You’re Not Meant to Live in Pain: Healing Chronic Pain Through Nutrition, Movement & Awareness

Heal Chronic Pain Naturally: Nutrition, Mobility, and Hormone Health for Women

We’ve Normalised Pain — But It Isn’t Normal !!

We’ve been conditioned to believe that stiffness, soreness, and tight joints are part of adulthood. But unless you’ve suffered a traumatic accident or major injury, your body isn’t designed to ache every day.

Yet so many women live with chronic pain - waking up stiff, feeling “tight” all day, relying on coffee to get going and painkillers to get through.

For years after having my son, I was one of them.

Despite being fit and strong, I had constant back pain. I saw physios, osteos, chiros - but nothing lasted.

It wasn’t until I started supporting my body’s natural healing systems through nutrition, mobility, breathwork, and hormone awareness that everything changed.

1️⃣ Inflammation - The Root of Modern Pain

Chronic pain is often inflammation in disguise. It’s not the acute inflammation that helps you heal after an injury - it’s the silent, low-grade inflammation driven by stress, processed foods, poor sleep, and under-recovery.

Inflammation irritates your nervous system and tissues, making you more sensitive to pain signals.

What Helps

• Reduce inflammatory triggers: minimise alcohol, processed seed oils, refined sugar.

• Eat anti-inflammatory foods: salmon, olive oil, turmeric, berries, leafy greens, pumpkin seeds.

• Prioritise protein & fibre: support blood sugar balance and tissue repair.

• Hydrate + mineralise: magnesium, sodium, potassium keep muscles and nerves firing properly.

When inflammation drops, your body can finally repair - and pain starts to ease.

2️⃣ Mobility — Movement That Heals

Mobility isn’t stretching. It’s strength through range, retraining your joints to move and stabilise freely.

When joints don’t move well, muscles tighten to protect you - creating that “locked-up” feeling. By moving in new planes and loading joints safely, you tell your nervous system that movement is safe again.

Daily Mobility Ideas:

• Jefferson curls: gently load the spine to improve flexibility and control.

• Shoulder wall rotations: open the chest and strengthen rotator cuff muscles.

• Hip 90-90 rotations: maintain joint fluidity and reduce stiffness.

• Hanging or decompression work: lengthen the spine and reset posture.

• Natural seated squat position : to open hips, watch a kid naturally do this, its our natural resting pose.

Start with 5 minutes a day — your joints will thank you!!

3️⃣ Strength Training - Load Is Medicine

Strength training is one of the most powerful tools for chronic pain recovery. When you load the body, you stimulate collagen production, improve bone density, and increase circulation to tissues that need healing.

You’re not just building muscle - you’re building resilience. A strong body is harder to injure and quicker to recover.

“Your joints don’t need protecting; they need nourishing through movement.”

Aim for 3–4 strength sessions per week and move daily - even if it’s just a walk. But you need to start doing mobility every day, like you brush your teeth.

4️⃣ Breathwork - Your Nervous System’s Reset Button

You can’t heal when you’re stuck in fight-or-flight. Chronic pain keeps the nervous system on high alert. Breathwork pulls you back into rest and repair.

Try:

• Box breathing: inhale 4 – hold 4 – exhale 4 – hold 4 (5 minutes).

• Belly breathing before bed: hands on ribs, breathe deep into the diaphragm.

Just 5–10 minutes daily can lower tension, improve sleep, and calm pain responses.

5️⃣ Hormones & Pain Sensitivity

Ever noticed pain feels worse before your period?

During the luteal and menstrual phases, inflammation rises and tissues are more sensitive.

Cycle-syncing your movement (when you need to) - heavier lifting in follicular/ovulation, adjusting load, lighter mobility and breathwork later — supports recovery and keeps pain at bay.

Tracking tools like a Whoop band or cycle journal help you understand when to push and when to rest.

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6️⃣ Your Body Is Built to Heal

Your body isn’t broken - it’s waiting for you to create the right environment.

Pain is information, not a life sentence.

When you reduce inflammation, move intelligently, and calm your nervous system, your body does what it was designed to do: heal.

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“You’re Not Meant to Live in Pain — Healing Chronic Pain Through Food, Movement, and Breath”