{"id":1458,"date":"2020-01-10T20:05:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T20:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flexiseq.com\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2024-10-26T16:03:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T16:03:56","slug":"esme-simper-finding-a-way-to-break-through-the-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flexiseq.com\/blogs\/user-stories\/esme-simper-finding-a-way-to-break-through-the-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Esme Simper – Finding A Way To Break Through The Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
In her youth, Esme Simper, 42, was a dedicated ballet dancer, however, in retirement, her joints started to stiffen. The issue seriously impacted her day-to-day life, taking a toll on her ability to walk her dog and play with her daughter. <\/em><\/strong><\/p> In 2019 Esme took part in the Flexiseq Experience Study to see if Flexiseq\u2019s drug-free action could help her get moving more freely again. <\/em><\/strong><\/p> Here is Esme\u2019s story.<\/em><\/strong><\/p> I started dancing when I was just 6-years-old. My mum used to take me into London to dance in shows and I eventually turned professional for the London Ballet. I did that until I was 30.<\/p> Since then, the last 10 to 13 years, I\u2019ve lived in terrible pain. My joints just started seizing up. I loved dancing, it was my life, but I just can\u2019t do it anymore. It doesn\u2019t help that I also had a car accident in which I suffered really bad whiplash. I\u2019ve had a lot of general aches and pains as a result. I also have early-onset arthritis in my fingers which is hereditary. It\u2019s very painful when I\u2019m doing gardening and cooking.<\/p> My everyday life hinges on the pain. If you feel decrepit it\u2019s not fun. It\u2019s terrible. I\u2019ve got a three-year-old and running around after her is hard work. I don\u2019t feel old in myself but my body does. I want to be able to do all the things that my mum did with me. I love to walk my dog, a rescue dog that needs lots of exercise, but as you can imagine, that\u2019s quite tough too.<\/p> I\u2019ve been on painkillers every day. A combination of paracetamol and ibuprofen. I\u2019m worried about putting anything stronger in my body. If I take anything too strong, I feel a bit zonked out. I mostly just work through the pain, you get on with it. You have to! I also use hot and cold therapy, and that helps as well. I find that I just get on with it. That\u2019s why Flexiseq was such a breakthrough. It took a few weeks to kick in but it\u2019s almost a miracle!<\/p> I didn\u2019t notice a difference immediately. I thought, \u2018oh, it\u2019s not going to work\u2019 and then I was looking back at the number of steps [as part of the Study all participants wore a fitness tracker] I\u2019d done from the week before and I realised it was working. It was incredible. I could walk the dog. And I wasn\u2019t living in constant pain! You\u2019ve got to give it a chance. I recommended it to my mum and she\u2019s quite impatient. I said, you\u2019ve got to give it two to three weeks to see the benefits.<\/p> Flexiseq worked so well for me. I\u2019ve not stopped using it since it\u2019s been a real breakthrough. Because the pain wasn\u2019t so bad, I could go further. My little dog, he loves to play ball and I found myself running around after him. I thought about getting him a dog walker at one point, but I don\u2019t need to do that anymore. Flexiseq helps me go for longer.<\/p> I always thought I didn\u2019t sleep well because of the pain. And I\u2019m always up and down in the night. I can probably say that because I am now more active and the pain is considerably less I am sleeping a good seven or eight hours a night. Sometimes more.<\/p> I\u2019ve recommended Flexiseq to a lot of people, lots of my dancer friends who are now having knee problems, they are using it. I think it\u2019s fantastic.<\/p> Further Reading<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>