Detrimental Factors to Improving Chronic Pain

If you have certain factors in your life, it is harder to get better. And the more of them that you have in your life, the harder it is.

Here are some of the most powerful factors that can impede progress on your way to recovery.

• You are only in pre or contemplation stage on the Readiness to Change scale.
• Family, friends, and or spouse are non-supportive.
• Sedentary lifestyle.
• Low back pain makes you feel depressed.
• You have a fear of reinjury.
• Your expectation for improvement is low.
• You blame yourself for the pain.
• You feel entitled to a pain-free lifestyle.
• Your medical exam is lacking in comprehensiveness.
• You tend to exaggerate the situation (catastrophizing).
• You perceive most things as a potential danger to your pain.
• You stress a lot over your pain.

If you need help with any of these, please contact us at www.exerciseprogression.com