{"id":144,"date":"2015-07-31T09:54:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T09:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mctimoneychiropractorlondon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=144"},"modified":"2015-07-31T09:56:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T09:56:16","slug":"take-care-of-your-body-its-the-only-place-you-have-to-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mctimoneychiropractorlondon.co.uk\/blog\/take-care-of-your-body-its-the-only-place-you-have-to-live\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTake care of your body. It\u2019s the only place you have to live.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Home<\/a>The above quote by Jim Rohn \u2013 a personal development teacher is simple and easy enough to understand but how many of us actually live by it? As a McTimoney Chiropractor of 25 years\u2019 service I personally have abused my body and even taken it for granted sometimes making huge demands upon it and not always thanking it for supporting me.<\/p>\n

Last year I spent 9 months sorting my torn meniscus out [see blog of Oct 2014] \u2013 I thought that I had learnt my lesson well in learning to \u201clet go\u201d and \u201cjust be\u201d but it seems not. Since early April this year I have been suffering with a sprained left ankle and plantar fasciitis on my right foot \u2013 I have never been known to do things by half!! These last few months I have struggled driving, using stairs, and even walking around my chiropractic bench. I have had sleepless nights due to the pain, many tears of frustration and despair and those endless:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy me moments?\u201d<\/p>\n

In my darkest hours I have had answers that I really didn\u2019t want like:<\/p>\n

\u201cWell why not you? Are you anyone Special? Try listening to what your feet are saying!\u201d<\/p>\n

Or maybe I was just hallucinating\/imagining all those answers?<\/p>\n

I do believe that my feet pains haven\u2019t just \u201chappened\u201d \u2013 I\u2019ve had a close family bereavement having to say \u201cGoodbye\u201d to my uncle who was like a second father, and who I\u2019m indebted to as he paid for my Chiropractic education \u2013 just realised that I wouldn\u2019t even be writing this if it wasn\u2019t for him! My Uncle Anil who passed away at the age of 65 really lived in the moment, took great care of his body, mind and spiritual being. He was hugely respected, admired and loved. We all miss him dearly and wonder how we will ever get over this loss. I don\u2019t think we will \u2013 we will adapt around it. 5 weeks after his funeral my brother, Sanjay aged 49 had a second heart attack which he survived and he is doing well. Then a very good friend of mine passed away in a similar way to that of my uncle and for good measure I was betrayed by someone that I totally trusted. Please don\u2019t see me as \u201cvictim\u201d as I\u2019m not and I\u2019ve always seen myself as a \u201csurvivor\u201d albeit a \u201cshocked survivor\u201d in the last few months.<\/p>\n

So you must be wondering what have my foot pains got to do with any of this? Its mechanical pain right? Wishful thinking on my part too but as someone who believes:<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything generally happens for a reason\u201d<\/p>\n

I knew that I needed to reflect and meditate on the reasons why they were not improving significantly despite \u201cdoing all the so called right things.\u201d More about my \u201cstructural foot\u201d recovery in my next blog.<\/p>\n

So a few weeks ago in the early hours of one morning two profound answers came to me like a bolt of lightning and it\u2019s only after truly and wholeheartedly recognising and accepting these messages that I started turning a corner in making a recovery in my feet. They were:<\/p>\n

\u201cStop digging your heels in\u201d and \u201cLet go, accept and move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Very personal and direct messages which had me laughing and smiling for days.<\/p>\n

From February of this year I have been hell bent on \u201cliving life in the fast lane\u201d by burying myself in my gym training, my work, my Nepal charity trip, my weekend trips to my family in The Midlands, my personal relationships and social life \u2013 absolutely no time scheduled for \u201cquiet time\u201d. Some days I have been exhausted beyond belief with two constant thoughts running in my head:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat if my brother is taken away from us? Can life be so cruel and unfair?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat if I haven\u2019t accomplished everything in my life that I set out to do?\u201d<\/p>\n

After all I was really experiencing first hand:<\/p>\n

\u201cLife is short and then you die.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an attempt not to \u201cfeel\u201d my fears or even show my vulnerability to anyone I have a great knack for \u201cliterally leaving my body\u201d \u2013 by this I mean I am able to detach myself from my thoughts, my fears and anything perceived as \u201cnegative\u201d \u2013 it\u2019s a great escape strategy so as not to have to deal with reality. Some would call it \u201cdenial\u201d \u2013 I see it as \u201cself-preservation\u201d. My friend Mark, affectionately known as \u201cThe Colour Man\u201d who has taught me all my colour work would say I am an expert in this and it\u2019s my \u201cnatural place\u201d to be especially in times of stress. In these situations I can still function and go about my day to day activity and generally no one on the outside would know what I\u2019m doing.<\/p>\n

However, reality eventually catches up with all of us and it can come in many guises \u2013mine was pain. I was in so much denial about my grief, the feelings around my brother\u2019s heart attack and the betrayal that only with the passage of time and understanding I knew that the pain in my feet wasn\u2019t totally \u201cstructural\u201d. \u00a0It was partly here to keep me \u201cgrounded\u201d and in my body so that I face the reality of my feelings and the reality of my life. No amount of \u201cleaving my body\u201d allows me to permanently escape. I am on Earth for numerous reasons and whilst on Earth I do need to do as Jim Rohn states:<\/p>\n

\u201cTake care of your body. It\u2019s the only place you have to live.\u201d<\/p>\n

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