I was pretty tight on Thursday. My body has really been hurting lately. Nick pulled a stool up to my chair and started to stretch me out. He agreed that I was really tight. Just recently I’ve been really thinking about my goals in coming to Barwis almost 3 years ago. I thought this was going to be a relatively quick process to get me out of my chair and walking. I had the desire and was willing to do the work. I thought it would be easy. I was SO wrong!!!
it has been more work than I could have imagined but all along the way, every single one of my trainers have believed in me and told me walking was possible. Then there was Mike Rhoades. In one conversation we had, I spoke of walking and in true form, it’s a charm that is exclusive to Michael Rhoades, he let me know that as I am doing all the work I do at Barwis Methods, my disease is progressing. Well, that was a bummer! Even though we both knew this fact was true, Michael (he hates it when I call him that) still worked tirelessly with me in spite of my disease worsening.
I told Nick this story as he was loosening up my legs. I told him that even though it might be a losing battle (thanks Michael), even though my disease is constantly worsening, I come to Barwis because this work makes my body feel “less worse” and I NEED that! Even though my legs were still a little tight, Nick got me on the table on my back. He pulled the wedge over for me to lay on as he tried to loosen my legs up. They were straight out like two sticks.
Nick slowly worked to bend my knees. And then they gave out, one at a ime, and bent. Nick smiled and exclaimed that it was the, “Sweet Spot!” He positioned my foot on his chest and told me that we would just chill there for a bit. It felt good that my legs FINALLY relaxed and I chose NOT to think about it being fleeting because it COMPLETELY is but rather I chose to appreciate the fact that for right now, I feel “less worse.”