About Me
Monday, June 01, 2009
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Magic Lady
I had some body work done yesterday by a lady recommended to me by my fencing student (and professional dancer) Sallyann. Wow, she was magical.
First, she had me lay on the massage table. Then she took my head in her hands and moved it to try and make my spine 'move like a snake'. She felt it get stuck and found the exact place where my back pain starts. She then proceeded to use pressure to get my muscles and connective tissue to loosen up, also talking out loud to them, asking them to cooperate. Eventually, the whole left side of my body flattened out on the table. I was slanty as my right side was still tense and 'up high'.
Apparently, a lot of my muscles are constantly in a state of contracture -- she said they feel like leathery beef jerky instead of jello. Also, she said the 'core weakness' my physical therapist said I had is a result of some contracture in my abdomen. 65% of the muscle is working to hold the contracture, leaving 35% to do other things, which reads as weakness. Also, when working on the inside of my hip, she released so many toxins, I almost threw up.
She managed to unstick all the gluey muscles and tendons, but diagnosed my main problem as my SI joint. It's stuck and she can't fix it. She recommended I see a chiropractor for a one shot deal to unstick the SI joint.
My homework is to lay on tennis balls to keep the muscles from tightening up again.
My hip still hurts a bit, and I'm sore from some of the work, but this is the best I've felt structurally in a long time!
First, she had me lay on the massage table. Then she took my head in her hands and moved it to try and make my spine 'move like a snake'. She felt it get stuck and found the exact place where my back pain starts. She then proceeded to use pressure to get my muscles and connective tissue to loosen up, also talking out loud to them, asking them to cooperate. Eventually, the whole left side of my body flattened out on the table. I was slanty as my right side was still tense and 'up high'.
Apparently, a lot of my muscles are constantly in a state of contracture -- she said they feel like leathery beef jerky instead of jello. Also, she said the 'core weakness' my physical therapist said I had is a result of some contracture in my abdomen. 65% of the muscle is working to hold the contracture, leaving 35% to do other things, which reads as weakness. Also, when working on the inside of my hip, she released so many toxins, I almost threw up.
She managed to unstick all the gluey muscles and tendons, but diagnosed my main problem as my SI joint. It's stuck and she can't fix it. She recommended I see a chiropractor for a one shot deal to unstick the SI joint.
My homework is to lay on tennis balls to keep the muscles from tightening up again.
My hip still hurts a bit, and I'm sore from some of the work, but this is the best I've felt structurally in a long time!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Aromatherapy
Since moving to Montana, various maladies have been plaguing my poor body.
One thing is this pain in my hip that's been going on since September. Between the physical therapist and my doctor, we think that the pain might actually be being triggered in my back. I find this highly likely since my back hurts most of the time. Since physical therapy wasn't helping, my doctor ordered an ($2000) MRI, which showed -- NOTHING!!
So I've decided to start exploring some alternative, holistic approaches....
The other thing that is a huge problem is my constant nightmares/nightterrors. I don't get any sleep and neither does Aaron. For a while they seemed to be getting better, but now are back with a vengance. We'd been talking about trying some aromatherapy or noise machines. Saturday night, in the midst of some nightmare, I totally clobbered Aaron in the neck and chest, so we decided that now would be a good time to try something.
Sunday I got a lavender and thyme reed diffuser from Target for $17.49, hoping it will have a calming effect on my sleep habits. No nightmares last night (but I did dream about the stupid diffuser) and my shoulders seemed a little less tense than normal this morning, but I felt a little stuffy too. I think I'll give it a week and see if it helps the nightmares and doesn't give me massive allergies before recommending to others.
One thing is this pain in my hip that's been going on since September. Between the physical therapist and my doctor, we think that the pain might actually be being triggered in my back. I find this highly likely since my back hurts most of the time. Since physical therapy wasn't helping, my doctor ordered an ($2000) MRI, which showed -- NOTHING!!
So I've decided to start exploring some alternative, holistic approaches....
The other thing that is a huge problem is my constant nightmares/nightterrors. I don't get any sleep and neither does Aaron. For a while they seemed to be getting better, but now are back with a vengance. We'd been talking about trying some aromatherapy or noise machines. Saturday night, in the midst of some nightmare, I totally clobbered Aaron in the neck and chest, so we decided that now would be a good time to try something.
Sunday I got a lavender and thyme reed diffuser from Target for $17.49, hoping it will have a calming effect on my sleep habits. No nightmares last night (but I did dream about the stupid diffuser) and my shoulders seemed a little less tense than normal this morning, but I felt a little stuffy too. I think I'll give it a week and see if it helps the nightmares and doesn't give me massive allergies before recommending to others.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Auntie again
Me: Alastair told me he needs a little cousin to play with.
Aaron: He can play with the cats.
Me: He can't play baseball with cats!
Aaron: Well, he can certainly try.
Congratulations to Andrew and Candice on the great job on beautiful Baby Alastair!
And Ali, keep being so cute and good and maybe we can get Uncle Aaron to come around soon and get you that little cousin to play with.
Aaron: He can play with the cats.
Me: He can't play baseball with cats!
Aaron: Well, he can certainly try.
Congratulations to Andrew and Candice on the great job on beautiful Baby Alastair!
And Ali, keep being so cute and good and maybe we can get Uncle Aaron to come around soon and get you that little cousin to play with.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Wedding-Industrial Complex: Photographer
Aaron and I just booked our photographer--Amy Berg. Yay! Once more thing off the list.
She's a friend of my colleague, Mike, and seems to be interested in trying something a little creative. Check out her portfolio. Anecdotally, most of the weddings in Montana seem to be ranch weddings, so you'll have to use your imaginations.
She's a friend of my colleague, Mike, and seems to be interested in trying something a little creative. Check out her portfolio. Anecdotally, most of the weddings in Montana seem to be ranch weddings, so you'll have to use your imaginations.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Monday, November 03, 2008
Wedding-Industrial Complex: Flowers?
The results are in: peacock overwhelmingly beat out coral for wedding colors.
I'm toying with not using flowers at all -- I'm not exactly sure what would work well with peacock feathers....
I did find this badass indigo-colored broom grass at Pier 1 for $6 a [handful]. And peacock feathers at this joint online for $50 per 100. I'm thinking of making the bridesmaids bouquets a mixture of the broom grass and feathers.
Update:
I bought the broom grass. There is one minor problem with it, and that is, the color comes off on your hands. I think it will be okay since I'll be wrapping the bouquets with ribbon, so the bridesmaids won't have to actually touch the grass part....
I'm toying with not using flowers at all -- I'm not exactly sure what would work well with peacock feathers....
I did find this badass indigo-colored broom grass at Pier 1 for $6 a [handful]. And peacock feathers at this joint online for $50 per 100. I'm thinking of making the bridesmaids bouquets a mixture of the broom grass and feathers.
Update:
I bought the broom grass. There is one minor problem with it, and that is, the color comes off on your hands. I think it will be okay since I'll be wrapping the bouquets with ribbon, so the bridesmaids won't have to actually touch the grass part....
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