Balance and Exercise

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Yesterday was a much better day workout wise than Thursday. I know that happens sometimes, that you just don’t feel like your body can do the things it’s normally able to do and you just struggle through the whole thing. I know part of it was probably being tired. I’m sure that I did not get enough sleep last week in general and by Thursday I’m usually worn pretty thin anyway and being up to work out at 5 something in the morning isn’t easy for me. The thing is, and I am sort of surprised by this, I kind enjoy it. I don’t know what it is, but there is something nice about getting in a work out and a shower before heading into work. It makes me feel like I’ve already had a productive day and that the rest will be comparatively easy. I’ve found that I react better to stressful situations and don’t get as anxious about things. I do wonder if I’m just too tired to work up the tizy, but I’ll take it either way. The other thing that’s come out of exercising is that my shoulder, which used to have pretty intense pain--I even went to physical therapy for a while--has been way, way better. It used to be that any time I was tired or stressed (which was pretty much always), my right shoulder, following up the side of my neck behind my ear, would hurt. The more tired or more stressed I was, the worse the pain was. It’s virtually gone. Even though I only got about 3 hours of sleep last night, which previously would have meant sharp pain all day, I barely feel any discomfort at all.

 

I do feel like my body is out of alignment. My left shoulder feels and looks higher to me and my left leg feels longer which is causing my left hip muscle some strain and just generally I feel a little off balance. I’m planning to go see a chiropractor to see if I’m just hallucinating or if we need to do some adjustments. I really don’t think I’m hallucinating.

 

I’m off to go see “The Quiet Place” after work, but hopefully I’ll make some more writing time later.