Frustrations.
Gah! I hate my body sometimes. My back doesn’t hurt while I’m stretching, but if I sit for too long it hurts. All day long. After I was done stretching yesterday and was uploading/editting the video I was sitting on the couch for I duno, maybe an hour…and then my back hurt mostly the rest of the night. Ridiculous! I do slouch a lot…that’s probably why. Or I sit really weird like I’ll have more weight on one side of my back because one leg is curled under me, I duno. I guess I just need to sit in back-approved positions haha.
And my back has hurt today pretty much since I woke up
These are the kinds of things that make me question if my body can handle this. I SO want to be able to bend! It’s like one of the only things I REALLY want. And I might not be able to. Ugh!! Hopefully it is just soreness because I didn’t really stretch for 3 days and then stretched yesterday…hopefully. I need like a psychic healer to use their powers on me. It’s funny…I’ll imagine my L5 in my head…putting tape around it..healing the broken pieces. Imagining my osteoclasts/osteoblasts going to work; making new bone. But nothing happens. Maybe I just need a little faith? Eh. My mom’s bf is an orthopedic surgeon who believes people shouldn’t be ‘too flexible’ so I know he doesn’t support what I’m doing, especially with my back. Most people I know don’t support it actually. Screw it. I really want a bowl of fruity pebbles right now but I’m not even hungry haha. Maybe in a few hours…Time to relax.
January 31, 2010 - 8:38 pm
The same thing happened to me (soreness after stretching for an entire day) when I didn’t alternate between back and legs.
But yeah, my brother is not really supportive of my contortion training because he keeps saying that it’ll screw up my back but I’m ignoring him because I have learned that this is actually good for you.
My mom doesn’t really seem to mind and my dad is always asking me, “Are you stretching?” so I think he somewhat supports me. – technically my dad is half the reason I’m trying to reach my goals by the end of summer (to surprise him when he comes back home)
I say do the alternating thing (one day back, then the next day legs) – And if your body is not really all that up to stretching that day, let it rest… Good luck!
January 31, 2010 - 10:26 pm
yea I think I’m gonna try it..If my back isn’t bothering me tomorrow I’ll do that but if it is I’ll do legs hah..Yea I don’t think my dad knows about it (divorced) but he would probably disapprove haha oh well.