relapse

So, I was browsing for an image to head this post. Googling "pilates rollover", the first site I go to says quite clearly "This is not an exercise for clients with osteoporosis of the spine and herniated disks."

Where was that little voice of warning two Friday's ago? I had been feeling so good, I was back to doing yoga twice a week. Felt I could begin doing some more advanced stuff. There's no telling which pose it was, but my gut tells me it was the rollover. About an hour after class, I started to get this pain down the inside of my shoulder blade. I did not recognize it for what it was. Saturday morning, more pain. It took me until Saturday sleeping to recognize the pain that was spreading down my shoulder as the one I had leading up to Christmas and the original herniation. Anyway, it never got as bad as in December. But, I did have pain killers on hand this time.

I seem to be getting better. This time I'm doing more chiropractic work. The pain seems to be subsiding. The freaky thing is how weak my left tricep is.

This, two days after they fired Rhonda.

So, this long week-end, what did I do? Mostly I slept. I recognize the edge of depression. I did try some gardening, but quickly stopped that. I made some little stilts to try firing the beads for Kwan Yin. That's about it.