Thursday, 30 January 2014

Wealth in Health

Hello !

I don't know why I became a nurse, I couldn't tell you exactly why I chose the profession.

What I do know though, is that, after spending multiple hours a day with people who are sick and people who are unable to do the things they love the most in life, makes me a very thankful person.

I am a healthy girl, and I live a healthy lifestyle. My parents are healthy, my brother is healthy and most of my friends are healthy. Am I ever grateful for that. But, sadly,  I do know too many people who suffer from sickness.

Being able to wake up every morning and putting my shoes on and just walking is a real gift you know. Too many people are sick and it saddens me quite a lot. Maybe that's why I became a nurse... to save the world! Who knows.

Sports, as most os you know it are a great way of staying healthy and prolonging your own life.
But with sports comes injuries. And that is valuable in every single sport, either skiing, ping pong, skating, soccer, hockey, weightlifting, crossfit, walking, running, tennis, you name the sport and you will hear about injuries!

And I guess it's normal to get injured. When you push hard in your sport, you repeat movements all the time, you use your body all the time, you push harder then if you didn't use your body.

As I'm here to tell you about weightlifting, well you guessed it, there are many injuries that can happen in the sport. They aren't always big injuries, but they can be very uncomfortable, to the point where doing movements hurt and you can't do them.

Now if you are clever, you might have guessed that I've felt this uncomfortableness. (yes that is a word)

Where? What? When?

Being uncomfortable is "normal" I don't think theres a day where I'm comfortable throwing weights over my head... That could end very badly.

But here is the thing... My shoulders. Ouch. I've been struggling and struggling with my jerks for a couple of months until the day it was too painful to jerk anymore. Even the empty bar. So I listened to my body and stopped jerking for a good 2 weeks. And decided it was time to get some professional help. I'm not saying I wasn't stretching and I wasn't taking care of my body. What I am saying, is that maybe I waited to long to consult.

So I met up with Peter, an athletic therapist (pretty awesome). This guy can talk in one hour, but not only can he talk, but he can tell you exactly what on earth is wrong with you AND how to fix it!

So he gave me a bunch of exercises, a bunch of stretches and my future is in my hands now. It's now up to me to stretch, do the exercises and work hard on it.

So I did them.  I did them at home, I did them at work, I did them everywhere.

The day came where I needed to jerk. And as scary as it sounded, because having pain is no fun, I jerked away one bar at a time pain free. Now THAT my friends is something incredible. The smile came back to my face. Having no pain is important. And very important for me.

Pain can be so tricky. You can be so afraid of doing one movement that you never do it right because of the pain. Now that I am pain free, there's a lot less thinking going on in my head. And I plan on keeping it that way!

So what I'm trying to say is, listen to your body, get help, stretch and roll. As much as it's difficult, try in the possible measures to lift pain free, it's so much more affective and so much more fun ! Stay healthy, it really is worth it!


I'm buying a car tomorrow, now THAT is exciting!

Peace out

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KagZter
xoxo




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