Back in the 1970’s, a young martial artist had severely over
strained nerve tissue in his back due to an improper warm up. After his visit
to the hospital the Dr begin to tell this young man that he may never be able
to kick again, and reaffirmed his previous cautions to not over strain his
body. Before this accident, the martial artist told his Dr in paraphrase, “The body
will endure what the mind decides for it to do.” This martial artist not only
began to walk 6 months after surgery, he became a better martial artist and
retained his ability to kick fast and hard. This man is known worldwide and his
legacy still lives within his movies today. That man’s name was Bruce Lee.
Even
thought doctors pay their dues and their time into medical school, they will
not always be spot on accurate 100% of the time, which is normal. I bring this
issue up because just recently I had an interesting conversation with a current
client about what her doctor had said about the reasons for her plantar
fasciitis and his recommendations for a cure. In a nut shell, this well
educated man told my client to not walk around barefoot, never wear flip flops
and wear special insoles to help with her foot. Apparently she began feeling
this pain after last marathon. I am not saying
that I know more than a well educated doctor, but I will make my point
this,” No matter what a current doctor may say or recommend, it is always best
to get multiple opinions before you make a choice of what you are going to do
regarding your physical ailment.”
The
reason I was questioning his notion is due to the fact that “Barefoot” running
has been something different civilizations of people have been doing for years
and years. Not to mention that if you are wearing shoes that offer “Too much
support “ will , in fact, weaken the muscle in the foot and cause issue within.
This goes with many different things we try to depend on too much while working
out. If you are accustomed to wearing a welt belt through your entire workout,
you are “Crutching” your lower back; weakening it and make it more susceptible
to injury. The same thing goes with wrist wraps, knee wraps, etc. The body has
been designed to survive and adapt too many different stressful situations. Any
type of stress you put on the body, the body will overcome and adapt to it.
That’s what it does. If you’re sick,
your body fights the illness off and becomes slightly stronger. If you break a
bone or tear a muscle, your body mends and fixes it. Your body is stronger than
you may think, have faith in it.
In my
opinion, when it comes to physical ailments, the last thing you want to do is
take a single opinion and run with it. That single opinion mind set has sent
many people into knee surgery without needing it, into gastric bypass surgery
without needing it and rehab prescriptions that do more harm than good. It is
always best that you get two or three different opinions before you make up
your mind. Obviously if you have three of the same opinions, then it’s obvious.
If not, take your time. Take your time because it is your body and it is the
only one you have.
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