Struggling with Chronic Pain and Stress: Need Advice

Cutting out sugar completely and reducing my bread and pasta intake helped me so much with the pain. I was in the same cycle as u, sedentary lifestyle, working wad my only exercise. The pain was almost too much to even work. I changed those few things in my diet and started feeling relief. After a few weeks my son took me to a climbing gym to see if I would like it. I fell in love with climbing ☺ I went once or twice a week and it was so hard to fight past the pain..... But I did it and I've been climbing for a year now 3hr sessions 3 times a week ☺. I also do yoga a few times a week. It's changed my life! Climbing & yoga help keep my muscles stretched and pliable which helps reduce the pain. The only time I have pain now is after a work out session. I have my own rituals for the after session pain and by the morning, no more pain ☺. I highly recommend trying a diet change and maybe some light yoga.... Consistency is key to keeping that pain at bay. I was to a point of hopelessness in my life just a year and a half ago..... So much pain that I I didn't really care if I woke the next day. I felt like that was the only alternative to relieve the pain. It's not! There are many things that u can try, and I encourage u to try them and get ur life back ☺. Good luck! ♥

Heyyy so for the exercise part it does have to be an extreme form of exercising.. start with walking.. choose a distant and walk that distant for a while.. after a while go a little farther and do that for a while and then go farther.. etc you can also do light yoga stretches

Stress management is a good place to start! Unfortunately, sometimes stress is part of life. Can you get time to yourself, even if its only a short period of time? What has helped me is being out in nature, just a walk outside and really observe your surroundings. Ten to fifteen minutes a day to start. This will help you sleep better as lack of sleep makes pain worse. Hope this helps.