Disabled people want to be included in fun activities with abled-bodied people but often we aren’t because people assume our abilities and don’t ever think to invite us. You would think that it would be better within families but often it’s not and can be...
Tag: spina bifida
When you are disabled sometimes you can get away with one or two doctors depending on your disability and how many body parts you have that don’t work properly but most of the time disabled people need more specialists than abled-bodied people. As a disabled...
How To Lose Weight When You Can’t Workout
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
May 16, 2023
When you are disabled with limited mobility it is much harder to stay in shape that is for abled-bodied people because a lot of disabled people can’t go to the gym and do super hard workouts to burn off the donut like abled people can’t...
How To Improve Your Mental Health If You Live With Pain
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
May 13, 2023
May is Mental Health Awareness Month! When you live with chronic pain people often see how it affects you physically but typically don’t see how it affects your mental health. Mental health is just as important as physical health because if you have poor mental...
How I Have A Bowel Movement When I Am On My Period
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
May 9, 2023
Disabled people experience that abled people will never understand but we also go through a lot of normal things like being on your period just like abled people. I don’t know anyone woman who enjoys being on their period because there is nothing enjoyable about...
How To Prevent Exercise-Induced Migraine
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
May 2, 2023
When you live with migraine often you are encouraged to incorporate some movement into your everyday life because regular exercise can help lessen the severity and frequency of exercise. I exercise on a regular basis provided I’m not in extreme pain but it can be...
When you live with chronic migraine or any type of chronic pain it can be mentally and physically exhausting sometimes and you will have good days and bad ones. Chronic pain flares are unpredictable and often you will sense when a flare might be coming...
Should We Be Considering Disabled Parent’s As “Hero’s?”
posted by: My Rockin Disabled Life
April 25, 2023
There is a lot that goes into taking care of a disabled child and I don’t have to be a parent to know that it’s hard work because as a disabled person, I know how hard life is and what my parents had to do...
Fitness is important for everyone and if you are able I highly encourage you to incorporate some kind of movement into your everyday life to improve your physical health. There is nothing wrong with working out to lose weight because everyone has different goals and...
Hip replacement is something that anyone who wears out their hip joint could need but the recovery process will be different for everyone. If you have Spina Bifida it common to have dysplasia and for your hips to be dislocated but it is okay to...