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KEVIN TEAGLE
08-29-2005, 12:26 AM
This little post is sort of off the cuff. It is directed to those who are new to Multi-planar mobility or maybe those who are new to recovering from injuries.

I would like to simply suggest a simple gentle patience with yourself. We live in a very fast paced world that demands from us deadlines, results, and answers right this minute, and these answers had better fix my problem. . . I would like to gently remind those of you who are driven, that your body does not read memo's and does not respond to deadlines. If your goal is recovery, then you must exercise patience with yourself.
For instance, it took me 6 months to gain the slightest amount of movement with cervical lateral glide (Egyptian). 5 years later I can move with the best of them. However, I did not wait 5 years to celebrate my small incremental progress. I was jacked up and excited to feel the smallest inclination of movement. My wife thought I was nuts because she couldn't see a thing, but I could feel it. Celebrate the small victories, or else you will push right through them and teach your already taxed system how to behave with tension. And that is simply to add more tension.

So for those of you, who this resonates with, please. . . be gentle, with gracefullness and finess, approach your recovery with patience, it may take some time. Even if you don't think you have time, I encourage you to make it, before your own body demands it.

This system is designed to work with your bodies natural healing and learning process, if you force it, then something will go amiss and you will discover it one day, only much larger than it is now.

If your not being kind to yourself, then who will.

With much respect to all of you who struggle.

Dr. Teagle

Randell Waddell
08-29-2005, 02:34 AM
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Cheers
Randell. :D

blazebob
08-29-2005, 05:39 AM
a post i am trying to take to heart and slow myself down while still not losing the drive to improve and lose the tension chains i appear to of developed while rushing back from a series of injuries over several years

Joseph David
08-29-2005, 06:50 AM
Well said :!:

Ryan Murdock
08-29-2005, 08:05 AM
Well said, amigo!

It can be a frustrating process, and gains seem to come so slowly at times. We often forget to look back at the road we've just travelled. Every time I do, I'm amazed at how far I've come.

As with travel, the destination isn't important (it's often illusory). What matters is the journey. The journey is in the meetings along the way...

JasonE
08-29-2005, 10:02 AM
Nice, Kevin. Always good to be reminded of the important stuff that we tend to overlook. :D

Matt_OZ
08-29-2005, 09:25 PM
Fantastic post Kevin,

You should definately send that in to Ryan for CST mag, lots of people could do with reading that great little piece.

Cheers mate,
Matt :D

sclandes
08-30-2005, 01:10 AM
Excellent advice, thanks

-scl

Jarlo Ilano
08-30-2005, 01:28 AM
As always, good stuff Doc, good stuff.

Chuck Kechter
08-30-2005, 07:51 AM
Excellent post Kevin!