If you are prone to colds, that would be something to be proactive about in the weeks or months before surgery, since a bad cold can cause you to lose your surgery date or at least add stress and depletion to your surgery experience. In the months following surgery, falling ill will delay your recovery…
I am inviting you to join me and many others in preparing for surgery and recovery in a thoughtful, intentional, systematic way. I invite you to begin and sustain a rigorous program of mental and physical training. Begin it today, and use it to make substantive change in as many aspects of your life as…
Today’s recommendation: Homeopathic Arnica for neutralizing the shock and trauma of surgery. Let’s be honest- even if you’ve been diligent with your mental and physical training (and especially if you haven’t), the experience of surgery is a wee bit traumatic. What can we do to help the body return to equilbrium? While homeopathy is sometimes…
I could easily have made it Ten Things. S/he isn’t telling you all kinds of things, because they are outside their domain. We’ve entered a world where super-specialization is the norm. The surgeon wants to know that your bone is growing into the artificial joint, or that the issues affecting a surgery like yours don’t require…
It’s having the right stuff on your phone. Meaning, audio tracks that when you listen to them, your anxiety and physical tension subside, and you are calm and focused afterwards. Maybe listening to Frank Ocean or Brahms did that for you once upon a time, but you’re under a bit of extra pressure, so I suggest…
Take an inventory of assets you’re bringing to this challenge (your surgical preparation and recovery). You have a circle of friends and family, of whatever size and degree of closeness: Maybe this health issue has brought you closer to some of them, or maybe you’ve retreated and feel isolated. You have your current state of health and vitality: Maybe…
Asking a hundred (ideally several hundred) people in your life to pay for visits to the chiropractor is likely the last thing you can imagine putting on your plate right now. But if your piggy bank is empty, this is what I’m suggesting. What you really need is a friend or family member to take on…
Elsewhere I’ve recommended you extend your Sabbatical as long as you can, equip a home gym, and supplementing your insurance-provided Physical Therapist with a trainer and other healing arts practitioners. If you’re having a joint replacement or other similarly major surgery, I recommend having months of sessions with the trio of chiropractor, personal trainer and massage therapist. I…
Transcript Take a moment to experience yourself just as you are. Feel the weight of your legs and back in the chair or bed. With your next exhalation, let your body settle a bit more into the chair or bed. Feel tension leaving the small muscles around your eyes, your jaw, your neck, your upper back. With…