A few months ago I went riding on the beginner ride with Rock MTB (www.rockmtb.com) as my husband is one of the team leaders. It was in Coronado, on a paved, flat pathway called the Silver Strand. I think it is now to be the LAST bike ride I will ever be on as I fell. Yes, clutzy me looked behind me for a second at husband and child and "ate it". I hit the ground so hard that it resulted in an ER trip to get liquid stitches on my chin.
Fast forward months down the road and my vision started acting up. I could not understand it, I was eating right, taking my vitamins etc--why Optic Neuritis again? I was told to have a partial computer analysis of my systems to see what is changed-- well, a lot. A lot of improvements, yea! but there is was--cervical 1-5 was stressed.
What happened recently asked my doctor. Hmmmm . . . hmmmm . . . oh yeah, the Coronado bike ride. After that realization, I was ordered to stand up and the doctor looked at my posture and pointed out to me and my husband that clearly one shoulder was higher than the other. I needed to have some work to get everything back in place.
So that brings us to today, I am in the process of correcting the situation and was even given some at-home exercises. But it is still not perfect, but its getting better. The blurriness comes in and out and is less. Its just amazing to think how connected everything in our body is. That we can get in a bike accident that makes your body ache but a few months down the line your vision is affected.
It continues to affirm the importance of holistic medicine. We need to look at the body as a whole, the way God created it so magnificently, and its connectedness to explore what is wrong and what is right in our system.
By the way, I am exercising now. I walk 1 mile uphill 3-4 times a week. It gets my heart rate up and I sweat Its a huge accomplishment for me and I'm proud of it. Hopefully I will start enjoying it, like I enjoy reading a good book curled up on the couch.
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