Physiotherapy as metaphor for... something or other

[oursin]

Have been going to my physiotherapist for nearly a year now, and today was thinking how the process seems like a useful metaphor for so many other things.

It's about slow developments over time, not a quick fix.

You improve a bit, then there's a bit of a plateau.

And the occasional regression.

Sometimes you just know that something is going to

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[chickenfeet2003]

During the last few years I was playing rugby competitively my physio was amazing. She'd patch me up week after week and injuries that would otherwise have meant a two or three week lay off were fixed by the next weekend. Swollen joints and minor pulled muscles in particular seemed to respond astonishingly well to laser treatment and electrostim.

[rachelmanija]

I have been in physical therapy for two years now after a car crash, and everything you say is absolutely true.

...I was not terribly pleased to have my therapist inform me this morning that my best bet for surviving the eleven-hour flight to London that I'm taking next month was to get up at least seven times, during which time I should walk around and do this exercise involving my back and a tennis ball. The problem with this is that it's an overnight flight which takes off at 9:30 PM, so I will have to stay up all night.

I am going to do it, though, or at least make a valiant effort.

[oursin]

You're coming to London in June??!!!

[rachelmanija]

No, I'm coming to London in May! May 2-3, then off to Madrid and Rome, then back to London May 20-24.

The London part of the trip is to officially publicize the British publication of All the Fishes Come Home to Roost, but I'm taking advantage of the opportunity to travel for fun, since I've never been to Europe (outside of an airport for more than six hours) before.