I may not look like it but I am in constant pain. I frequently experience occipital neuralgia (shooting nerve pains in my head), widespread neuropathy and myalgias, muscle spasms, arthritic pain in my spine, and hip issues. I take a decent amount of medication for it but that only reduces it to somewhat of a dull roar. Where my body hurts is unpredictable and there are some good days but I am never free of pain.
Chronic pain can make a person lethargic and want to just sleep it away, I swear that’s the only reprive I get, sleeping. While not moving can sometimes feel better it leads to more stiffness, soreness and tension in the long run. This is something I’ve discovered in a most unpleasant way.
Since Covid 19 hit I’ve hardly worked out at all, and not at all for the past few months. My muscles are extra tight and I can really notice even walking just one block. I can feel my seized muscles reluctantly creaking to life and by the time I’ve arrived back at home I’m pooped and still freakin’ sore. My muslces will throb and ache along with my hips and back.
Working out a little every day (my preference is hot yoga) was helping with some of the muscle tightness though I still ached and throbbed. Massage therapy, chiropractic care and physiotherapy were also helping but, again with the Covid virus I’ve not gone this year. The unfortunate part for me is that no matter what I do I will always be sore and in pain, how much so is up to me.
My point is that in order to physically feel better I need to keep moving through the pain even though it hurts like hell. Staying still may feel good at the beginning but it hurts more in the end. I’ll be glad to be vaccinated, I’ll feel more comfortable going to physiotherapy, massage therapy and chiropractic care, and of course, hot yoga. In the meantime I am commiting to using Nintendo’s Ring Fit Adventure for some cardio and draw from my knowledge of yoga and physiotherapy to losen those knots. I will do this four days per week for a total of one hour each workout.
My Phoenix Rising 