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pantryslut) wrote2010-02-25 02:31 pm
pantryslut) wrote2010-02-25 02:31 pm
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The hip bone's connected to the thigh bone
Or, I think they call this 'holistic' for a reason...
As many of you know, my feet are a little fucked up. I am duck-toed, I have high arches, and I have a lot of weight and a large frame sitting on a pair of medium-sized tootsies. I used to suffer from acute ankle pain a lot, the kind where I got really good at wrapping elastic bandages around myself. I currently have plantar fasciitis. I love my feet, but, dang.
The doctor I had in high school and college told me once that if I didn't attend assiduously to the health of my feet, that eventually I would have problems in my knees, and then my hips, lower back...
And sure enough, I had a bum knee for a while, too.
He never told me about my shoulder, though.
But lo! According to my chiropractor, apparently a large part of my shoulder pain can be traced to a certain twist in my posture. I carry my right hip wrong--tilted forward. This puts strain on my shoulder. I can totally feel what he's talking about, too.
And I can also feel it all the way down my legs, into my knees and my feet.
Sigh.
(ObJoke: When I said I was twisted, this is not what I meant.)
As many of you know, my feet are a little fucked up. I am duck-toed, I have high arches, and I have a lot of weight and a large frame sitting on a pair of medium-sized tootsies. I used to suffer from acute ankle pain a lot, the kind where I got really good at wrapping elastic bandages around myself. I currently have plantar fasciitis. I love my feet, but, dang.
The doctor I had in high school and college told me once that if I didn't attend assiduously to the health of my feet, that eventually I would have problems in my knees, and then my hips, lower back...
And sure enough, I had a bum knee for a while, too.
He never told me about my shoulder, though.
But lo! According to my chiropractor, apparently a large part of my shoulder pain can be traced to a certain twist in my posture. I carry my right hip wrong--tilted forward. This puts strain on my shoulder. I can totally feel what he's talking about, too.
And I can also feel it all the way down my legs, into my knees and my feet.
Sigh.
(ObJoke: When I said I was twisted, this is not what I meant.)