Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Moving, and injuries

So, as it happened, I hurt myself on Friday last week doing one of my workouts.  People know I like to workout using the CrossFit paradigm.  I find it to be the best workout protocol I've ever encountered, with high intensity and highly functional exercises.

The most common question I get after telling people I got hurt was if I got hurt "doing CrossFit."  I want to take some time to address this.  Did I get hurt doing CrossFit?  No.  Was I doing a CrossFit workout at the time?  Yes.  But was it something to do with the nature of the CrossFit workout?  Not at all.  I hurt myself.  I was doing a complex movement known as a squat clean which requires a complicated set of timing, coordination, strength, and agility.  Perhaps I got a bit careless.  Or maybe I was tired because I'd been sick not long before.  I really don't know exactly.  But it had nothing to do with the nature of CrossFit itself.  I hurt myself.

Now, the awesome thing about all of this is that I am now almost 100% better after only a few days.  I'm already back to performing my warmup, and I'm very excited about that.  My wife, Laelle, adjusted me a few times each day over the past 4 days, and now I'm almost 100%.  Yay to Chiropractic!  But more than that, Yay to the power of the body to heal when there is no interference!

708 Broadway, our new location!
I definitely hope that I am completely at 100% by the time our move comes up.  Yes, that's right, Brilliant Life Chiropractic is moving to another location.  We're headed to 708 Broadway, suite 170, in the passages building.  Parking is the first question on people's minds, and every time I have driven by the new building, there has been plenty of parking, both paid and free.  And the paid parking is not very expensive, only $0.75 an hour.  We'll have plenty of quarters in our new office to help those out who forget.

The move takes place over the first weekend of November, and so our first day at the new office will be Monday, November 5th.  It was initiated because of the noise level coming from our neighbors at Studio 6 Ballroom.  They started a Zumba class during the adjusting hours at Brilliant Life which seriously disturbed my adjusting.  Despite repeated attempts to come to a compromise that would work for both of us, we were unable to do so.  Dropping the class would have represented a significant decrease in their income, and I was losing money keeping it where it was.

So, I'm taking this as an opportunity to upgrade Brilliant Life Chiropractice.  The new office will be quieter, move private, and more professional, without losing that feel you've all come to know and love about Brilliant Life.  We're the same, only at a new location.

Remember, we're at 708 Broadway, ste 170 starting on November 5th.  See you there!

2 comments:

  1. Chiropractic is also one of good medical treatment for those body pains and it is also good relaxation and stress reliever.

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  2. Thanks for your comment! People who tend to have body pains do appreciate the relief that comes from getting adjusted, and Chiropractic is not actually a medical treatment of any kind.

    Chiropractic is not medicine, which is the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and symptoms. Chiropractic is the careful analysis of the spine and body looking for interference to the function of the nerve system to provide for optimal health. So, really, Chiropractic is about life and enhancing that, rather than treating anything!

    That being said, people do find they are more relaxed with less stress stored in their bodies, which of course tends to result in less pain!

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