Although the description of this evening initially I was concerned about – not wanting to become a ninja – I have been finding that as I progress through the course I am finding that doing adjustments is having a negative impact on my own body as I get adjusted back. My shoulders, clavicles and rib as well as my pubic symphysis. So when I read the poster I thought that it would be good to learn how to physically prepare myself so that I minimise the negative impact on my body of giving other people adjustments. But the evening was so much more than I expected. I certainly wasn’t expecting to have a physical training session that involved running, skipping, side stepping, press ups, poses similar to yoga and all outside in the beautiful sunshine. Lance our instructor was fabulous. He was warm, caring and incredibly knowledgeable. He talked about his own experience of being a student and how very early on he released - having had a lower lumbar disc prolapse - that having physical strength and positioning ourselves to perform adjustments is of paramount importance if we are to be ‘serving our patients’ longer than 10 years or in Lances case into his 80s (he is only young now).
What I took away from the evening was threefold. 1) We need to prepare ourselves mentally to treat our patients: we need to leave behind our stresses and worries in order to be able to serve our patients in the best way we can. 2) we need to be able to physically fit in order to be able to effectively apply adjustments and treat as many patients as we can/want 3) when we adjust we need to get ourselves physically in the right place in order to protect our bodies and the forces that come back into our bodies are dissipated throughout us rather than focussed on one part of our body and consequently give us an adjustment back. Our taster session was fabulous – I thoroughly enjoyed it and would want to do more if the opportunity arises. Although I still don’t want to be a ninja. Paula Hart Yr 4 FTE |