Recovering from Injuries

I hurt my arm yesterday working in the garden. I am mad enough to be relandscaping it and moving the path and adding new features. It is proving hard work, especially in all this rain.

I strained my forearm/wrist yesterday with all the lifting and digging and it swelled up quite a lot. I followed the RICE procedure (rest, ice, compression and elevation) approach but I also added in one important feature from this Alexander Technique stuff.

That feature was: if you move well and in harmony with your body, it actually encourages and accelerates recovery.

So much so that this morning my arm was all healed. I can't say that much for the bruises and sore muscles from all the hard work but I'm happy with that!

Washing and Polishing the Car again!

After last time I washed and polished my car and I was none too impressed with the outcome (intense headache and sore neck) I tried it again.

This time it was a relief that it was completely different!! I made sure I spent just a few seconds thinking about my Alexander Technique before starting to wash and clean my car. Considering it took a good 45mins/hour to clean and polish it I was impressed I didn't end up like I did last time. Afterwards, I felt great that I had a nice clean and shiny car. Very satisfying (and problem free!).