Thanks everyone who
encouraged me to see a chiropractor!
I finally went yesterday,
and am really encouraged. (My neuro had told me not to go.)
I consider myself especially lucky to have found one who is familiar with TM
and, in general, open to learning and seems to be making an effort to really
help me. I've been in almost constant pain for several weeks due to
burning and apparent inflammation in my left hip / lower back. I'm
pretty sure it's indirectly from the TM. That is, I think that
b/c my left leg was my 'good' leg, it had to overcompensate for my right
leg. Add to that the fact that I've really pushed myself to exercise and
walk a lot b/c I feel I need to build my endurance to get back to work.
I think my body just wasn't ready for it, and I was probably way out of
alignment already. (I had actually felt the need to see a chiro for
about a month before TM hit, but never got around to
it.)
I was totally discouraged
after my neuro appt at the beginning of the week! She basically told me
that since I have only a 'light case' of TM, I shouldn't be still
feeling the symptoms that I do! I'm totally aware that I was
fortunate to have only a light case, and to regain my ability to walk (though
nowhere near normally, yet). But apparently my body hasn't read to book
on how I should feel, as it continues to feel fatigue, banding,
burning, pain in various places, etc., even though it's not supposed
to! (I'm not sure if my neuro was really puzzled or just trying
to imply that I'm lazy and taking advantage of an excuse to not return to work
yet!) It was really discouraging to me, on top of the fact that she
didn't even offer any suggestions on what I could do to improve! So
seeing the chiro has really been a blessing!
Thanks,
Sally
