๐ฅ Flare-ups are a common experience for people who live with persistent pain. โฃ
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A โflare-upโ refers to a ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐บ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ. โฃ
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๐ฐ Flare-ups may last hours, days, or even weeks and often there is no pattern to them. โฃ
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Itโs important to remember that flare-ups are time-limited and will end. โฃ
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โ ๏ธ The pain associated with a flare-up can come on suddenly and without much warning, which can be worrying and make it difficult to cope with. โฃ
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Though they can be worry-inducing, flare-ups are a normal part of long term pain and not necessarily a sign that your condition is worsening. โฃ
(โค๏ธ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ!) โฃ
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Living with persistent pain can often feel like being on a pain rollercoaster ๐ข where the intensity of pain may fluctuate over time with periods of more intense pain.โฃ
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Flare-ups can be triggered by any situation, and varies between individuals. โฃ
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๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ฒ:โฃ
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โข changes in physical activity (amount, duration, intensity, or type)โฃ
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โข mental and emotional factors โฃ
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โข amount and quality of sleepโฃ
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โข changes in routine โฃ
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๐๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ. โฃ
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Although pain flares do SUCK! ๐๐ผ There are ways to manage them to decrease suffering. โฃ
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Identifying early warning signs, having a flare-up management plan, and learning about your individual triggers can be useful in mitigating the intensity of pain flares and over time, they may become less frequent and less intense. โฃ
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If youโre struggling with pain flares, you donโt have to figure it out on your own. โฃ
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Working with a practitioner who is knowledgeable in persistent pain management (like me!) can help. โฃ
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Do you experience pain flare-ups? What do you do to get through them? Please comment below!
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