Lots of people go on romantic getaways sometime near Valentine’s Day. It’s a great time to take a trip with a loved one with the goal of spending some *ahem* quality time together, whether in a snowy clime or on a sunny beach. But what if you’re stuck with a menage-a-trois on your Valentines excursion, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘chronic pain travel’
Valentines Day Getaways With Pain
Posted in Accommodations, Lodgings, Travel Tips, tagged chronic pain travel, couples massage, romance travel, romantic getaway, Valentines trip on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
5 Ways to Make a Trip Less Painful
Posted in Travel Tips, tagged Arbor Guest House, bathtubs, chronic pain travel, inns on January 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Really, this whole blog is about how to make travel easier and less painful for us travelers with chronic pain and hidden disabilities. But everybody loves a good roundup. And what I’m thinking here is specifically how I diminish physical pain caused by travel. 1. Take painkillers. The road is not the place to try [...]
Sleep: A Key Ingredient to Traveling With Pain
Posted in Accommodations, Lodgings, Packing and Preparing, Travel Tips, tagged chronic pain travel, hotel bedding, motel beds, sleeping hotel room, travel comfort, travel sleep on January 22, 2012 | 2 Comments »
When I travel, I gotta sleep. There’s no way around it. No matter how many things I want to see, no matter what I want to do, if I don’t get plenty of sleep every single night I might as well stay home. So I think about sleeping when I plan my trips. When? For [...]
Keeping Warm When Traveling With Pain
Posted in Travel Tips, tagged chronic pain travel, cold weather, Hawaii, Kauai, keeping warm, Lake Tahoe, ThermaCare, warm weather travel on January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As the temperatures in my hometown plummet to 32 F (0 C)–brrr!–I find myself thinking about different ways to keep warm when I travel. Yes, I’m from California and I get cold when it’s 62 F. But the real problem is that when I get cold, my pain gets worse. So I’ve got to stay [...]
Taking a One-Night Trip
Posted in Accommodations, California travel, Food, Travelogues, tagged Cetrella, chronic pain travel, Cypress Inn, getaway, Half Moon Bay on December 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Last week, my husband and I went and spent a night in the charming little seaside town of Half Moon Bay, California at the ocean-front Cypress Inn. This little vacation is exactly the kind of trip I think is perfect for chronic pain patients who haven’t done a lot of traveling with their pain yet, [...]
Want a Great Holiday Gift: Try Traveling With Pain
Posted in Packing and Preparing, Travel Products, Travel Tips, tagged chronic pain travel, holiday gift, how to travel, travel book gift, traveling with pain on November 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Looking for a gift for those people in your life who’s got chronic pain? How about the caregivers and spouses of people with hidden disabilities that make life a little bit harder–conditions like lupus, MS, diabetes, endometriosis, Crohn’s Disease, or cancer. Get them each a copy of The Imperfect Traveler’s Guide to Traveling With Pain. [...]
Holiday Travel Is Here Again! Traveling With Pain During Holiday Madness
Posted in Packing and Preparing, Travel Tips, tagged chronic pain travel, family holiday, holiday travel, travel tips, trip tips on November 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s two days before Thanksgiving and you may be reading this post frantically looking for tips and tricks to deal with psychotically busy airports, painfully congested highways, over excited children, grumpy spouses, difficult in-laws, and the pain that stressful holiday travel brings and exacerbates. So what can you do to make it better? Lots of [...]
Whitewater Rafting With Pain: Getting Extreme and Counting the Cost
Posted in California travel, Parks and Outdoor Travel, Travelogues, tagged chronic pain travel, pain rafting, South Fork American River, Whitewater Connection, whitewater rafting on November 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
On one of my summer trips this year, I got the sudden, surprise opportunity to go on a free Class 3 whitewater rafting trip on the South Fork of the American River with the Whitewater Connection rafting company. When I was healthy, I loved whitewater rafting. I went at least once every year on guided [...]
Accessible Treehouses Win an Award
Posted in Parks and Outdoor Travel, tagged accessible travel, chronic pain travel, tree house, treehouse, Treehouse Guys, universal design on November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Network of Accessible Treehouses Wins Paralyzed Veterans of America Award Neat! But…whenever I see something like this, I have to ask The Big Question: Have they taken disabilities that go beyond mobility impairment into account? The web site for The Treehouse Guys features plenty of photos of the treehouses they’ve built in public parks and [...]
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