So finally, after a mere three years of periodic sessions at the Egoscue Clinic in San Francisco, at every one of which for the past two years David the clinic director has been saying, "So, have you been doing your supine groin progressive exercise in the Tower?" to which we have responded sheepishly, "um, no"- after all that, Pirate and I finally ( Read more... )

Anyone who's dealt with long-term or chronic pain will probably appreciate this updated version of the "how bad is your pain?" faces chart.

Heh.

While riding along in Berkeley, I signaled for a left turn, but Pirate wasn't paying attention and plowed right into me. Result: skinned knee, large bruise on left thigh, punched in the lower right abdomen by the end of my handlebars, and a rip in my all-but-brand-new (had them less than a week) B. Spoke Tailor pinstriped wool riding knickers ( Read more... )

I love the Egoscue Method.

Yeah, yeah, I keep saying that. But I do!

My left ankle has been bothering me for a couple of weeks, and was getting to the point where it was beginning to interfere with our marathon training (we cut Friday's run by about half, skipped the run on Sunday and went for a bike ride instead, and haven't done any running so ( Read more... )

Today is one year to the day since my foot injury.

So much has changed in the past year, from the mundane daily routine when I get up in the morning to I think I've figured out what I want to do when I grow up. I'm going to take Monday off so the monkey and I can spend the day hanging out (hopefully in the sun) reflecting on what's different and ( Read more... )

There are a couple of points in my lower back and right calf that are being very resistant to all the things I'm doing to try to ease them up. The knots and tightness and not-quite-pain-but-darn-close seem firmly lodged, and I'm getting awfully tired of them.

Since the foam roller isn't doing it, I just tried using a tennis ball on my calf ( Read more... )

Capsule summary: it's continuing to do very, very good things for me, and I'm continuing to love it ( Read more... )

So I had my first session at the Egoscue Clinic in San Francisco last Tuesday. The clinic is conveniently located, practically upstairs from the BART Montgomery station. You can't really tell from the photos on their website, but the space is open and airy, with lots of light ( Read more... )

Okay, the New England Yankee side of me thinks it's much too soon to be posting anything about this. However, spiritualmonkey has been nudging me to write something. So consider this a preliminary report.

I recently got the book Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain by Pete Egoscue (pronounced ee-GOSS-kyoo, apparently) from the library last ( Read more... )

I'm currently immobilized by a sciatica attack (an aftereffect of spending two weeks on crutches following my foot injury) and have spent the past week on the sofa. Since I got home from work on Friday the 7th, the only times I've left the apartment (or stood up for longer than five minutes, really) has been for acupuncture or other healthcare ( Read more... )