Just Hop Up on the Exam Table


With the regular exercise I have done the past 3+ years, the number of aches and pains has diminished greatly.  Camp Gladiator (boot camp) and Zesa Yoga have improved my strength, flexibility and general health to a great extent.  Recommend to all.

This morning was the exception, got a catch in my back and struggled to get up from my workout mat at boot camp.  Probably digging a new garden with a shovel over the weekend caught up with me.  Some ibuprofen and CBD oil improved the pain and stiffness. Will probably make it to yoga this afternoon.

Whenever I have back pain, I always remember this story told to me by my great uncle Bill Hadley https://pulltight.blogspot.com/2012/07/play-ball-revisited.html.  Uncle Bill was a one man trucking company and was always very busy.  One day sometime in the 1950s he somehow strained his back so bad he was almost immobile.   My grandfather Ben Wann, https://pulltight.blogspot.com/2006/04/some-dogs-i-have-known.html his brother in-law took him to the local hospital/clinic to a physician used and known by the family.   The following exchange occurred when Grandpa assisted him into the exam room.

Uncle Bill – How can you help me?

Dr. Vance – Hop up on the exam table and I will have look.

Grandpa - If he could hop up on that table, he would be in his truck a hundred miles away.

Glad no one is asking me to hop up on a table today.

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