Life Happens - Setbacks
So I have shared part of my personal health story with some ups and downs of my experience with traditional medicine, but I haven’t shared how Myofascial Release made such a big impact on me.
While I finally found relief from my chronic pain for a couple of years, “Life Happened” and my lifestyle was catching up with me and taking a toll on my body. I sat at a desk all day in a stressful leadership role in an insurance company. I worked 10-12 hours a day tied to my phone and computer. I wasn’t exercising anymore and I had put on a lot of weight. My back and neck would bother me periodically, but the back pain was continuing to progress significantly.
With my love of camping in the BWCA, I was noticing that it was getting harder and harder to physically do that trip. Yes, I was getting older, but honestly, it was getting extremely uncomfortable laying on the ground. I was tossing and turning constantly. My hips would hurt when I laid on my side. My low back would hurt when I tried to lay flat on my back. My whole body hurt. I decided the solution for me was to get back into shape and lose some weight since I was fairly certain my lack of activity and weight gain were the problem. I signed up for a 10 week program called the Ultimate Body Shaping Program (UBC). It was cardio-kickboxing, strength training, and nutritional guidance.
I lost some weight, I became more physically fit, but that’s not all that happened…
To find out more, check out my blog post titled: Falling Apart at the Seams
