When I was 16, I had a motorbike accident. Right shoulder, both wrists and both knees were affected.

In my mid to late 20s I started getting shoulder pain and wrist pain when working out. At the time I was also a ballroom dance teacher so had even more pressure on my right wrist, so the pain got worse.

Going to the gym was always a problem for me as the wrist would cop a lot of pressure from weightlifting. Anyway, I over the years the pain has come and gone but now it is here to stay!

Living with chronic pain wears me down emotionally, even though it’s early days with the pain being there all the time.

At the moment I’m working on using my left arm as much as possible. This helps so much.

My Aunt has been living with pain most of her adult life and I’ve learnt a lot from her.

Gavin.