Gibbled

Spell check says that “Gibbled” is not a word, but it is how I feel. Last weekend was the forms seminar, 4 hours of slightly different uses of my muscles. On Monday night, it was another forms class, but with now sore muscles. Monday night after class I helped our neighbour with a goat that had been hit by a car. Only an hour or so, but unfamiliar work on uneven, wet ground with sore muscles. Tuesday morning I woke up with my left side lower back in spasm. Muscle relaxants and rest helped, Wednesday I went to work feeling OK, but by the end of the day I was in no way able to go to class. Thursday was similar, but I was mending each day. Friday morning we had arranged to go back to the neighbour’s and cut up the goat carcass. While doing so, I needed to sneeze, but my hands were into the meat, so I turned so the sneeze would go behind me, avoiding contaminating the food. It turns out that sneezing in this position is not a good thing, and I felt something give in my previously aggravated lower back. Of course, my chiropractor closes early on Friday’s, so I am not able to see him now until Monday. With more relaxants and rest, I am able to hobble about the house, but Friday’s I Ho Chuan class was out, and Saturday’s Ti Chi class was also missed. I have had similar injuries in the past, and usually three or so chiro adjustments will put me back, and this is a reminder that I need more core work (which I dislike for some reason, and unconsciously avoid doing).
Dennis Donohue