I had a TERRIBLE backache again. (No.2)

(This story continues from No.1)

Well when I was walking with the dogs on the usual route, there was a calf ahead of us. Mick( the puppy) is still very curious about calves and cows and he can't help following them or barking at them. So Mick was kind of going toward the calf and I was walking with Ambi along the barbed wired fence. We were about a few meters away from him. Then suddenly a cow behind the fence saw Mick getting closer to the calf, she went (×got )berserk screaming at Mick. Ambi sensed a danger and she started to bark at the cow and so did Mick. The cow got sooo mad that she pushed through the fence and came very close to us!! I didn't know what was going on at first, all I could think was I might be in a little bit of a dangerous situation. Obviously the cow was very angry at something! I tried to soothe the dogs but they were both out of control. Luckily Gori heard the dogs intense barking and he screamed at me and told me to run away from the cow. So I did, I ran! I was scared so I ran for about 20 meters totally forgetting about the backache! After I ran, I looked back at the cow, she was with the calf. The cow was the calves mum! She got very angry because she thought her calf was in danger so she tried to protect him. I didn't know cows have got such strong affections towards their calves!

Anyway, as you might guess very easily, my backache got worse after the incident (^^;) Even the foot bath didn't work. On the contrary, it made the pain worse. I think I might have strained my back when I ran. I couldn't stand or walk . I could lie down but that's all I could do for the past few days. Now it is getting better, thank goodness. I can walk pretty normally. I do have some pain when I am sitting but it is nothing compared to the torturous pain that I had 2 days ago, which made me feel extremely depressed.

Anyway, I've learned a very useful lesson this time.
I won't do any walking to vent my bad emotions from now on!!

*This article has been corrected by Gori.

I had a TERRIBLE backache again. (no1)

Hi everyone, how are you going?

I had a terrible backache a few days ago and thankfully I am on the mend.
What happen to me was...I got carried away walking on the treadmill out of anger and frustration!! The direct reason for these unfavourable emotions was share trading. I missed out the best chance to sell the shares I had at the highest price. At the time I was very upset but in hindsight, I made at least some profit and the price of the stock dropped down afterward so given that, I did pretty well. I should have been satisfied, not frustrated.

I think that trading was only one of the reasons why I lost my cool. Things have been pretty tough recently. We haven't got rain so we had to order another half tank of water, Gori's work is not doing very well ( He has not worked as often as he used to be. He works as a substitute teacher), And on top of that another school holiday, which lasts for 2 months is coming up very soon. We were expecting that Gori would work in Gori's sisters dairy farm during the holiday to earn some money but again her farm is also very short of rain so we are not sure if he will be able to work there. Well we are planning to go back to Japan next March so we DO need to make money! And my back had been a bit stiff and weird and my period is coming soon so yeah I have to admit that I have been pretty stressed out(^^;)


Usually when I am stressed out, I tend to reach for some sweets like chocolate. But this time I was different. I had been doing very well walking and getting slimmer so I didn't ruin my hard work by binging! So instead I decided to let my steam out by walking. Well I did too much. I walked more than 50 minutes at the highest speed I had ever tried! I was OK right after the walk but soon my back started to toughen up but I didn't worry about it. I just thought maybe I walked a bit too much. I know how (×a )backache happens, which is when(× means) muscle around the back hardens (× gets hardened) up and that causes (× a)pain. So if you soften up the muscle, you will be fine. So I thought I needed to walk a little more so I went for a walk with my dogs, which was a bad decision and made things worse(^^;)

( This story continues to NO.2)

*This article has been corrected by Gori.

Soften up your neck and shoulders and feel better.

As I've said a few times I've been feeling tired recently. When I am feeling tired, I feel frustrated because even though there is something I want to do and my spirit is up for it, my body is just not keeping up with it ( sigh).. Anyway I've found out that why I am so tired; my neck and shoulders were very stiff! After I noticed (×I've noticed )it, I gave my original rub to those muscles to soften them up, and guess what!? I feel much better now! I was feeling very sluggish and was even thinking about going back to bed to have another sleep but now look what I am doing! I am blogging! My neck and shoulders have been loosen up and my head is not hazy but very clear. I've gained back my drive for English study too!

Stiff neck and shoulders are the norm in the modern society. Almost all the people have them or have experienced them. And there is also a case where some people don't notice that they have them. Well, I was one of them, actually. I'd never thought I had stiff shoulders until just recently. I'd never felt any stiffness or pain in my shoulders. When I went to my hairstylist back in Japan, they always gave me some massage around my shoulders and neck. The staff who was rubbing my shoulders always said, 'Wow! your shoulders are very stiff! 'but I didn't believe it. It seems like it runs in the family because my mum, brother and sister are the same as me(^^;) How insensitive is that!

There is a special way of rubbing your muscle. Actually, it is not ' rubbing'. It is more like moving a part of hard muscle and soften up. Here is what I do.

*Softening up your shoulders*

1,Find a stiff muscle in your shoulders by pressing the muscles by a finger.

2,Press a finger tip on the hard muscle and keep it that way. eg. if the hard part is on the (×your )right side of your shoulders, press this (×the )part with a finger of your left hand.

3,Put your right hand onto your waist with your elbow bent.

4,Move your right shoulder slowly back and forward by using the elbow as lever. When you do this, you have to KEEP THE FINGER TIP PRESSING THE HARD PART OF THE MUSCLE. You are supposed to feel some movement of the hard part, which is crucial for loosening up the muscle.

5,Continue 1-4 until all the muscles in your shoulders have softened up.


*Softening up your neck*
1,Find a stiff muscle in the back of your neck by pressing the muscles by a finger.

2,Press a finger tip on the hard muscle and keep it that way. eg. this time if the hard part is on the (×your )right side of your neck, press this (×the )part with a finger of your right hand.

3,Move your neck back and forth slowly with your finger pressing the hard part.

*Start 1-3 at the bottom of your neck which is connected to the shoulders and gradually move upward until you get to the base of the skull.

I hope you feel better.

*This article has been corrected by Gori.