Are you aware of the physical triggers you have? I've asked my clients this often, and many times they have gotten so used to going with the flow, that they aren't actually intentionally aware of their triggers.
When you are more aware of your physical triggers for your chronic conditions, you can reduce the actual symptoms by not only more awareness, but also reducing the emotional pain that comes with our conditions, which in turn reduces physical symptoms.
When you are aware of them, you can better plan how much or how little you want to expose yourself to them depending on what’s on your schedule, including accounting for rest times when you do flare up.
Here is a short list of some of mine:
• Sleep: number of hours, positioning, texture/firmness of pillow
• Driving
• Overused vocals (talking too much and singing)
• Nutrition
• Extreme heat/cold
• Certain exercises What are some of your own physical triggers for your physical conditions?
Take some time today to note them down so you can have more control over them, than the symptoms having more control over you.
