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From Opioids to Ultra-Endurance: How I Reclaimed My Life from Chronic Pain
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This isn’t a story about suffering. This is a story about fighting back.
For over five decades, chronic pain has been my reality—Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, and more dislocations than most doctors will see in a lifetime.
- 343,000 full dislocations.
- 2.92 million subluxations.
Every step, every movement, a gamble. Doctors handed me opiates at just seven years old, setting me on a path of dependency that nearly killed me. By 2019, opioid toxicity and withdrawal almost took my life.
But I didn’t surrender. I went to war.
This episode is about resilience, relentless pain management, transforming adversity into strength and Ultra-Endurance.
I’ll take you through the 256 days of hell it took to break free from opioids, the advanced pain management techniques that rebuilt me, and how I turned from a wheelchair user into an ultra-endurance cyclist.
🚀 From Snowdon climbs in my wheelchair to 100+ mile bike rides, this is how I defied every medical expectation.
🔥 Pain didn’t stop me. It became my training ground.
💡 Topics Covered:
- The brutal reality of chronic pain & withdrawal
- 343,000 dislocations, 2.92 million subluxations—what it’s really like to live in a breaking body
- Advanced pain management strategies (micro-pacing, movement, mindset)
- How endurance sports mirror the battle against pain
- Defying medical limits & taking on ultra-cycling challenges
If you’re facing your own impossible battle—whether it’s chronic illness, addiction, or doubt—this episode is for you.
🎧 Listen now and learn how to take back control. Because pain may shape us, but it doesn’t have to break us.
Chapters
1. From Opioids to Ultra-Endurance: How I Reclaimed My Life from Chronic Pain (00:00:00)
2. Born into Pain (00:00:37)
3. 256 Days in Hell: Opiate Detoxification (00:03:47)
4. Advanced Pain Management (00:09:30)
5. How do I manage without Pain Medication (00:10:46)
6. Micro-Pacing (00:12:34)
7. How Micro-Pacing transformed my life (00:14:02)
8. Music: The Soundtrack to Pain Management (00:14:47)
9. Facing the Mental Challenge (00:15:57)
10. From Wheelchair to Ultra-Endurance (00:16:53)
11. From Surviving to Thriving (00:18:06)
12. Resilience (00:19:03)
13. The Results? I do the Impossible! (00:20:13)
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