Sometime during summer 2009, I hit my left leg on a coffee table really hard. It hurt like hell. I hit it again at the same spot a bit later that year and for some reason, my body instinctively stopped moving said leg much.<\/p>\n
Things became weird. At first I didn\u2019t really notice. I still could do everything: running, pedaling, basketball, dancing, skateboarding even. But it was as if I was missing a whole 180\u00b0 of action on the left.<\/p>\n
It did weird things. At first I probably lost muscles. And then balance. Just slightly. Then the right side of my body compensated and worked out more.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a good 18 months that I\u2019m working my way back to recover those 180\u00b0. Pivoting more and more on my weak left leg, from heel to toe. Jumping on it. It\u2019s just fear in my mind. Everything works just fine. Everything is connected in our bodies. In a way, I atrophied my lymphatic and\/or nervous system by partially shutting down physical movement. That\u2019s my theory.<\/p>\n
In the past six months I saw a difference. I breathe better. My ears are less clogged. I can sing back as high as I could before that stupid injury. I feel more \u201cbalanced\u201d physically instead of having a weird weight on the right side of my body.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s this weird effect where simply moving in a way that I haven\u2019t done much in ten years, triggers memories from before 2009. It\u2019s nuts. Early Parkinson\u2019s or Alzheimer\u2019s signs? I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n
Skateboarding helps tremendously. It\u2019s the best exercise to make my legs pivot in every direction and make them stand in said directions. A lot of cracking noises in them ankles but it\u2019s all good. I can\u2019t skate much for now \u2013no insurance- but once I get it? It\u2019s over for you hoes. In the meantime,<\/p>\n
go go gadget legs s t r e t ch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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