The Hen wrote:What has really helped me get over my back and neck issues has been weight training and walking.
Still, some times I will do something incredibly stupid and get myself in a whole world of twisted.
I agree that strengthening is key for back and neck issues. The same rationale applies to my knee ailment. That being said, for me anyway, the strengthening and other work needs to be balanced with yoga. Being as supple as possible (and I have the tightest hammies in the world) makes a huge difference to me. There is also something incredibly healing about yoga. Generally, when I'm on my mat more, I just take better care of myself overall.
I've never been to a back-cracker type of chiro (my chiro does ART, which is esentially forced stretching, massage and electro therapy)-- they frighten me -- but I know they work for others. When I get back pain (which happens every handfull of years) massage and restorative yoga have helped me.
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
Yes, I also enjoy a spot of Yoga and Pilates to aid with my muscles. Not often though these days. Life seems to take so much of my time these days, just ensuring my strength and fitness is seen to is difficult enough to fit in with the rest of it.
Roll on retirement for when I am able to fully look after me.
Just back to chiropractic for a mo, my chiro is a cracking type of lady. She has been ministering to me since I was 16 years old. (Good grief, I just worked out that that's 32 years!)
She has seen me grow up and now she also ministers to my family. I will certainly miss HER when she retires.
My favourite is a Thai massage, nothing nicer than having a pretty Thai girl walk up and down your back, (please, the "happy ending" joke has been done to death!)
Combining stretching techniques with massage to stimulate and heal the body, Traditional Thai Massage is perfect to re-energise.
To accommodate the massage style, you are given an outfit to wear and no oil is used.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
An accidental release of highly dilute homeopathic waste from a research institute in Swindon has led to calls for the centre to be shut down. Plant operators have admitted responsibility for massive safety blunders after a spilled drop of an enormously dilute test product was cleaned by a caretaker, and in complete disregard of all safety procedures, allowed to enter the water system after he emptied his mop bucket down the drain.
Institute staff have been cooperating with homeopathy regulatory safety officers and a team of engineers from Thames Water – working around the clock to minimise the risk of further dilution.
Still, the plant remains open – a spokesman claimed that their pioneering research into a cure for mild feelings of insecurity has reached a point that it must not be stopped. He then locked himself in his office and told reporters to leave him alone.
Local reaction has been mixed – many of course are living in fear – the latest advice has been for locals not to wash their vegetables before cooking. Some demand the plant be closed down. But others have taken a more pragmatic view, and accept that sometimes great advances in medical pseudoscience can come at a heavy price.
But everyone is in agreement that the emergency workers who came to the aid of the stricken plant yesterday are the true heroes. Some firefighers may have been exposed to dilutions as high as D8000 during the frantic race to prevent the atomic memory of the waste from reaching the Thames. Next to the Plant are seven abandoned Fire Engines – exposed to such dangerously low concentrations of homeopathic contamination that they can never be used again – they will eventually be entombed in concrete where they lie.
Local Fire Chief, Boutros-Boutros Jones gave a frank account of the current situation; ‘We have to accept that we’ve lost the battle locally, two water treatment works may never be safe to use again, but the fight to contain this and prevent further dilution is still on. Clearly if this reaches the sea, it’s game over.’
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
I have a friend who went from being a Thai massage practitioner, to a full fledged yogini. I've still never had a Thai massage, the swedish style is my preference, for so many reasons
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
Sean wrote:I do not enjoy massage. I find it to be very uncomfortable and not in the least relaxing or helpful.
Am I really the only one?
I doubt it Sean, it's not everyone's cuppa.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
