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Maintaining normal

Josh

5 year recovery

L5/S1Herniated DiscSurfing

Recovering from 5 years of chronic back pain and crippling sciatica after an L5/S1 disc injury. With PRP, rest, physio, and Pilates, I’m now surfing, hiking, and living life without major flare-ups.

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Maintaining normal

Daniel

18 year recovery

Low backPars fractureSurf

Every day I strive to better deal with my back pain and I don't let it dominate my life.

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Finding a diagnosis

Vanessa

2 year recovery

HipsFingerCrocheting

I have hip issues that were triggered by a year of soccer and have still to this day not been fully resolved. 3 physios and 3 diagnosis later and I THINK it may be SIJ syndrome.

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Maintaining normal

Hannah

11 month recovery

Abdominal painC-sectionHiking

How time, patience and diligence helped me move past significantly delayed c-section recovery

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Setback

Oliver

7 year recovery

AbdomenLower backLive music

Seeking normalcy & diagnosis after 7 years of severe gastrointestinal pain. No luck yet with treatment in both the USA & Australia.

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Pádraig

Hip jointsShoulder painSurfing

How had pain free hip regardless of any activities

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Maintaining normal

Carlos

2 year recovery

Knee painMeniscus tearSurf

I turned my meniscus tear knee pain into a pain free knee and stronger than ever lower train. Enabling me to not only go back to do what I loved but at a higher level than ever.

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Treatment

Benjamin

21 day recovery

Lower back painDisc bulgeDiving

Recovered from a 5 year L5 protruding disc pain journey through strength work, consistency, and building new habits into my lifestyle.

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Laura

Lower backIntervertebral disc - herniatedSurfing

From two disc hernias to pain-free surfing: How I reclaimed my mobility and my life

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Maintaining normal

Ryan

2 year recovery

Broken HumerousGut HealingSurfing

How I repaired my gut & as a result my skin cleared up

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Treatment

Sharmali

6 month recovery

Low backHip painSurfing

dealing with sore lower back, hips, neck and shoulder pain. Caused by overuse from surfing daily

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Sejon

AnkleAchilles tendon rupture

How I deal with weaker calves after an Achilles tendon tear

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Rach

Low back painMental healthSurfing

I ride the ebbs and flows of a flaring lower back and an occasionally loud inner critic.

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Maintaining normal

Alma

10 year recovery

KneeLegPilates

Tips and tools that help me cope with post-fracture pain

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Franco

SciaticaL5/S1Beach volley

Mental health and consistency helped me accept and learn to live with chronic pain and enjoy my life.

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Successfully recovered from a 7.5cm Grade II right pec tear in <3 months

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After my leg calcified from an aggravated rugby injury, it took 12 months of dedicated rehab to break it down however I am still working through getting a full range of motion many years later.

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Chronic neck pain for 10 years due to degenerative disc and disc bulge in C3/4, C4/5. Dislocated finger and volar plate surgery 1 year post recovery.

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The pain in my heel and strained tendons in that area make running and sometimes walking a discomfort.

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On recovery

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Finding balance, sustainability and hope in a life of permanent pain after being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia.

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Living with paralysis, shoulder subluxations and nerve pain due to idiopathic peripheral neuropathy. Using TCM/ acupuncture for pain management.

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Fox

Lower backHandGardening

I’m struggling with a connective tissue condition made worse by long Covid.

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L4/L5 and L5/S1 bulging disks in my lower back keeping me up at night but now virtually recovered after 3 years

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Jake

Nerve injuryRunning

I am now pain-free after a traumatic nerve injury with a bumpy, uncertain road to recovery.

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How I recovered after a t12 burst fracture led to a L1-T11 spinal fusion with a titanium cage

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2023: Focal left foraminal disc protrusion at the L4-5 level with annular fissuring moderately narrowing the left foramen and mildly impinging on the exiting left L4 nerve root.

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Anita

BackMuscle aches (myalgia)Surfing

Slowly recovering from Chronic Lyme after 6 years, finally getting some quality of life back and looking upwards again

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How I recovered from an ankle injury that I didn't properly rehab and debilitating upper back/neck pain from a desk job to get back to doing what I love!

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When I realised the doctors did not care only wanted my money and after 4 years of crippling back pain I am now pain free

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Suffering from Lower back pain

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