annab@azure.UUCP (A Beaver) (04/15/85)
As promised, I am taking time to check in.
The trip which I had made to Olympia on Tuesday, turned out to be
quite informative. The doctor up there explained to me how the fact
that my spine tilts off to the left has been preventing my back from
healing properly. It seems to be a common thing to have one leg
shorter than the other. It is also not something which has to be
corrected if the difference is 1/4 inch or less. However, if you
combine a short right leg with a spine which is tipped badly to the
left, it can allow plenty of room for the pelvis to move around the
base of the spine.
His recommendations.... I have to wear a lift in my right shoe and
put a cushion under the right side when I sit. I was skeptical, but
you know what? I have felt 100% better. No, I feel 200% better. It
was kinda difficult for me to accept the fact that I was supposed to
sit and lean on the side which hurts. I have to admit though that,
as long as I am conscious of how I sit and stand and lie down, my back
doesn't hurt. However, I have to be aware of it ALL the time.
At this point, I am supposed to do some exercises to straighten my
back and hang from a bar, as well as wear the support and use the lifts.
I can see where there have been MANY times that I have come home from
a day of work and classes and have gone into my room and lain on the
bed to do my homework. And since I am right handed, I lie on my left
side, so that I can write. Sure enough, the x-rays which were taken
BEFORE I started going back to school did not show much evidence of
being bent. The last 7 years has made some major changes in my life.
I guess that not ALL of them were good.
So, the moral to this story.... When people tell you not to slouch
and you snicker and think how silly it is.... Or when when you are
lying on your bed after a long day and doing your homework ...(as I did)
Or leaning over to the opposite side from which you right for whatever
reason you might have... Think of me.
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Sailing can wait wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
I'm going back to work!!