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I have resolved to try to post in my journal more often for the sake of keeping wrendragon in the loop and also hoping it will help me organize my thoughts more. FB is too open for me to feel comfortable writing personal entries and it just doesn’t seem like the best venue for long, wordy discussion, plus it is also blocked from the location which I spend most of my computer time. I can’t promise the entries will be fascinating, but such is reality.
I injured my shoulder somehow while I was sleeping the night before last. I have noticed for a week or two that when I woke up my right shoulder, and I think just once my left, was sore and stiff. When I woke up yesterday the pain was considerably more intense and instead of quickly going away, the pain lasted all day. I was unable to lift heavy things or pull things with my right arm. I booked a physio appointment but I couldn’t get one until next Tuesday. I am on the cancellation list but I may have to wait until then.
My shoulder feels better today, but it is still sore and I still have to be careful with lifting my arms at certain angles and try to carry most things in my other arm.
Before I injured my shoulder, on Monday night, I did some yoga at home with a DVD. I focused on a simple warm up with stretching, did a few dance isolation drills, and then did some backward bending yoga exercises and a yoga cool down. The backward bending parts were challenging and something to work towards. My whole back; upper, middle and lower, is a tiny bit sore but in a good way. Two days later I am still feeling a difference in my rib cage in how much more flexible it is while I breathe. I CAN breathe, deeply without feeling the usual resistance I am used to. This must be what normal people feel like when they breathe deeply. Going to physio always helps me feel like this, but I can’t go every few days. I think the physio appointment will help me feel better with my typical problems that always come back (but seem to be taking longer to recur if I am paying attention) and I hope to stay focused enough to make a regular habit of at least a few yoga exercises on a more consistent basis. I need to remember to ask my physiotherapist about my wrists though; some of the poses cause me more wrist discomfort than I think it should. I need her to take a look at them.
I also would like to make a habit of stretching my hip flexors with the stretch my therapist gave me as mine are extremely tight. I have noticed that I seem to have better turnout in ballet when I stretch them and my hamstrings, and I feel better when they are loose. Sitting all day at my job encourages those muscles to tighten. I think in the case of my hamstrings I need to stretch my tendons and ligaments as well as my muscles.
Lunchtime.
I injured my shoulder somehow while I was sleeping the night before last. I have noticed for a week or two that when I woke up my right shoulder, and I think just once my left, was sore and stiff. When I woke up yesterday the pain was considerably more intense and instead of quickly going away, the pain lasted all day. I was unable to lift heavy things or pull things with my right arm. I booked a physio appointment but I couldn’t get one until next Tuesday. I am on the cancellation list but I may have to wait until then.
My shoulder feels better today, but it is still sore and I still have to be careful with lifting my arms at certain angles and try to carry most things in my other arm.
Before I injured my shoulder, on Monday night, I did some yoga at home with a DVD. I focused on a simple warm up with stretching, did a few dance isolation drills, and then did some backward bending yoga exercises and a yoga cool down. The backward bending parts were challenging and something to work towards. My whole back; upper, middle and lower, is a tiny bit sore but in a good way. Two days later I am still feeling a difference in my rib cage in how much more flexible it is while I breathe. I CAN breathe, deeply without feeling the usual resistance I am used to. This must be what normal people feel like when they breathe deeply. Going to physio always helps me feel like this, but I can’t go every few days. I think the physio appointment will help me feel better with my typical problems that always come back (but seem to be taking longer to recur if I am paying attention) and I hope to stay focused enough to make a regular habit of at least a few yoga exercises on a more consistent basis. I need to remember to ask my physiotherapist about my wrists though; some of the poses cause me more wrist discomfort than I think it should. I need her to take a look at them.
I also would like to make a habit of stretching my hip flexors with the stretch my therapist gave me as mine are extremely tight. I have noticed that I seem to have better turnout in ballet when I stretch them and my hamstrings, and I feel better when they are loose. Sitting all day at my job encourages those muscles to tighten. I think in the case of my hamstrings I need to stretch my tendons and ligaments as well as my muscles.
Lunchtime.