I was in the bedroom. I wouldn't go anywhere. I couldn't do anything for anybody.

Not even for myself. The pain was just so bad.

No medication, nothing would help.

I was just so hurt inside.

Why did this happen to me? I had a lovely life.

And suddenly, everything collapsed.

That's a Kila Bana shake. life and suddenly everything's collapsed.

That's Akila Bona Shake. She was a healthcare assistant in England, someone whose life was built around caring for other people, until back surgery took that away. She lost her job,

she lost her routine, and for a long time, she felt cut off from the world, and even from herself.

When someone is living with chronic pain, most of us reach for the same tools.

Medication, rest, maybe therapy.

And sometimes that helps, but sometimes that's not what's missing.

For Akila, the thing that started to change everything began with a question,

not about her symptoms, but about her life.

What matters to you?

That question sits at the center of something called social prescribing,

an approach where health care providers connect patients to things like movement,

art, time and nature, alongside medical care. Akila's prescription, volunteering at the Office

of Lagin's Foundation. That's a non-profit providing caregiving to children with complex needs.

I think it's very important to social prescribing.

Because medicine is just there for a few hours and then you're back to normal.

You're back in pain, you've got everything there.

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