Dirty Dishes
Imagine this: You just finished eating a delicious, home-made pasta with zesty marinara sauce and Italian meatballs. It’s the end of a long day, the couch is calling your name, and the sink is piled high with pots and pans. And so, you simply set your dish next to the sink, figuring you will deal with it tomorrow… and then tomorrow comes.
If you’ve ever been in this position, I know I have, you’ll then spend a good hour scrubbing the dried pasta-sauce off these pots, pans, and other dishes wondering why you didn’t at least rinse them the night before. After all, while the sauce is fresh, a simple rinse will get most of it off and then minimal soapy scrubbing would be needed the next day.
This all too familiar situation is an excellent analogy for healthcare as well. Often, when meeting patients for the first time, the pain that led them to seek out my care has been progressively worsening for months, or even years. And, similar to the pasta sauce, had they taken the time to seek my advice when it first began, they could have avoided weeks or months of cleaning up the compensational movement patterns that have become caked into their motor patterns.
And so, I implore you: If you notice difficulty with a movement that should be easy, or if you develop a nagging pain, please do not let it sit. Schedule a FREE Health & Goals Strategy Session so we can help you develop a plan to get back to living life to the fullest as efficiently as possible.