I got to Barwis just a few minutes late and I wheeled over to the black table. It was shorter than before and Mike told me that it was a different table. He sat on the table and I told him that my legs have been MORE relaxed. I was pretty excited about this fact because my legs have been painfully tight for A WHILE and were really jerk-y (they would resist anytime someone touched them (be it my Mom, someone at Barwis, or someone at ATI)) to get them to move. It had been this way all summer and it was making me nervous.
I was nervous because it made it easier for people to argue the necessity for me to take medication and harder for me to explain myself and my “natural” beliefs. Something inside of me just didn’t feel right about it so I didn’t want to do it. Mike asked if it started Tuesday and I told him that I noticed it on Wednesday.
He half-smiled and told me, matter-of-factly but joking around that (my loose legs) were after-effects of working with him on Monday. I laughed but kind of nodded. He helped me onto the table and had me lay on my back. He stretched my left leg straight up and had me push it downward. We warmed up with some “baby pushes” and then I pushed my leg ALL THE WAY down! I pushed slowly to not get “lost in space” and I asked Mike why it was taking SO long! He told me that he was holding it up as resistance.q No wonder! It still took a long time and I was tired after only three pushes on each leg.
I told Mike that it kind of stinks that I am SO TIRED and all I was doing was pushing my leg down a few times. He told me that EVERYONE has DIFFERENT limitations. I liked how that sounded. As much as I hated that my limitation was pushing my leg down just three times; but I felt encouraged that that will change. Hopefully, one day soon.