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The little muscle has gotten better, but I am extremely aware now of how weak my core is, and am going to retailor my practice to address that. (I've had the pinched nerves off and on before, and they suck!! but this is something else.) Too often, if I'm alone and on 'down time', no one watching, I let my core awareness go and slump. How stupid is that? *I* am always here, in both my beauty and my imperfection. Every moment is the moment. I'm aggravated with myself that after years of meditation, etc., I still haven't completely integrated 'every minute of the day' with 'what really matters.' Stupid traces of childhood programming!
I do chest stretches, and breathing exercises sometimes, but to be honest, for years they just aggravated the asthma into an attack every time. I think it has to be snuck up on, since what causes it is at a deeper level than the lungs.
The DHEA thing sounds interesting, and I'll do one of those mail-away tests to see if it might be ok for my hormone profile. Something I've just read is that asthmatics typically have almost none in their bodies!! My chiropractor suggested adrenal fatigue months ago when I rolled out my list of problems, and all of this looks to be coming together...it's linked to arthritis, allergies & asthma, digestive trouble, weird sleep patterns, fatigue, brain fog, bad skin, weight gain around the middle...all of which is my life! There are two pressure points beneath the collarbone that he showed me, and mine are so sore/inflamed that I'm red there all the time, and if I press, there's a white mark like on a severe sunburn. I haven't been working these every day...another thing on the list of to-dos.
I'm currently testing a 'cocktail' of double doses of magnesium (another chronic deficiency in asthmatics...they give you a shot of it in the emgcy. room if you come in with a bad attack!), NAC, C, E, and fish oil. It seems to be helping so far: I can feel the mag. in particular open up my lungs a bit, right away upon taking the pill.
I so desperately hope to be able to figure out why my body is kinda miswired and responding improperly to things. I've taken some big steps this year and look forward to observing the results as my body adjusts. Supplements are becoming some important puzzle pieces. I want to rebuild what's weak, not drug it all into submission.
I couldn't even find the strength of heart and spirit to tackle any of it were it not for dance!
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