Chihuahua belly syndrome
OK, so when I have a chance I am going to write up a quick review of the movie Hard Candy which I saw over the weekend. Not only was the movie interesting, but the rest of the audience was interesting too. If by interesting I mean “profoundly disturbing” that is.
So anyway, turns out I have a rotated pelvis. The right side is tilted forward somehow. The physical therapist my orthepedist sent me to says it’s kind of chicken/egg as to how it happened. There can be a muscle injury that tightens everything up and pulls the pelvis out of alignment, or the pelvis can tilt due to genetics, a fall, anything, and then the mucles tighten becuase everything’s in an unnatural position trying to compensate. Including the spine, which curves to the side. When I read that I do have to say I felt a bit nauseated. I think my stomach gets weaker as I get older. When I was in college I was super crime scene photos girl, and now I throw up in my mouth when people talk about their various aches and pains.
So PT is helping, my hips and back aren’t mended, but they do feel better. And to make up for all this pain (and take advantage of my recently received tax return) I got a new leather desk chair and a new 19″ flat panel monitor. I had been hanging on to my 19″ CRT, because I was worried about detailed photo retouching on LCDs, but the FOOLs assure me that at native resolution I won’t have a problem with a flat-panel. And if a new 7 MP Olympus just found its way into my shopping cart… well what can I say? I have a lot of pain to make up to myself for! :) Also I am a princess and can have whatever I want, naturally.
Anyhow, last night I was doing my excercises, and Princess B determined it was all a wonderful game invented solely for her amusement (“Mom’s laying on the ground! Must mean she wants my tongue up her nose!”) and had much fun attacking my hands. Then she got bored and settled herself on my stomach for the duration. I thought “what the heck, more resistance.” but since I was doing some ab tightening things I think I pulled a muscle in my torso. Death by Chihuahua. OK, off to more PT in a bit, and then hopefully get some work done tonight.
Gah. I am going to be three episodes behind on Prison Break! Horror!
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Seriously hope your recovering soon and in any case congrats on the new monitor.
Posted 5/2/2006 3:52 PM by micalclark – reply
I KNEW that thing was gonna be dangerous! *curses the JHJ*
Posted 5/2/2006 10:48 PM by superbadG – reply
ROFL! Sorry about your tilt. I’ve got scoliosis, so my back is an S. Fun with pains.
Posted 5/6/2006 10:09 AM by ButterflyFish – reply