FOOT FOOT
The hot/alphabet-cold, turmeric, Traumeel regimen seems to have helped the ankle. Today I was able to do 5A, 5B, the standing poses, three backbends and full closing. The ankle especially likes headstand, and savasana while propped on a pillow. It also likes sunsets and romantic dinners, and watching Anthony Bourdain during cold-hot foot baths.
The ankle does not like:
-Upward-facing dog
-Utkatasana
-Triang Mukh Eka Pada Pascmiottanasana
-Stuck-up people
-Romantic strolls on the beach
-Going up and down stairs
-Walking in the snow
The last is too bad, because we're in the middle of a big 'un. (I suspect it won't like shoveling the car out of a snowdrift at 6am, either).
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*One of the few anatomy-related things I remember from the four teacher trainings I've taken is:
How you treat the injury in the first 24-48 hours determines how it will heal.
Oooh the ankle has its desires!!!
ReplyDeleteone of my students in tokyo had a band called "my pal foot-foot". she was adorable :-)
ReplyDeletei love the shags
"get them while they're hot!" lol
The ankle is like a Playboy Centerfold with its preferences (remember the Turn-ons and Turn-offs on the questionnaire?)....
ReplyDeleteand clearly is not a yogi (yet):
"To the illumined man or woman, a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same." - Bhagavad Gita