On to "The Tower"!

I had stopped doing my egoscue exercises for weeks. Then started again with the Pain Free book ecises for foot pain. Which was great because it only took 12 or so minutes. Then when my heel pain lessened I started doing the ecises for the allover body conditioning. Which was also great because it too only took me 12 minutes. I have proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that the egsocue ecises make my body feel significantly better.

Then why oh why do I not stick with the program?? We all lead busy lives and so many of the things to do each day are priorities - I guess my pain/discomfort is not now great enough to make me do the exercises. But I do fully intend to start them up again. Actually I still do two ecises a night - the static back, which I love, and the heel/toe flexes. I do those every night before I get into bed. Two I can handle.

Nicole from Egoscue Santa Monica called today to ask how it was going. I told her the above. She said do what you can, two ecises are better than none, and if I'd like them to shorten a menu somehow I should call. I do plan to do this at some point. She also told me about "The Tower" and how fantastic an ecise it is. If she doesn't do it regularly she will feel it. I googled it and see that it is an improvement upon the older ecise, called Supine Groin something I think, in Pain Free. I also see that you can buy the Tower for $130.

So I just now called Nicole, to ask if she thought I should buy this thing. She said absolutely. It's very recommended in fact for people with scoliosis. She said try to do it for an hour (!!! I guess I will use the time for meditating! or hgtv) 3-4 times a week. Do static back first, then the Tower, then the Wall ecise (I forget the name!).

Jeez, an hour. I'm sure it will be worth it though. Nicole said to be prepared for possible burning and discomfort etc as the back learns to let go and flatten. Oh and even more exciting, I can buy a timer to count down my ecise moments. Which is something that will be quite handy and helpful!

Heel Pain Has Subsided Again!

For the last three days I've been doing those four ecises for foot pain AND my heel pain is definitely much better. Egoscue does work. Doing only four ecises feels much more manageable to me. There's just something about a 40 minute routine (needing to be done every day) that is just so off-putting! Even if it does make you feel so much better afterwards! Isn't it crazy? Anyway I will continue these four Foot ecises til, just like he says in the book, the heel pain goes away for 24 hours. Then will do them for a week longer. Then switch to the body routine. Does anyone think that's a good idea? Thanks.

I'm Back

Okay I'm back on the egoscue, as of last night before I went to bed. The whole day yesterday I had heel pain in my right heel. Not excruciating, but not fun. I find myself compensating by shifting weight to my left foot. Not an ideal situation. I haven't done any ecises in three weeks. But last night I picked up my copy of Pain Free and read the section about feet. And then proceeded to do the four ecises:

Foot Circles and Point Flexes
Supine Calf/Hamstring Stretch
Static Extension
Air Bench

and lo and behold my heel pain was gone for those last five minutes before bed. And still absent this morning. But is with me a bit right now in the late afternoon. The book says to do these four ecises until the pain is gone for 24 hours. Then continue for one week before switching to the overall conditioning program in Chapter 13. Which I might do. Or I might call Paul again and pay another $200 for the next five skype sessions/menus with him. But for now, definitely, I will do these foot ecises each day. Just fifteen minutes and my body feels better after doing them!

The book makes a lot of sense - I'm surprised the therapy is not more well-known.