Amy Eicher

fun loving Disney gal, pain nerd, life long learner. determined to help change lives of those in persisting pain with humor, honesty, and endless support.

[The Better Clinician Project @ClinicianBetter]

The BCP study day is back for 2022! April 2nd!

Awesome speakers covering coaching, back pain, exercise, rheumatology & lived experiences of pain amongst other things

£50 or only £25 if you join the BCP.

We only have one stream but its pretty good😁

https://t.co/69UQFHpbv1

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

@laurarathbone @WorldPhysio1951 I went back in 2012 and had to decide, PT or PTA. Me getting a DPT would have used most of both of my kids college funds. So yeah. Between undergrad I would have needed for admission and the program I would have been well over 100,000. And I have a BS and a masters!!!!

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

@laurarathbone Pretty much any Disney animated movie…. They make my heart happy and then I forget the world is on fire…. At least for a little while 🧚 🧜‍♀️ 👠 🥀 ❄️ 🍎

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

@CLFarrar @DerekGriffin86 @AdamMeakins I believe the advice Adam has received to “seek x treatment” is rooted in a few things, and none of them good.

1. The practitioners need to heal others for their validation.

2. The practitioners inability to tolerate the messiness of others.

3. Hubris of clinicians

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

@mccooltherapy @AdamMeakins To my knowledge the answer is science doesnt know. Lower disability, yes. Pain or chronicity- unlikely

We don’t even know why pain becomes chronic in some and not in others.

there are factors that make it more likely- like ACE scores. @MelanieNoel has done research into this.

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

@mccooltherapy @AdamMeakins Does knowledge ever prevent anything? Would it stop a broken bone? If you know how a plane flys, would that stop it from crashing?

I think understanding pain is multi factorial, and that LBP is a normal experience enables a person to do as Adam is. Not freaking out.

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

Tips, Tricks, and Science of Persisting Pain Simplified with Humor and Heart, by @RestoringVenus https://t.co/37DzFSyxvQ

[Soula Mantalvanos @SoulaComAu]

@RestoringVenus and I had a pretty good chat about the Personal Story. You so get it Amy!

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

@tmopain A note to validate and affirm- keeping aspects of your journey private is totally valid! Even when we are open books, share everything and write it down in a memoir! Some things aren’t ready to be shared- this is part of healing! Xoxo

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/RlKK7kVJUj

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

@laurarathbone @LivingWellPain @thomas_jesson When will you discuss the book? It might make me read it faster!!

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

@PainChampions @tmopain @loulouscorpio @Fizzbw @HR4peopleinpain @PACRiseUp @painopolis @sciatica_uk @AthleteInjured @PainPioneer @LivingWellPain @Virginia_McI @DIY_KI @fighting_pain @JanetGunderson @lazybeautiful @acserrao76 @MarkAggy @aander1987 not exactly what I meant Tom. Things like this are out there, but fail to be known wide spread or utilized daily and consistently across disciplines. Poor information abounds. We keep on keeping on.

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

@tmopain @loulouscorpio @Fizzbw @HR4peopleinpain @PACRiseUp @painopolis @sciatica_uk @PainChampions @AthleteInjured @PainPioneer @LivingWellPain @Virginia_McI @DIY_KI @fighting_pain @JanetGunderson @lazybeautiful @acserrao76 @MarkAggy @aander1987 I don't think people should be made to feel like criminals for doing as they were told. There HAS to be a better way.

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

@tmopain @loulouscorpio @Fizzbw @HR4peopleinpain @PACRiseUp @painopolis @sciatica_uk @PainChampions @AthleteInjured @PainPioneer @LivingWellPain @Virginia_McI @DIY_KI @fighting_pain @JanetGunderson @lazybeautiful @acserrao76 @MarkAggy @aander1987 Interesting question!

I used tramadol on and off, but honestly never found much relief with tramadol or opiates...
I think the biggest issue is the way people are treated by medical professionals when they do use meds they have been prescribed and the lack of education given.

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE IN PAIN!
Zoom support group 2x a month
2nd and 4th Monday 6:30-7:45pm CST

More info: https://t.co/4H0rT7AXpa https://t.co/ps5ZYvFqk3 via @FacebookWatch

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

@SarahHaagPT Job dissatisfaction was an indicator for LBP. But I’m not sure what answer I would put there instead.

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

@paintoolkit2 I don’t know I care...... it is a word I have used to describe myself at parts of journey. I certainly did suffer and would have found that comforting at one point. Today I have no idea what to say!

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

It’s raining and cold and gross.
I want to stay in bed and just be quiet today.

What do you all do when you know you need to work, but the weather and your mood disagree?

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

@PainChampions Not crazy..... just needing to adjust slowly... again. Because, well, life!

Congrats on the vaccination!!!!!!

[Amy Eicher @RestoringVenus]

@PainChampions Is it a disease process that requires a cure? What does it mean to “cure”?

I realized I answered can chronic pain be resolved. In my story- yes. I am 100% pain free after 20 years of debilitating pain.

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