Amy Eicher

The BCP study day is back for 2022! April 2nd! Awesome speakers covering coaching, back pain, exercise, rheumatology & lived experiences of pain amongst other things £50 or only £25 if you join the BCP. We only have one stream but its pretty good😁 betterclinicianproject.com/offers/TsR4Fbo3

@laurarathbone @WorldPhysio1951 I went back in 2012 and had to decide, PT or PTA. Me getting a DPT would have used most of both of my kids college funds. So yeah. Between undergrad I would have needed for admission and the program I would have been well over 100,000. And I have a BS and a masters!!!!

Are physios in the U.S.A coming out with 200k+ worth of debt??? Is this true anywhere else in the world? This is crazy! I left physio uni w about £1000 of debt qnd no student loans in the UK 11 yrs ago How is it now? Update my knowledge pls @WorldPhysio1951 #PhysicalTherapy

@laurarathbone Pretty much any Disney animated movie…. They make my heart happy and then I forget the world is on fire…. At least for a little while 🧚 🧜‍♀️ 👠 🥀 ❄️ 🍎

Ok. It feels like the world is ending. What film do you watch to calm you down? I'll go: Amelie. Everytime. The music, the simple romance, the frenchness....

@CLFarrar @DerekGriffin86 @AdamMeakins I believe the advice Adam has received to “seek x treatment” is rooted in a few things, and none of them good. 1. The practitioners need to heal others for their validation. 2. The practitioners inability to tolerate the messiness of others. 3. Hubris of clinicians

The online responses to Adam's experience with low back pain show clinicians' eagerness for intervention.

@mccooltherapy @AdamMeakins To my knowledge the answer is science doesnt know. Lower disability, yes. Pain or chronicity- unlikely We don’t even know why pain becomes chronic in some and not in others. there are factors that make it more likely- like ACE scores. @MelanieNoel has done research into this.

@RestoringVenus @AdamMeakins But my question was can knowledge and understanding of a bps model help reduce the risk/chances of developing chronic pain. Not sure you answered that?

Well my DMs have been lovely this morning! Apparently if you have an episode of back pain you’re a shit physio! 🤔

@mccooltherapy @AdamMeakins Does knowledge ever prevent anything? Would it stop a broken bone? If you know how a plane flys, would that stop it from crashing? I think understanding pain is multi factorial, and that LBP is a normal experience enables a person to do as Adam is. Not freaking out.

@AdamMeakins I had a thought some time ago which links to your current situation. Does the knowledge of and belief in the BPS model help reduce the chances of acute LBP turning into chronic LBP? Thoughts?

Tips, Tricks, and Science of Persisting Pain Simplified with Humor and Heart, by @RestoringVenus restoringvenus.substack.com/p/coming-soon?…

@RestoringVenus and I had a pretty good chat about the Personal Story. You so get it Amy!

@tmopain A note to validate and affirm- keeping aspects of your journey private is totally valid! Even when we are open books, share everything and write it down in a memoir! Some things aren’t ready to be shared- this is part of healing! Xoxo

I haven’t been sharing much of my personal journey lately. And quite honestly, part of that is because this stage of “recovery,” whatever that means, kind of sucks. I’m feeling mired in the chronicity of it all.

Just posted a photo instagram.com/p/CO3mhUssTfw/…

@laurarathbone @LivingWellPain @thomas_jesson When will you discuss the book? It might make me read it faster!!

@PainChampions @tmopain @loulouscorpio @Fizzbw @HR4peopleinpain @PACRiseUp @painopolis @sciatica_uk @AthleteInjured @PainPioneer @LivingWellPain @Virginia_McI @DIY_KI @fighting_pain @JanetGunderson @lazybeautiful @acserrao76 @MarkAggy @aander1987 not exactly what I meant Tom. Things like this are out there, but fail to be known wide spread or utilized daily and consistently across disciplines. Poor information abounds. We keep on keeping on.

@RestoringVenus @tmopain @loulouscorpio @Fizzbw @HR4peopleinpain @PACRiseUp @painopolis @sciatica_uk @AthleteInjured @PainPioneer @LivingWellPain @Virginia_McI @DIY_KI @fighting_pain @JanetGunderson @lazybeautiful @acserrao76 @MarkAggy @aander1987 There is: interdisciplinary treatment featuring self-management.

With the exception of just after surgery, opioids have never been a part of my treatment plan. That said, I'd guess that one of the biggest problems (from a patient POV) is that individuals are force-tapered or discontinued without adequate support. What say you?

@tmopain @loulouscorpio @Fizzbw @HR4peopleinpain @PACRiseUp @painopolis @sciatica_uk @PainChampions @AthleteInjured @PainPioneer @LivingWellPain @Virginia_McI @DIY_KI @fighting_pain @JanetGunderson @lazybeautiful @acserrao76 @MarkAggy @aander1987 I don't think people should be made to feel like criminals for doing as they were told. There HAS to be a better way.

(cc @loulouscorpio @Fizzbw @HR4peopleinpain @RestoringVenus @PACRiseUp @painopolis @sciatica_uk @PainChampions @AthleteInjured @PainPioneer @LivingWellPain @Virginia_McI @DIY_KI @fighting_pain @JanetGunderson @lazybeautiful @acserrao76 @MarkAggy @aander1987...)

@tmopain @loulouscorpio @Fizzbw @HR4peopleinpain @PACRiseUp @painopolis @sciatica_uk @PainChampions @AthleteInjured @PainPioneer @LivingWellPain @Virginia_McI @DIY_KI @fighting_pain @JanetGunderson @lazybeautiful @acserrao76 @MarkAggy @aander1987 Interesting question! I used tramadol on and off, but honestly never found much relief with tramadol or opiates... I think the biggest issue is the way people are treated by medical professionals when they do use meds they have been prescribed and the lack of education given.

NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE IN PAIN! Zoom support group 2x a month 2nd and 4th Monday 6:30-7:45pm CST More info: freeworkshop.restoringvenus.com/orderypplxg96 fb.watch/5ixPdPUerP/ via @FacebookWatch

@SarahHaagPT Job dissatisfaction was an indicator for LBP. But I’m not sure what answer I would put there instead.

Good morning! If someone asked you ‘what is the most common factor for developing low back pain?’, what would you say? The current correct answer marked on this exam is ‘poor body mechanics’. That’s not correct. What would be a better question? I need to check my biases...

@paintoolkit2 I don’t know I care...... it is a word I have used to describe myself at parts of journey. I certainly did suffer and would have found that comforting at one point. Today I have no idea what to say!

Question for people living with persistent pain 🤔 Do you like being called a sufferer? - RT if you don’t - ❤️ if you do

It’s raining and cold and gross. I want to stay in bed and just be quiet today. What do you all do when you know you need to work, but the weather and your mood disagree?

@PainChampions Not crazy..... just needing to adjust slowly... again. Because, well, life! Congrats on the vaccination!!!!!!

Am I crazy? I’m high risk for severe illness from COVID-19 and have been sheltered for the past year. Even though my wife and I will be fully vaccinated soon, I’m hesitating traveling by car in a couple of months to a tourist destination, stay in a hotel, and eat in public.

@PainChampions Is it a disease process that requires a cure? What does it mean to “cure”? I realized I answered can chronic pain be resolved. In my story- yes. I am 100% pain free after 20 years of debilitating pain. 🤔

Is chronic pain curable?