I'm a researcher. When something doesn't work, I need to find out why either by taking it apart or looking things up... when something does work, I still like to find out why. Hell, sometimes I just like to know how things work in general. I'm just not very good at the technical terms.
For example, this is what happened when I decided to adjust "one thing" on Saber
So when the doctors started throwing out all kinds of medical terms, I started asking them to then tell me "in english" and looked up what they were talking about. I know that the problem with my hamstring is actually coming from my gluteus, which is caused the "muscle spasm" in my lower back/upper hip. I know that when the doctors and therapists tell me that my hip is messing with my knee, it's due to the aforementioned muscle spasm, my sensitive IT band, and (now) weak quads. I know that most of my ankle problems are actually traveling down from my calf.. and that the rest are caused by my "jacked up" foot structure (that's the kind of technical term I remember.. straight from a podiatrist). I know that so many defects have been identified in my joints, that even the doctors are probably starting to wonder how I made it so far. I know what muscle hurts, why it hurts, and how to stretch it to make it stop hurting.
A conversation with my chiropractor a while back; She had asked about my activity over weekend and I told her it was fun, but I did too much... My hip area "is not happy, I would go so far as to say it's angry".
Her reply: I mostly have patients are in tune with their bodies or are just really not, and then there's you in this whole other class. I'd put you in with Marines, Navy SEALS, martial artists, pro athletes... You know specifically what hurts and why, and you still go out and ride or roll and say I'm gonna do this anyway!
But just in my legs.
I have ventured into new territory now; the upper body. I know a bit about my shoulder and neck because I've been to physical therapy for that, but this week it came into full focus that I need to learn more. It took many searches to finally find the stretches I needed for my upper back... turned out to be as simple as looking up stretches for my trapezius muscles. And I have already learned that working on the muscles down my sides help put the shoulder blades back where they should be, which will also helps the trapezius.... also working on my neck will help too.
I thought I had sensitive spots in my legs...... those were nothing as compared to the smaller muscles in the upper body..

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