This is where I've been spending a lot of my time. I've been talking a bit about how I hurt my back, and you know, I'm not usually one to dish the complaints, especially aches and pains. But this time, this injury - it really scared me. Being unable to take care of my kids for such a long period of time, feeling unable to do much of anything is not something I took very well. And the fear, while it healed a little every day, that I would re-injure it was taking over my mind.
It got me thinking about my health.
I've been doing a lot of that the past few months, mostly because I am just shy of two weeks away from my thirtieth birthday. It's time to take care of myself! I'm a healthy person, for the most part, but there is a list of things to change as well. So I've been seeing a naturopathic doctor and doing some different homeopathic regimes to kick my body into great health, not just satisfactory health.
And now my focus is on structural health. Muscle health. Bone health. I've been reading a book about recovering from chronic pain and it has a series of stretches to do to help recover. So, I'm doing it. In fact - I'm dedicated to it. Because two weeks later, my back is still hurting. I can't sit for long. And I definitely can't curl up on the couch. So me and the floor and the yoga mat? Well, that's where I'll be for awhile still.
The pay off is that I am strengthening my back, I am detoxing my organs, and putting a lot of good stuff into a body that spends a lot of time over-doing it.
Oh, and the cool thing is, I've learned how to knit lying down.
