At the time, my body was in a real bad way from decades of skateboard and snowboard injuries. I had just accepted that this was how things were going to be.
I figured what the hell, it can’t make things worse.
Over the course of about six months, I was able to walk, move, and sleep almost like normal. While it couldn’t fix much of the actual damage, my range of motion greatly increased, I have a lot less headaches and neck pain, and the pain in my joints has greatly diminished.
Now at almost 50, I am back on the boards, though since my landing gear is fucked it’s a much more mellow style of riding.
Interesting. My body is also kinda fucked because of my bad decision to carry half my weight to school every day - now at 24 I already have a slightly hunched back and deal with back pain. I wonder if I should try some yoga…
Oh, I agree, but this was one on one with someone I trusted, and I know my body pretty well.
We went through the books and talked about each excercise before trying anything. There was a pretty good percentage crossed off because they may have caused more harm than good.
I am certianly not recommending yoga in place of medical treatment, I can only speak to the results I had.
A friend of mine offered me a yoga lessons.
At the time, my body was in a real bad way from decades of skateboard and snowboard injuries. I had just accepted that this was how things were going to be.
I figured what the hell, it can’t make things worse.
Over the course of about six months, I was able to walk, move, and sleep almost like normal. While it couldn’t fix much of the actual damage, my range of motion greatly increased, I have a lot less headaches and neck pain, and the pain in my joints has greatly diminished.
Now at almost 50, I am back on the boards, though since my landing gear is fucked it’s a much more mellow style of riding.
Interesting. My body is also kinda fucked because of my bad decision to carry half my weight to school every day - now at 24 I already have a slightly hunched back and deal with back pain. I wonder if I should try some yoga…
You should try some yoga.
To be fair, you can absolutely make things worse.
Oh, I agree, but this was one on one with someone I trusted, and I know my body pretty well.
We went through the books and talked about each excercise before trying anything. There was a pretty good percentage crossed off because they may have caused more harm than good.
I am certianly not recommending yoga in place of medical treatment, I can only speak to the results I had.
That is totally fair and I respect that.