Connie Brown
04-12-2005, 02:20 PM
I just got back from CST re-certification.
What a blast that was. Also very tough at times.
Here is my first story....
This weekend was my recertification for CST,
held in Bellingham, WA, USA.
I live in Portland, OR.
On the drive up on Friday, in a freeway hairball around
Seattle I got rear-ended! Oick! The pickup driver and I pulled off
and exchanged information. Left rear damage to the car, but none to me. So I
arrived just in time for a few WW circles to undo the drive, and
on to the seminar. I didn't even think of consequences to my bod
because I didn't feel any different.
Next day, Saturday, we had a hard, full day and then ate out at a
Chinese
restaurant. After the restaurant I drove to Kinko's,
and on the way back I got in
another car accident. This time hit on the left coming from behind.
Bigger smash, cars joined and did a 180...
So this crash was flashing lights, police and fire dept EMTs and
everything. I am okay so far. Car is towed (and totaled they
say).
Here's a funny part. The fireman / EMT did a check for
injuries, and he said, after doing the eye, neck and back, why
are you so relaxed (or maybe it was, why are you not tense?)? I said,
I've been at
a martial art seminar all day and we study shock absorption and I'm
loose as a goose. He says, oh really, which one. So we start getting
into physical conditioning and release of tension and he had just
pulled up his sleeve to show me where he had tendon issues from too
many submissions in judo... when the policeman interrupted us for
reports and things.
The other interesting thing is to walk into that seminar full of
physical conditioning guys and chiros and PTs and tell that story
(Scott found it interesting). They are watching my movement like a
hawk and are skeptical when I say I feel fine. They have me do the
WW circles looking for hitches. One chiropractor says, "please let me
know what transpires in the next 10 days. If you can move like that
after 2 crashes, there really is something about this kind of
conditioning. It's another reason to tell my people they need to do
this! ."
I love this stuff!
What a blast that was. Also very tough at times.
Here is my first story....
This weekend was my recertification for CST,
held in Bellingham, WA, USA.
I live in Portland, OR.
On the drive up on Friday, in a freeway hairball around
Seattle I got rear-ended! Oick! The pickup driver and I pulled off
and exchanged information. Left rear damage to the car, but none to me. So I
arrived just in time for a few WW circles to undo the drive, and
on to the seminar. I didn't even think of consequences to my bod
because I didn't feel any different.
Next day, Saturday, we had a hard, full day and then ate out at a
Chinese
restaurant. After the restaurant I drove to Kinko's,
and on the way back I got in
another car accident. This time hit on the left coming from behind.
Bigger smash, cars joined and did a 180...
So this crash was flashing lights, police and fire dept EMTs and
everything. I am okay so far. Car is towed (and totaled they
say).
Here's a funny part. The fireman / EMT did a check for
injuries, and he said, after doing the eye, neck and back, why
are you so relaxed (or maybe it was, why are you not tense?)? I said,
I've been at
a martial art seminar all day and we study shock absorption and I'm
loose as a goose. He says, oh really, which one. So we start getting
into physical conditioning and release of tension and he had just
pulled up his sleeve to show me where he had tendon issues from too
many submissions in judo... when the policeman interrupted us for
reports and things.
The other interesting thing is to walk into that seminar full of
physical conditioning guys and chiros and PTs and tell that story
(Scott found it interesting). They are watching my movement like a
hawk and are skeptical when I say I feel fine. They have me do the
WW circles looking for hitches. One chiropractor says, "please let me
know what transpires in the next 10 days. If you can move like that
after 2 crashes, there really is something about this kind of
conditioning. It's another reason to tell my people they need to do
this! ."
I love this stuff!