spaul
03-01-2006, 04:03 AM
Hello all,
I have been using Intu-Flow for six weeks so far and have had good and surprising results. My first result from the leg movements was severe pain in my left hip. This ocurred after my first two days on the program. The location was at the socket and in certain positions I had pain/RPD of 10. I was limping and over a three day stretch it got worse. If I took all the weight off that leg it alleviated the pain, sitting did not nor did laying down. Once I took that weight off the leg I could experiment with the locality of the pain in the socket. It did not affect my range of motion at all but at different ranges the intense pain fired off. On day three of the pain timeframe I resumed Intu-Flow very precise in that area and used high tension to strengthen that leg while doing the opposite side. A doctor and nurse practioner both advised against this but my intuition was guiding me. I belive this pain was caused from a from a running accident 12 years prior. I was running cross-country and had planted into a hole with a lot of force and it side-lined me for about two weeks. I may have never recovered from this injury but instead my body compensated for it.
I still sometimes feel a twinge of pain after a day off from intu-flow but not above a level 5 and I have the ability to shave it off and work within it. The most fun result of this is that I feel longer on the left side now. It is hard to explain and feels very weird and after a week I got used to walking again without thinking about it but even after five weeks I am still not totally accustomed to it.
I am not a monster in the strength game but have above average strength compared to most of my peers. I can press a 1 1/2 pood kettlebell for 3 -5 reps though I am not doing so right now, but my general strength was built through construction work (also acquired a lot of injury). My point is that since starting intu-flow and freeing up my joints I have discovered how truly weak I am from neglect of certain ranges of motion. Once again it is hard to explain but I do a lot of lifting/pushing/pulling at work and now that I have gained more range of motion my body tries to perform the work within these new ranges and what used to be a move I would never even think about now will cause discomfort. I was compensating more than I ever thought possible. On a side note I have been doing pretty good ignoring my mini-clubbells and kettlebells while I "clean the slate" but experimenting range of motion with a mini-clubbell quickly educates you on what you don't yet possess.
This last point is the most surprising for me and borders on the realm of "does this stuff really do everything that it says it does" and that is emotion/"fear reactivity". I have a very weird phobia that I can't even trace to an event. The condition is met when I : see my own blood sometimes, when reading or discussing about anatomy, especially circulatory and neurology topics, and when I am about to have a medical related experience. Now I work in surgery and can watch a leg get amputated or an organ removed all day long and no problem I just can't talk or read about it for too long. This all happened after puberty never had a problem before and I am 28 now. My symptoms are pretty standard I feel very hot, then may change to cold and clammy, accelerated heart rate, naseau, and jittery. This past week I had to go in for a physical for the DOT which is just a standard physical and drug screen. After the blood pressure check which always gets me queasy the nurse commented that for such low blood pressure my heart rate was quite high. I explained the nervousness and then understood. He said that I did not seem nervous. This is because I am a good faker. I have tried breathing deep and relaxing and any trick that I have heard and all it really does is present a good lie to others and and myself. This being said I have managed to always stop myself from passing out. Once the preliminary tests were done I had to wait for the doctor and he was way behind. I had not had time at work to do intu-flow so their in the examination room in all my glory with nothing on but a gown that does not even come close to covering my knickerless butt I did my Intu-Flow. :oops:
I only made it to quad hops by the time the doctor knocked. Most of my nervousness had gone and within a few minutes of the exam all of it was gone. This is the first time I have had this happen and I would not have believed it had someone told me, I did the Intu-Flow because I needed to do it that day not to try to combat a phobia/"fear reactivity". Even though I maybe did not belive/understand this nuance of CST what I did have was faith that Coach Sonnon says what he believes to be true and in this instance it worked for me.
So Coach thankyou for these results.
I am waiting to here about the "Transformation Challenge" choices and if not I have my own transformation program picked out to progress on. I have been really wanting to pick up the mini-clubbells or my kettlebells but have stayed true to my course. The only addition I plan on making is FlowFit. This is more than enough to keep off of equipment right now and and build my multi-plane strength. It has been really hard dicovering all these weak links and not be able to feel like I can strengthen them. FlowFit looks like a very safe and incremental way to achieve this.
Thanks to Coach and the whole tribe.
