Spinal Injury Leads Traveler to Tantric Bliss
Written by motorcycleadvisor on March 29th, 2011
The cornerstone of my pain management is to really take charge. I decided to tune up my camper rig and reunite with my boyfriend in Nashville. My objectives for the next several days was: 1) partake of a diet of fresh fruit and veggie sub sandwiches to return to the cosmos my unnecessary body weight; 2) be a guest at every warm or hot springs I could find along the way after leaving Seattle to soak and enjoy non-weight bearing movement 3) take my cheap tramadol medication to hold pain at a manageable level for healing road trip.
My back ached severely. It may have been from lifting my stepdaughter, age 4 at the time, into an “angel” position onto her belly and perched on my inverted hovering feet while I lay straight-kneed on my back. The innocent abuse of my precious spine later unleashed the pain spectacle: my antics on the carpet to let our tyke “steer” upon my legs, must have injured me…. insidiously…. above our imagined roof- top fantasy. It rendered me unable to walk and forced me to halt my environmental career, paycheck, life as I knew it.
A referral visit to a specialist determined that I did not need surgical intervention. From that point on, I engaged who and whatever I needed to feel better. Life itself responded in miraculous ways, including the phenomenon, known as synchronicity. What I mean is certain events lined up together and people showed up in my life to help me. Apparently traveling increases the opportunity for synchronicity. Meaningful coincidences did expand when I decided to get on the road to heal.
Frequently the pain doesn’t attack youat once. When you suffer a sprain or strain, the affected back muscles may shrink and have reduced blood circulation. Pain then occurs. Connective tissue (fibrosis) may proceed in the muscle. Injured muscles may also tighten or contract. section of the body while it improves. In this way, the body inhibits function of the muscles until that part of the body gets better}.
A quick stop at a stand outside of Yakima yielded two giant bags of freshly harvested Golden apples. I planned to pick up some Subway sandwich meals at the urban centers and gas up at the same time. On the first night I camped at an obscure family-owned springs near the Utah border. The aging pilgrim spot contained a metal chin-up type bar suspended over the pool. I hung there when not lolling about, reaching up gently to allow my spine to open a bit. Mind you, the water greatly reduced my own weight; thus, an easy stretch became a possibility.
A few suggestions offered by everyday angels during my fabulous include: keep moving, don’t give up or go to bed for long, avoid painful movements. A cheap tramadol online order may help you avoid a dysfunctional state of affairs known as “deconditioning”. Avoid a strict mental frame. Healing will take as long as it takes. Remember when you were a kid, waiting for winter Holiday? It seemed like waiting took forever. Your recovery is like that, too. It will be a wonderful gift.
Four pounds lighter, in Nashville, I joined a YMCA aquatics class and found a way to flow in the H20 that didn’t hurt: I walked like a crab. A massage therapist, who specializes in neuromuscular treatment, helped me there. She used these tiny moves –superficial – and it made a difference. I found I could now negotiate the sidewalk to the mailbox of my boyfriend’s apartment. We resumed tantric bliss together again finally, and within a few weeks. Healing? Need I expound more?