PT - (Not the Cruiser!)

I was enamored with the PT Cruiser when it first came out. After the kids went off to college I traded in our mom-mobile for a used PT Cruiser - I loved it! It was my "Gangsta Car"!

But this post is about the real PT thing. 

I've struggled with back pain for years. My PCP (primary care physician) recently referred me to PT for my back. The therapist asked how long I've had back pain....and to be honest, I can't remember when it first started!

• There was the time I fell off Doc, and landed flat on my back, having the wind knocked out of me. That was around 2017. However, I don't think that was the start of it all. (But, x-rays show some vertebral cracks that may have happened with this fall.)
• When my son was first born, I guess I stooped to pick him up and evidently made the wrong move. That was in 1986...was that the beginning?
• I rode in fox hunts and in cross country events even before that, around 1968. Did all that pounding cause the problem?
• I skied competitively as a kid, and had plenty of wipe-outs,  that was before 1968 - did I damage my back then?

I think the answer to all questions might be that my activities possibly, and or probably,  contributed to chronic back pain.

Anyway, back to the point,  this isn't my first go-round with PT for my back. After Covid I worked with a therapist for a few weeks. The pain didn't seem to improve, in fact, in some ways it was worse. However, I decided to try it again in a new location with a different therapist. I like how this new gal listens to me, and within minutes of her evaluation she found a few areas that could benefit from strengthening. She sent me off, until our next appointment, with some exercises to do.

The corgis love it! 

Mom....the mat is down, are you ever gonna get down and do your PT?

Pleeeeze!

Hooray - You are doing your exercises! 

Can I help?

Since you don't want help,

will you at least pet me?

Wait, wait....I wanna help, too!

Let me see if you are taking deep breaths, down to the bottom of your lungs!

It's always good to smile and laugh.

This might be as good a therapy as the exercises!