Life Over Pain

Life Over Pain is a podcast full of inspiring stores from people with chronic pain and/or traumatic brain injury. Their stories are about how they are not defined by their pain or injury. They describe how they make choices to adapt to their present circumstances to create lives of value despite pain and loss. And, BTW, If you'd like to share your story, or know of someone who might have a story to share, please email LifeOverPain1@gmail.com.

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Life Over Pain - Paige Speers - Choosing Greater and Making it Happen

February 09, 2020 • Patti Freeman Evans

One way many people create a life of value as they live with whatever cards they have been dealt is to give back in some way. That is a key reason why most of the people share their stories on this podcast are so generous in doing so. And Paige Speers is a fine example.Paige suffered a pulmonary embolism which left her with an acquired brain injury. She went through the standard rehab and medication protocols as she fought back from this trauma. Those only took her so far. So she looks for more resources, and let me tell you, Paige is very good and find them. Not only did she find functional neurologists, but also she found therapies that where based on things she loved to do in her youth like horseback riding and dance, all of which were rolled onto a holistic approach. Now Paige is on a mission to help others find resources that will help them with the right kinds of therapies for them. In fact she has shared links to some of the resources she uses below along with her business email.Here is a list of resources Paige offered:International Association of Functional Neurology and Rehabilitationhttps://iafnr.org/member-referral-directory/A web search can also be done by state.Therapeutic horseback riding(I was fortunate enough to find my stables through the brain injury support group where I had therapy in Illinois, and was referred to the one in Missouri)https://www.pathintl.org/path-intl-centers/path-intl-centersAmerican Chiropractic Neurology Board practitioner directory(Mine was recommended by a local chiropractor/guest speaker at the support group in Missouri)https://www.acnb.org/DoctorLocator.aspxIntegrative medicine (another category to search: functional nutrition)https://www.aihm.org/search/custom.asp?id=4620Personal (business address)paigespeersspeaking@gmail.com"A Note On The Life Over Pain Theme Music:Emily Bielagus graciously and generously composed the lovely theme music for the Life Over Pain podcast. Find her music at Spotify, wildyawp.com, and reach her at wildyawpband@gmail.com.