Breathing is something we all take for granted and it’s an autonomous activity (well, most of the time). But, the past few days it’s been a topic near and dear to my heart. I got sick over the holiday weekend, and have a nasty head cold, so breathing has been a challenge. I also had an appt with Dr. Cobb, and breathing was the key item on my agenda (I had learned from helping proof the T-Phase manual that I have many of the symptoms of chronic hyperventilation — talking fast, having to stop and take deep breaths, insomnia, nightmares, sleepwalking). The fact that I live in Seattle is fantastic!
Seeing Dr. Cobb is always a fascinating experience for me. I’ve learned to not leave out what I consider “inconsequential details”, because it really is “all the body all the time”. What is wrong is rarely (if ever) what I think it is. So, I listed everything out — the significant lack of right ankle dorsiflexion, pain during left hip rotation when in a right lunge, tweak in the left back during left lumbar circles. I threw it all out there and let him do his thing.We then did a review of my breathing, and a couple of drills. We retested. My ankle dorsiflexion was significantly improved. My hip rotation was about twice as much. And my SI (having just gotten off a plane after 4 days in Vegas — ’nuff said) went from a 2 to a 3. From BREATHING. I did my drills today, and my ankle is still doing great, if not getting better. Hip rotation is good. All of the improvements have remained in place.
I just love this stuff, and can’t wait until I-Phase in January!
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