healer's disease,
Healer's Disease
Thursday Mar 18, 2010 Filed in:
Awareness
I
have the healer’s disease, the ability to manifest the symptoms of
my clients. It has been tremendously helpful in my quest to
understand the sensations and conditions that people come to me to
resolve. Granted, it is not always pleasant.
Many years ago, I had an ACL replacement on my knee. It was a challenging recovery for me as I didn’t understand the gift of physical therapy and being able to walk again with stability. Few years after that, I started experiencing plantar fascia from the tightness in the calf of the operated leg. The hip on that side also tightened as I carried that leg around and ‘babied’ it. Seeing my Rolfer Jan Sultan has helped it tremendously. I also worked with it on my own with a ball and things had resolved.
I love ball games. It must be the ‘catch it, kill it, eat it’ instinct. I started playing racquetball this year to get some cardiovascular exercise and to let go of some excess holiday pounds. What a workout! I’ve been getting and feeling better every game.
Then, something happened.
I was catching a ball to the side and really extended my reach. My hip went sideways to get to the ball. I got it! After a few more minutes of play I realized something was not feeling right in the hip. I stretched thinking it was a tightened muscle. It didn’t help. For the next two days, I was in bed thinking and feeling my body.
After doing some research and receiving chiropractic adjustments by Dr. Rod Hodge in Albuquerque, I am resting the leg and taking USANA vitamins (given to me by a wonderful and generous Albuquerque Rolfer Jane Harrington). The pain is slowly decreasing but I am wary of starting to play racquetball or running again.
With this experience, I am realizing how important it is to be pain-free when we want to exercise for health or to lose a few pounds. I feel hindered in my efforts to move because of this hip discomfort. After reading the book Weight Loss That Lasts, written by Dr. James Rippe in collaboration with Weight Watchers, I realized that exercise is an important component in weight loss. An hour of moving helps burn more calories and psychologically increases our desire to feel light and agile. And a few pounds can make a big difference to our joints.
So, I am waiting for my hip to heal. In the mean time, my healer’s disease is teaching me about what it’s like to not be able to move as I wish. I hope to be able to work with my clients to help them gain their ability to move and do what they enjoy and what is good for their health.
Many years ago, I had an ACL replacement on my knee. It was a challenging recovery for me as I didn’t understand the gift of physical therapy and being able to walk again with stability. Few years after that, I started experiencing plantar fascia from the tightness in the calf of the operated leg. The hip on that side also tightened as I carried that leg around and ‘babied’ it. Seeing my Rolfer Jan Sultan has helped it tremendously. I also worked with it on my own with a ball and things had resolved.
I love ball games. It must be the ‘catch it, kill it, eat it’ instinct. I started playing racquetball this year to get some cardiovascular exercise and to let go of some excess holiday pounds. What a workout! I’ve been getting and feeling better every game.
Then, something happened.
I was catching a ball to the side and really extended my reach. My hip went sideways to get to the ball. I got it! After a few more minutes of play I realized something was not feeling right in the hip. I stretched thinking it was a tightened muscle. It didn’t help. For the next two days, I was in bed thinking and feeling my body.
After doing some research and receiving chiropractic adjustments by Dr. Rod Hodge in Albuquerque, I am resting the leg and taking USANA vitamins (given to me by a wonderful and generous Albuquerque Rolfer Jane Harrington). The pain is slowly decreasing but I am wary of starting to play racquetball or running again.
With this experience, I am realizing how important it is to be pain-free when we want to exercise for health or to lose a few pounds. I feel hindered in my efforts to move because of this hip discomfort. After reading the book Weight Loss That Lasts, written by Dr. James Rippe in collaboration with Weight Watchers, I realized that exercise is an important component in weight loss. An hour of moving helps burn more calories and psychologically increases our desire to feel light and agile. And a few pounds can make a big difference to our joints.
So, I am waiting for my hip to heal. In the mean time, my healer’s disease is teaching me about what it’s like to not be able to move as I wish. I hope to be able to work with my clients to help them gain their ability to move and do what they enjoy and what is good for their health.