Sarah’s office is a study in modern immune anxiety. Her desk drawer resembles a small chemist’s shop: vitamin C tablets, zinc lozenges, echinacea capsules, and something called “immune support complex” that cost her nearly forty pounds. She’s got hand sanitiser on her desk, in her handbag, and clipped to her keychain. Every morning, she downs […]
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Helen had tried everything. Her chronic neck pain, which started after a minor car accident three years earlier, had been resistant to every treatment her healthcare team could offer. Physiotherapy provided temporary relief. Anti-inflammatories helped marginally. The pain management specialist had exhausted his repertoire of injections and stronger medications. Everyone agreed there was nothing structurally
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David’s lower back pain began during what he now refers to as “the year everything fell apart.” His father was diagnosed with dementia, requiring increasingly intensive care that fell largely to David as the only child living nearby. His marriage was struggling under the strain of sleepless nights and mounting responsibilities. Work pressures had intensified
Maria’s migraines followed a predictable pattern that had nothing to do with her head. They arrived like clockwork during busy periods at work, particularly when she’d been skipping meals and surviving on coffee and stress. The pain would start as a dull ache behind her right eye, gradually building to a throbbing intensity that made
James had been living with shoulder pain for three years. It started gradually – a slight ache after long days at his desk job – but had progressed to a constant, grinding discomfort that made sleeping difficult and lifting his coffee cup a conscious effort. He’d tried everything: physiotherapy, anti-inflammatories, massage, even a cortisone injection
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