5 decades of pain is 60% gone
My chronic pain journey began 5 decades ago when I was a child. It progressed to the point where I was mostly in bed avoiding the things that caused my pain. My neuro told me to "learn to live with it" using meditation, yoga, and cbt techniques. I started the yoga and meditation but it wasn't reducing pain. Since I'm not in the medical field, I didn't know CBT techniques. I even bought books and learned a lot about the physical nervous system and parts of the brain.
It wasn't until starting the Lin Health program that they helped me understand how things like meditation, somatic tracking, and yoga help your brain learn to use new ways to process signals. It's called neuroplasicity. Lin matches you with a coach who is there to help you understand something in the program if you like the idea and how to use it or if you don't understand something. You go at your pace and focus on the things that are helping you - no matter how hard it is.
Since beginning with Lin Health, my pain has dropped 60%. Before Lin, I couldn't have even a light breeze hit my skin without a massive overload of stimulus causing pain and me running inside to wrap up in blankets. Now, wind doesn't cause that (not counting cold wind YET) and I can have fans blowing directly on me and it feels good. My nerve pain in my head is much less. I had pain every day from my trigeminal nerves so badly that I couldn't wear my glasses; I had to cut my hair to less than 1 inch long or it felt like I was being scalped; and when I tried to sleep I would wake up often because the cartlidge in the ear I was laying on would feel like I was hit with something hard. I couldn't drive more than a half hour or I would get vertigo and migraines. I couldn't go anywhere that had a lot of movement, noise, or lots of colors.
Working with Lin Health has given me a life back. It is hard work and it needs to be done daily. It takes time and patience. It takes being open minded, patient, and believing that you can do it. I love that it's an online session with the coach because you don't have to worry about if you'll physically be able to go somewhere. It helps that the sessions are in your home because you are more relaxed and feel safe.
My coach is wonderful. She's had pain so truly understands the program from both sides so is very helpful. She is helping me learn how to acknowledge and process emotions now. I knew there was a connection between thoughts/feelings and pain but was truly amazed at how strong that connection is.
The Lin Health program has been life changing for me. I strongly encourage anyone with chronic pain to go through the program. Keeping an open mind and putting in the work is worth everything.