*In the images some contrasts of my body in the weight changes
Hello hello, again participating in this weekend's proposal made by @galenkp to share my own health challenges and the impact they are currently having on my life. In one of the weekend questions we are invited to share about:
What has been your biggest health challenge (your own personal health) and how has it impacted your life?
I have been fortunate to be a very healthy woman, as a child I did a lot of sports and activities that kept me somehow in shape, these habits were lost when I entered college and started working, however, there were always periods when I returned to exercise and abandoned it.
After marriage and with the birth of my first child I became overweight, I went from being a woman of 55 kilos to a woman of 80 kilos and this was generating certain health problems, especially in the gastric and intestinal part that I am just beginning to suffer its consequences even though it happened a little more than 10 years ago.
I have done many things to lose weight, however, I admit that I have lacked a lot of constancy to maintain over time good eating habits and a frequent exercise routine. However, this has not been the biggest of my health challenges, but yes, a factor that has notoriously impacted the situation of my spine.
In 2016 I had a traffic accident that affected my cervical spine, 5 years later I had another accident with the vehicle even more serious than the previous one; these events added to the issue of overweight have made that in recent years I have experienced strong... or rather, unbearable pain in my cervical.
I have done rehabilitation therapies for a long time and tried exercises, alternative therapies and methods to relieve pain. Given this condition I came to taichi, yoga, pilates and meditation, looking for those spaces of relief and healing.
Sometimes I feel relatively well with little discomfort, but there are periods when I have felt about to go crazy because there is no painkiller that calms the pain.
At this point I have been very surprised how a person can “get used” to a pain, I already know it, I know what its maximum points are and to avoid medication and its side effects that have bothered the gastric issue have made me opt for exercises of mental control and self-control for pain management.
I don't know if this is the best way, but the truth is that somehow I have had to play hard to avoid this situation to take me to the edge of the precipice. Another thing I have done is to listen and be more attentive to my body, when I see that I am exposed to a situation that can cause me a very high peak of pain I try to solve it by other means, for example, avoid carrying weight or stressing too much, practice active breaks at work to not spend many hours sitting, among other actions that guide me to keep me attentive to the messages of my body.
Now I try to see all this with a more holistic view, for now I feel that when the pain comes very strong is a clear message from my body that I should put everything on pause and take a break and even sometimes go for a swim at the beach, as well as a reminder that I do not have to carry heavy loads that limit me to be in fullness, and I say this clearly in a figurative sense.
All this has also led me to study disciplines such as Biodanza, taichi and psychocorporal therapy and I am increasingly impressed by what I am discovering about myself through the messages my body sends; right now I try to resignify these painful learnings and choose a path of enjoyment and harmony in the way I relate to my body consciously.
Thank you Community for these weekend gatherings!
See you next weekend! Thanks for being and good vibes to you!
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