Daring to Be » Feeling jubilant!

One coffee stained white tee, two water logged textbooks, a soaking wet bookbag, and a leaky water bottle. All before 9:30 AM. What a horrid morning.

Much better afternoon, thanks to my second chiropractic appointment. I’m finally doing something about the neck and back pain that has been plaguing me for years! The xrays show the following is wrong with me: minor scoliosis (yes, I balked when I heard that, but it is very minor, my spine just curves to the right a bit and then over to the left a bit), no curving in my neck region (necks are supposed to be curved and mine is straight up and down, which I’m told definitely explains the horrid neck pain I’ve been getting at least once a week for the past two years), and a lack of space between two vertebrae in the lumbar region (so my lower back pain isn’t due to menstruation).

I’m the most excited about getting rid of my neck pain, since that’s the worst pain I’ve experienced in my entire life. No lie. You know that God awful pain you experience if you move your neck too fast? Imagine that, but worse and for 5+ hours. Yes, maybe only once a week but still. You only need to see me once when I have that pain to see how miserable it makes me.

Mom has been bugging me to go to a chiropracter for awhile, but it took the pain moving from just the right side of my neck to both my right and left side combined with jaw pain and headaches before I finally got fed up and went on Monday. Good thing I’m covered under Mom, since I will be going for my third time this week on Friday, then twice a week after that for awhile. Friday I’ll be shown stretches to do, and I’m told I should go see a massage therapist too. I also am starting yoga next week! This (hopefully) will add up to a pain free Brea!

You would think hearing about what is wrong with my neck and back would’ve depressed me, but instead I am happy. It means the pain I’ve experienced really does exist and it wasn’t just all in my head. And everything is completely fixable. Now the only question is why I didn’t go before!