Listen to your body.
This is a real area for improvement for most people. Are you taking stock of how your muscles feel? Are you having pain somewhere that is chronic? Are you using any tools or strategies to fix this as quickly as possible?
If you were driving your car and you heard a whump, whump, whump every time you turned left, you wouldn't decide just not to turn left. You would call and get a mechanic to see it as soon as possible. So, if your low back says whump, whump, whump when you get out of the bed in the morning, why don't you listen? Your body is giving you a clue and asking you for help.
As a massage therapist and owner of a day spa, I believe in getting a massage as soon as these issues crop up. If you feel like it is a muscular issue, there is no better treatment than a targeted massage with a therapist who know their way around a muscle. Amazing results can happen after one treatment.
My mother in law shoveled too much snow on Friday. She is a very fit 65 year old, but a lot of snow is a lot of snow and we live in Vermont. She called same day to ask if I could look at it. Nope, too busy to get her in my schedule, but got her in with Sarah Kuhl, my dynamic massage therapist at the spa.
Last night during a game of New Years Eve Yahtzee, she remember to tell me how after that one treatment, 50 minutes of targeted massage with a kinesiotape application to her low back, her pain completely left. It had gone away so quickly she had to remember to tell me about it. My daughter won the game by the way, she rolled two Yahtzees.
Here's a perfect example of someone who listened to their bodies, called the right resource, found time to get in, and trusted the process.
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