Stevie
I have been using Intu-Flow for six weeks so far and have had good and surprising results. My first result from the leg movements was severe pain in my left hip. This ocurred after my first two days on the program. The location was at the socket and in certain positions I had pain/RPD of 10. I was limping and over a three day stretch it got worse. If I took all the weight off that leg it alleviated the pain, sitting did not nor did laying down. Once I took that weight off the leg I could experiment with the locality of the pain in the socket. It did not affect my range of motion at all but at different ranges the intense pain fired off. On day three of the pain timeframe I resumed Intu-Flow very precise in that area and used high tension to strengthen that leg while doing the opposite side. A doctor and nurse practioner both advised against this but my intuition was guiding me. I belive this pain was caused from a from a running accident 12 years prior. I was running cross-country and had planted into a hole with a lot of force and it side-lined me for about two weeks. I may have never recovered from this injury but instead my body compensated for it.
I still sometimes feel a twinge of pain after a day off from intu-flow but not above a level 5 and I have the ability to shave it off and work within it. The most fun result of this is that I feel longer on the left side now. It is hard to explain and feels very weird and after a week I got used to walking again without thinking about it but even after five weeks I am still not totally accustomed to it.
I am not a monster in the strength game but have above average strength compared to most of my peers. I can press a 1 1/2 pood kettlebell for 3 -5 reps though I am not doing so right now, but my general strength was built through construction work (also acquired a lot of injury). My point is that since starting intu-flow and freeing up my joints I have discovered how truly weak I am from neglect of certain ranges of motion. Once again it is hard to explain but I do a lot of lifting/pushing/pulling at work and now that I have gained more range of motion my body tries to perform the work within these new ranges and what used to be a move I would never even think about now will cause discomfort. I was compensating more than I ever thought possible. On a side note I have been doing pretty good ignoring my mini-clubbells and kettlebells while I "clean the slate" but experimenting range of motion with a mini-clubbell quickly educates you on what you don't yet possess.
This last point is the most surprising for me and borders on the realm of "does this stuff really do everything that it says it does" and that is emotion/"fear reactivity". I have a very weird phobia that I can't even trace to an event. The condition is met when I : see my own blood sometimes, when reading or discussing about anatomy, especially circulatory and neurology topics, and when I am about to have a medical related experience. Now I work in surgery and can watch a leg get amputated or an organ removed all day long and no problem I just can't talk or read about it for too long. This all happened after puberty never had a problem before and I am 28 now. My symptoms are pretty standard I feel very hot, then may change to cold and clammy, accelerated heart rate, naseau, and jittery. This past week I had to go in for a physical for the DOT which is just a standard physical and drug screen. After the blood pressure check which always gets me queasy the nurse commented that for such low blood pressure my heart rate was quite high. I explained the nervousness and then understood. He said that I did not seem nervous. This is because I am a good faker. I have tried breathing deep and relaxing and any trick that I have heard and all it really does is present a good lie to others and and myself. This being said I have managed to always stop myself from passing out. Once the preliminary tests were done I had to wait for the doctor and he was way behind. I had not had time at work to do intu-flow so their in the examination room in all my glory with nothing on but a gown that does not even come close to covering my knickerless butt I did my Intu-Flow. :oops:
I only made it to quad hops by the time the doctor knocked. Most of my nervousness had gone and within a few minutes of the exam all of it was gone. This is the first time I have had this happen and I would not have believed it had someone told me, I did the Intu-Flow because I needed to do it that day not to try to combat a phobia/"fear reactivity". Even though I maybe did not belive/understand this nuance of CST what I did have was faith that Coach Sonnon says what he believes to be true and in this instance it worked for me.
So Coach thankyou for these results.
I am waiting to here about the "Transformation Challenge" choices and if not I have my own transformation program picked out to progress on. I have been really wanting to pick up the mini-clubbells or my kettlebells but have stayed true to my course. The only addition I plan on making is FlowFit. This is more than enough to keep off of equipment right now and and build my multi-plane strength. It has been really hard dicovering all these weak links and not be able to feel like I can strengthen them. FlowFit looks like a very safe and incremental way to achieve this.
Thanks to Coach and the whole tribe.
Stevie