This Seated Pilates guide has been designed especially for those living with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). Leanne is a Pain-Free Movement Specialist and Pilates Teacher with lived experience of multiple chronic illnesses. To use this guide, you might like to pick out an exercise, try it, see how you feel and then if you have no adverse effects try another.
This guide has been created to help you communicate more confidently and effectively with your GP. It offers practical language suggestions that can help you explain your symptoms, request support, and build a more collaborative relationship, whether you have a confirmed diagnosis or are still seeking answers.
PowerPoint Slides from Deborah Bircham from Live Well with Chronic Illness webinar 'Gratitude' exploring what is Gratitude, and how can it help us.
PowerPoint Slides from Dr. Ashlyn Firkins webinar 'Living Well in the Prescence of MCAS- Ideas from Clinical Psychology to help Navigate the Storm of MCAS'.
PowerPoint slides from Roselle O'Brien's talk 'Understanding Mast Cells, Autoimmune Disorders and Comorbidities'.
This guide is designed to support individuals in the MCAS community who are navigating the challenges of seeking a diagnosis.
PowerPoint slides from our recent webinar hosted by Dr Anton Krige, which explores the considerations required for surgery and anaesthesia with MCAS and related conditions.
Use this journal however feels right for you. There’s no pressure to write every day or find something profound. Some days, it might be a kind word from a friend, a moment of peace, or simply managing to eat a safe meal. These moments matter. You matter.
S. N. Pramod, Y. P. Venkatesh and P. A. Mahesh (2007). This study addresses the role of potato lectin (STA) in activating mast cells and basophils through non-specific binding to IgE and FcεR receptors. It studies the effect of STA on atopic and non-atopic subjects, and finds that it may cause non-allergic hypersensitivity in some atopic individuals, despite not being a ‘true allergen’. Therefore, it suggests that lectins in foods like potatoes and tomatoes may contribute to symptoms of allergic reactions (e.g. asthma) in STA-sensitive individuals.
PowerPoint slides from Roselle O'Brien's talk 'Retrain Your Brain, Retrain Your Mast Cells'. In this Roselle explores what retraining our cells, especially mast cells, and retraining our brains might mean when it comes to mast cell activation reactions and our strategies to support brain health and body health when managing mast cell activation reactions. Watch the recording on our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSkEErXsQoc
PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham from live Well with Chronic Illness webinar 'Foods and Infammation'. In this talk, we will be exploring some of the foods that can provoke inflammation and some of the foods that can help reduce it, and how we can use these foods to help us with MCAS.
PowerPoint slides from Roselle O Brien's webinar on 'Dysautonomia', an umbrella term used to classify multiple disorders in which the autonomic nervous system isn't working properly.
PowerPoint slides from Roselle O Brien's webinar on 'Your Safe Haven at Home' exploring the realities of "safe haven" in the mast cell world, what it means, what it entails, crucial elements---and why it's so essential. Add to the tools in your ever-growing toolbox of health supports with insights and strategies for creating your safe haven.
PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham from Live Well with Chronic Illness' webinar on 'MCAS and Environmental Pollution the Toxic Truth' exploring the connection between MCAS and environmental toxins.
PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham from Live Well with Chronic Illness' webinar on 'What is detoxing and how might it help with MCAS?'. Learn tips and tricks to reduce toxins in your body and the environment.
PowerPoint slides from Roselle O Brien's webinar on 'Stress and Mast Cells' exploring how stress impacts us physically in our bodies, the role it plays with mast cells and in mast cell activation, and some strategies for managing stress, the stressors in our lives, and mast cell activation reactions that can be brought on by stress.
PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham from Live Well with Chronic Illness's webinar 'Pillars of Health' exploring how these ‘pillars of health’ can improve the situation for any health condition. Deborah will share her unique ‘Health Discovery Framework’ with us, which she uses with her own clients.
PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham from Live well with chronic illness's webinar 'The Neuroscience of Mindfulness' exploring the neuroscience of how Mindfulness works, and how everyone can develop their own unique mindfulness practice to support them to manage difficulty and feel better—EVEN if you struggle to sit still, switch off and relax!
PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham from Live well with chronic illness's webinar 'Understanding Lyme Disease – a general introduction to Lyme'. For many people, there is a significant overlap between Lyme Disease and MCAS, and Lyme can be an underlying root cause for MCAS.
PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham from Live well with chronic illness' webinar 'How to Fight On in Tough Times – Tools and Tips to Foster Mental Resilience' examining some simple tools that can help us all to navigate life’s ups and downs more skillfully.
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