moderate to Mild, I’m sharing the nine key things that have helped take me from the struggling young lady to the thriving mama of four. For the past 14 years I’ve been working on my health and have slowly made progress to where I am now. Let’s all remember here that “mild” chronic pain, fatigue and associated symptoms are still life altering. I’m not saying I’m cured!
You can get the whole eBook of The Key Things That Took My Symptoms from Moderate to Mild, including links to extra resources for each area, for free here.
Addressing Perpetuating Factors
Our bodies and lives are complex and unique. We cannot expect to improve chronic pain and fatigue (and other symptoms) if we have perpetuating factors bombarding our systems.
Things like:
- Nutritional deficiencies (iron deficiency causes lethargy and fatigue)
- Food intolerances (some people have improved hugely by removing certain things such as gluten – which were obviously triggers for them)
- Other conditions (once I tackled the endometriosis and heavy, painful periods, I made a big leap)
- Stress
- Anxiety and/or depression (logical responses to debilitating, undertreated, mistreated conditions but they can be separate issues that must be treated)
- Poor ergonomic set up at work
- No movement
- Poor sleep
The list goes on. These must be caught and dealt with.
These include the daily healthy habits I’ve often talked about. Things that regular human bodies need to thrive. How can our nervous system recalibrate, how can we sleep or reduce pain or anything else if these things remain?
Perpetuating Factors and Me
A big start on my healing journey forward was removing the stressful work situation I was in prior to moving here. I also had to do some work on some little t trauma that needed dealing with – almost all of us have some kind of trauma in our history.
I was also at the bottom of a very large range in my iron levels for a very long time. It was near impossible to improve until the heavy and painful periods went away. But increasing my meat consumption also helped.
Teasing out the strands of my tangled up symptoms, finding and treating what I could, has also made a huge difference. I’ve come ahead by a huge leap since my hysterectomy and endometriosis excision surgery. The heavy and painful periods were taking a massive toll on my entire body.
I encourage you to take an honest look at the list above and see what things you think are adding to your entire health picture – and can you do anything about them?
You can get the whole eBook of The Key Things That Took My Symptoms from Moderate to Mild, including links to extra resources for each area, for free here.
