By Steff One of the unfortunate results of being a fit and active person is that sometimes, you injure yourself. And if you have a disability, those injuries might not heal so quickly, or they could cause you significant discomfort. Luckily, the Disabled Shop stock several unique products to help you manage and eliminate pain [...]

By Denise Watson Denise explores Sciatica, the problems it causes, and the solutions and aids that can help. Have you ever had a trapped nerve in your leg – you know, at the point where that ball of the femur bone fits into the hip socket? If you haven’t, let me tell you that it [...]

There are many reasons a person might need a walking stick.  You might feel unstable while walking or standing, or you might be embarking on a serious trek and feel you need the additional support, you might need one briefly while you recover from an injury, or, like many blind people, you might prefer a [...]

A recent study published in the American Academy of Sleep Medicine shows that patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis experienced greater pain and discomfort when they do not get enough sleep. “The primary finding of our study is that poor sleep quality is associated with greater functional disability among patients with RA and this relationship may [...]

Unless there’s a fortune tucked behind the couch cushions large enough to make David Cameron blush (and if there is, the scones are on you, lucky so and so), a job is as necessary as taxes are irksomely inevitable.  And yet how do you balance a working week against the demands of pain? It’s a [...]

Party advice for people with disabilities and chronic pain By Claire Hovey Whether it’s your own birthday looming, the wedding of a friend or the divorce party of another, try not to give in too easily to all those thoughts telling you to let the occasion pass by and leave the celebrating to others; you [...]

An introduction to heat and cold therapy – and the products that can help by Claire Hovey There are times when, the frequent drug users among you will know (and by drugs I mean prescribed painkillers – any other drugs are the blog content of someone less, you know, straight laced and law abiding), that [...]

To Sleep, Perchance a Pipedream?! by Claire Hovey Lack of sleep can turn the most stoic of pain sufferers into a bleary-eyed, blubbering mess; sleepy, grumpy, and dopey… and let’s face it; they’re no one’s favourite dwarfs. Eggshell has less chance of breaking than you do after weeks of staring at your ceiling, praying for [...]

Pain Pill (Not-So)-Merry-Go-Round by SheLa Nefertiti Morrison You know how you go to a doctor, state your problem, get your Rx and you are respected – certainly, you are not looked at skeptically, cross-examined, blood and urine extracted, lectured about “how much these pills cost on the street” nor have your requests refused because the [...]

by Drew Bufalini This is an entry for our disabled writing competition. Overcoming Chronic Pain with Exercise Six years into my new life of chronic pain, I discovered something quite disturbing.  Something that changed not only the way I experience my pain, but my personal adaptation of the “stand, sit, lay down, walk” mantra expounded [...]