LIVING WITH PAIN
As many of you know I have been dealing with overwhelming 15-20 grade pain on a 1-10 pain scale. The medical community doesn’t have a clue. I rely on chiropractic, acupuncture and Cranial-Sacral techniques to keep me going. All of this started after a seminar in San Diego near 5 years ago.
Recently I tried Earthing and it reduced the pain down to a 9 or 10 which is manageable for me.
The idea is to ground the body to the earth. Since I live 15 stories above the ground I don’t get much earthing. I also don’t have the time to sit hours with my bare feet on the grass or earth. The Earthing people figured out a way that we can earth during sleep time.
Go to www.earthing.com and read up on the concept. Check out the videos and YouTube.
I got the starter set with the half sheet and mat. I use the mat under my computer with part of it as a mouse pad. When I started I could type and mouse about 10 minutes before the pain was too much. Two months later I have gone as long as 4-5 hours without pain. Obviously, writing the newsletter was a bit too much there for a while. The pain also curtailed my writing protocol papers, articles and other things I do on the computer. The pain interfered with working on clients. Probably made me more grouchy, too.
I started using the half sheet at my feet for a half hour, increasing by a half hour each night until I can now sleep thru the night. I can’t tell you what a relief it has been. Having the extensive knowledge I have and having tried everything including medical RX (worthless) I was getting very discouraged. The idea of living with that level of pain for the rest of my days was not making for a happy camper. I am now quite hopeful and anxious to get back to a busy practice, learning more and hanging with the sharks at AOP!
By the way I have no business connection with the Earthing people. I am just wanting to share my experience.
I sleep better, have more energy, less depression, more enthusiasm and more ease and grace in my body. I can now walk to my favorite places in the neighborhood. My next adventure is to walk the stairs in the building. I used to run them up and down. |