Well as the title suggests I am feeling pretty good today, bit bored at work, but I have asked for more work, and I am going to be starting a new project and that involves going to another office 2 days per week, which will be great, won't be stuck in the same office, with the same people 5 days a week....
Anyway, Matt spoke to me on Wednesday, and advised me to take out the femur rotations e-cise, as this seems to be causing problems, and the reason for the new flare up....I have done my e-cises the last 2 days, and I am a little better, but I still feel that there are 2 e-cises that have changed, that could be causing this new pain. Its pretty much the same e-cise, but before I would perform them in the Hooklying position, but he has got me performing these in the seated position now, and I am finding it difficult to hold my Posture, and roll my hips forward correctly, and I'm worried this is actually causing me to perform this e-cise incorrectly, and causing problems......I will give Matt a call later on and let him know how I am now after taking the femur rotations out.
The side shift doesn't seem to be improving much, on bad days I notice it alot more, but today it's not too bad, but I am not noticing much improvement, the left hip bone and bottom rib are still almost touching, which is beginning to worry me a bit, the longer I stay in this side shift the more difficult it will be to get out of it, due to muscle memory....
So on that note I have been thinking about surgery again, many specialists I spoke to before starting Egoscue, said the Bulge is very large, and it will be extremely difficult for it to go back into place and reduce in size. I know that surgery will not cure me or fix me. But at the moment it seems like the bulge is a barrier in my road to being pain free, and there is no way of getting around it, maybe if I laid in bed all day, and did my e-cises daily then after a few months it would heal and reduce in size, but the fact I am determined to live my life still, I got to work and sit for 7hrs a day, and walk occasionally, and have a social life, these are all factors working against the Egoscue e-cises, I mean 45-60mins of e-cises daily Vs 12 hours of sitting, driving, walking and standing, doesn't sound like a good match to me....
Now you may be thinking, I've gone all negative, I haven't I truly believe in Egoscue, but my side shift is something not many people have, well not to the extent of mine, every therapist I have seen, or sent my pictures to all over the world, say that it is something quiet rare, never seen a side shift so bad, and I mean I feel a bit insecure about it, I feel that when I walk along the road, people are looking at me, it's not a nice feeling, I am nearly 24, I am young free and single, and I want to start living my life, do what I want to do, without this getting in my way, I don't want to have to plan things around my back, or not do things with my mates, because of "My Back", it can become very frustrating at times.....
I won't be rushing into surgery, I will discuss this with Matt and see what his views are, I will continue with Egoscue thorough the rehabilitation phase, because I believe the key reason surgery does not work for many is because, they are too scared to exercise, move incase it hurts, or they injure themselves some more, but once you have surgery you have to work like Hell to get yourself back to great health, and that is the one factor too many patients don't do....
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