August 24, 2011
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Woooo baby! My chiropractor just solved the ongoing mystery of: "What makes Jessica's ache so?" Apparently there is a deep muscle in the abdomen that connects the lumbar part of the spine. It's the only muscle that actually connects to the discs AND the vertabrae. There's on on each side and when these become tight they can affect your lower back and hips. My chiropractor decided to do some deep tissue release on these muscles. My left side hurt like a mother. My right wasn't so bad, but it wasn't until she started on the right side that I realized how bad the left was. She said that because the left was tighter than the right it was putting a torque in my pelvis. So she pressed and rubbed these muscles to help them release and showed me an exercise I can do the stretch them out. Tonight I worked 4 hours without aching AT ALL. It was magical to say the least. It also dawned on me that this is exactly HOW yoga makes me feel better. I was stretching out this bilateral muscle in postures without realizing it and thereby fixing my problem. I am one stinkin' happy bunny to know about this!
Comments (4)
thats awesome, well continue w/ yoga, glad your feeling better
once your body starts to hurt you realize how much you took it for granted. lucky that your chiropractor could help!
@crochet_n_babyhats - I haven't done any yoga for a while now, but I totally plan on doing prenatal yoga once I'm qualified, lol. I was thinking about doing a ballet class once a week, but I'm not sure if that's a good idea once I'm actually pregnant.
@Problematique120 - Yes, indeed! I found a bruise on my stomach from where she was massaging that muscle the other day. Also, I was standing at work yesterday and realized that I could actually SEE the hip torque my chiro was talking about. Yikes! It's going to be hard to fix this since I have bad habits like transferring all my weight into one hip while standing and sleeping in a twisted position at night. *sigh*
Glad to hear that your Chiropractor found the solution to your pain. I have not seen one before, and I'm afraid they will be expensive because of the duration of the sessions. Do you find them expensive as well?
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