Back pain - Why me?
When I look back at old photos of myself I can now clearly see why I suffered such debilitating back pain and then a prolapsed disc in my neck but I had no idea at the time.
This one is around 12 years old when I had my first episode of back spasms and I could’t get up off the kitchen floor. I thought I must have done something to myself playing tennis. However I now know that it wasn’t the tennis but what I was doing to myself in the years up to that point. Someone’s back can suddenly go when they pick up a piece of paper off the floor. It was’t the paper or indeed that moment that was important but all the previous moments if you like.
You can see i’m literally sitting on my back in this one. When I started Alexander Technique it was a real revelation that I had joints below my waist that I could bend from rather than the middle i.e.: my back!
I really am twisted in this one , poking my head forward and pulled down in front.
How down in the dumps do I look here? Maybe I was feeling that way too.
However I wasn’t born this way as you can see from these earlier photos. I now find that once again I can sit comfortably like this which I was unable to do for years. Something must have changed eh..
So what happened?
We are a record of what happened to us or what we have experienced. My Mother used to say “Don’t mind him he’s dreadfully shy”!. This may not have helped. Some of us experience name calling at school and /or be a little depressed in those teenage years. You can visibly see this from one of my photos, I was definitely a worrier.
Alexander Technique showed me that I have a choice and that I can change. I feel 100% better now, more confident, moving better than I did in my 20’s and pain free.
It’s been interesting to look back as I’m celebrating my 10th year of teaching.
£10 off a first session this month.
