Hope you had a fantastic start to April with April Fools Day!
I did not play any jokes on anyone, but I did make a passing remark to my client Debby and she took it to heart. I never know what stories are going to stick with people, and this one apparently stuck!
I was telling her how when I was training for marathons, my right knee used to start to pitch a fit. Now, a “normal” person might say to themselves, ‘Oh, poor knee, we should stretch you, and rub you, and maybe rest you. All this running can’t be good!’
*INSTEAD*
I said to myself, “That damn left hip! Causing problems for the right side again!” Sometimes it shows up as a sprained right ankle, sometimes it is sciatic pain down the right hamstring, or right low back, and sometimes it is this knee thing. Almost always on the right side, and again, a “normal” person would say that is the ’trouble’ side of my body.
I know it is actually the workhorse side of the body, and the left hip specifically is on vacation. This causes the right side to complain, so what is the solution?
In this case, I decided to hop down the road on my left foot to try and get that left hip working again. Debby heard that story, and while walking her grandsons to school got some low back pain on the right side. She decided her left hip was also not cooperating and decided to not hop, but stomp on her left foot harder as she was walking along.
She said it “helped really quickly…10 steps and really was complaining less!” How about that! A little stomping on the opposite side of the body that hurts, and *voila* you get some pain relief. I love this!!
Hope that helps you in a paradigm-shifting way.
Speaking of hopping, I wore my bunny costume on Easter to go snowboarding and that’s your hopping inspiration above. 🙂
Here’s to balance, stomping strength, and hopping happiness,
🙂 Laura
