(Chiropractic) Healing

I took the week off from my bike because of my back. Tuesday I was riding and my right side started to cramp up so badly that I had to come home earlier than I planned. Yesterday I visited the chiropractor. It was a different experience than my previous with chiropractic care. My last chiropractor was extremely expensive, never saw the end of care, and believed that an adjustment could fix everything (to the point that her daughter had a stroke and is now disabled due to lack of medical care).

Yesterday I went to Regina's chiropractor. She had told me that it was a different experience. I told him what had been bothering me, got on the table and he started to "assess" what was going on. He would tell me to resist him, then ask me a question or tell me to think of something, then repeat the resisting thing. The connection between mental and physical is amazing. When I was weak about something, he would tell me to close my eyes, look to a side, breathe out, and think of something weird like "love plus 10." I'm not sure if I really understood, but it made me able to resist him. Anyway, he adjusted my neck, my right shoulder and the right side of my back. I guess I'll see tomorrow on the bike how it feels.

He said I had been under pro-longed stress. No, really? And I realized that I have a lot of frustration associated with the past and with my injuries/health. I realized throughout the rest of the day how much I have held in and how much resentment goes along with it. I guess I need to work on that. Maybe I should look into therapy. I'm going back next Saturday... at least he can help me with my back.

I really liked that he believes strongly the connection between mental and physical health. He also spoke of excercise and eating/living a healthy lifestyle. I completely agree.

I'm excited about being able to work out this week. I am currently icing my right leg, which has also been bothering me for the past few weeks. I'm not sure how I managed to get shin splints... one of the reasons I love cycling is that it is low impact!

This weekend was good. Dr. Kirby sent us all home early Friday. I'm anticipating a superly busy next few weeks. Will and I went swimming, then out to dinner. Saturday we went to the pool also and today I played outside for a long time with Alden and Kaya. I love being outside.

Here's hoping I have a new cycling buddy soon!