All the More Reason To Try - Exercise to Overcome Each Difficulty
Monday, April 20, 2009
Jolie Bookspan, M.Ed, PhD, FAWM
These are real inquires. The answer to all is yes, you need the exercise even more than the person without these difficulties. Yes, work to overcome, to change what is hampering you, to regain function.
Hear it phrased this way:
"I earn less than the rest of my office, would getting a raise make a difference?"
"My car veers to the left ever since I hit that pothole, should I try to hold the wheel straight, even though it seems so natural for the car to swerve uncontrolled?"
"I just have a natural temper, why bother controlling it?"
When things are tough, you need to control it all the more.
If you like to run or swim but are slow, you need to work harder at speed, not omit speed work. You have to work to get results.
There is a saying "If the sword is not sharp, use a heavy handle." If you are not good at something, you need to work harder.
For inspiration, click the arrow to watch the video of The Thousand-Hand Guanyin, performed by 21 dancers of the Chinese Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe. All the dancers are deaf and cannot hear the music. Lead dancer is 29 year old Tai Lihua, who earned a BA degree from the Hubei Fine Arts Institute.
If the video does not load on your computer, click the link -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgHmSdpjEIk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgHmSdpjEIk
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Read and contribute your own success stories of these methods. Before asking questions, see if your answers are already here - click labels under posts, links in posts, archives at right, and the Fitness Fixer Index. Subscribe to The Fitness Fixer, free. Click "updates via e-mail" (under trumpet) upper right.
For answers to personal medical questions - Replies to Medical Questions. Limited Class spaces for personal evaluation. Top students may apply to certify through DrBookspan.com/Academy. See Dr. Bookspan's Books.
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Labels: disability/ability, performance enhancing modality, practice of medicine, spirit
4 Comments:
At Thursday, April 23, 2009 12:32:00 PM,
Anonymous said…
Hi Dr. Julie,
I enjoy the all day exercises using squat and lunge for my daily activities. Thank you for sharing your philosophy.
However, those exercises are mainly for lower body. I would like to ask if there are good all day exercises for upper body parts i.e., shoulder, neck.
I found some stretches for shoulder and neck that you introduced.
Thank you and best regards,
Vietanh
At Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:36:00 PM,
Kristin Norris said…
What a fantastic illustration of why fitness is vital in correcting postural distortions and muscle imbalances. I really enjoyed the video!
Thank you!
At Monday, June 08, 2009 1:31:00 PM,
Jolie Bookspan, M.Ed, PhD, FAWM said…
Hello M. Vietanh thank you for good work using healthful lower body mechanics for daily life, and excellent thinking for wanting to include the rest. Click Upper Body Built in Functional Fitness.
Keep sending your successes and good thinking.
At Monday, November 09, 2009 6:00:00 PM,
Rene said…
Hi! I really like the philosophy and intelligent exercises you promote, and I plan to apply them at first chance. One problem I have, though, is ulnar nerve entrapment due to an old injury--making a strong fist, rotation, and repetitive motion all make it worse. I think if I strengthen and stretch my shoulder(which rotates forward to allow my arm to hang loosely) it will help but most of the exercises I've found cause the numbness and tingling. Any ideas?
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