motivational Donna

When you finish with

a treatment how do you know you are healed?

How do I know I healed from grief?

a great loss 14 years ago that tilted all

my perspectives...so how do I know I am healed?

using resources every now and then from professionals

is huge.  I used writing and energy therapy and a few sessions

of counselling over the years.  

I am healed because I can look back and remember that time

and what I was like and what hurt most and what helped the most

I am healed also from the neck tension and headaches (not migraines) because

I am using tools I learned from chiropractors, yoga, physiotherapists

and energy therapists.  

I am healed the best way I can be

because I am always learning new things

about me, my marriage, my family and

other relationships and that the biggest learning

was through animals.  For me it is the horse.

I make sure I do activities that I love

and hiking, horse riding and making art

are my go to peaceful events.

How about you?

I bought these colorful runners the other day to start off

fall and to make sure I wear good foot wear as much as possible.

These runners match all my outfits.

i am entering my story slam application for October's Story Slam at the library

I have decided on a story it will be titled

'What The Health?!

Story Slam Entry Form 2018.pdf

here are the rules...

• Five minutes to tell your story. After 5 minutes, there will be a penalty. After 7 minutes, you will be gonged.
• Story must be original and unpublished.
• You can read from a script, or just go up and tell a story. Competition starts at 6:30 pm. Names will be drawn to
• determine order of story telling. No props.
• Limit of 10 story tellers.
• Entries will be accepted on a first come first serve basis. 

 Story Slam competitions are also held in Edmonton and Toronto. (Yorkton is quite

trendy putting this on)

Last year I talked about 'Rocky - my first solo ride' it was an experience

as their were 7 judges and they are quite prestigious. Just to note in the middle of my

story last year all my cue cards fell to the floor and I just had to carry on!  It worked out

fine.  My score was 7.6/10.

This is one resource that has helped me with my neck pain and headaches

check him out

Restore Your Bad Neck Curve With a Simple Towel 

Motivationaldoc on youtube

Dr. Alan Mandell, D.C.


My hubby is very involved in harvesting for his brother right now and in
the next few weeks;
so I pray that the crop is awesome!

signing off....as
Motivational Donna

Yoga for Neck and Shoulder stiffness

Just in case you have a sore neck and stressed or just stiff in the upper body - this is great!

Adriene is a great "go-to" for me.  She is on the internet and has 100's of videos.  This one is only 15 minutes.  I like her voice and her personality and explanations....and her dog.

who is your fav yogi-relaxer-calming voice-sincere- helper?

inflaming

I feel like this red leaf

in the middle of its calm colorless

surroundings it is like a flare

that's my tendonitis

and I have had a war

with it

there are certain physical ailments that are painful

and Tendonitis is definitely one of them

mine is in the shoulder/pecs on the right side
pain I could not tolerate

ended up in emergency

3 days after my cortisone shot

and anti-inflammatory meds

they gave me strong pain killers

and stronger anti inflammatory meds

injected my arm with an anti inflammatory

and I went home

and at least slept all night

but I grew worse with nausea and vomiting

to the point I threw out those pain killers

Reiki treatment weekly

 slapping on my essential oil

Marjoram and Peppermint 

a 20 minute relaxing stretch with my foam roller

Advil extra strength for muscle

and joint pain at bedtime only

and a few regular ibuprofen during the day
and ICE it 4 or 5 times a day!

I can't handle those chemical pain killers and anti-inflammatories
however I am trying an over-the-counter Voltaren Extra Strength gel twice a day as an added
 anti-inflammatory ointment boost

let's see what next week brings?

once again the neck

lookout window helps when

feeling sorry for myself

'cause I jammed up my neck

using a resistance band (can you believe it)

hurting bad and hoping the accupuncture needles 

saves me,

at home I am putting on

 peppermint oil

and hubby came home with Aleve 

and Lakota roll on pain relief ointment

this is helping quite a bit

also 

I am doing my physio emergency exercise

foam roller

breathing exercises to relax my neck

meditation (body scan)

Dr. Ho

hope I sleep well tonight!

neck meditating

slowed down today

checking out my neck

working on meditating

to ensure relaxation is available

this is my favourite window to sit by

it faces south and it's in my creative room (love)!

Doctor prescribed bedtime med to help relax

the tightness in my neck.  Try it for 30 days he says,

I've lasted for 11 days and tucked the bottle away for now.

It helped moderately which is pretty good.

I have overstretched and injured the muscle(s) somewhere

in my neck many many moons ago, tends to get 

so so so tight and then it tightens up my shoulder muscles

and bam!  I got problems.

feels so much better today

my beachbody workouts are helping strengthen

my shoulder and pecs but the danger is

keeping the weights too heavy (only 1 pounders right now)

just an issue that has slowed me down alot

in my life

wrote a prayer this morning so I can be assisted in

keeping my neck muscles relaxed

that's my nit and grit complaint today

being aware of it and having support from my

doctor and therapists helps.

yoga class tommorrow will help it even more

any peeves of grief in your body

that keeps coming  back?

chore duty

Mantracker had minor shoulder surgery a week ago and has a right arm sling on for 6 weeks

(he is left-handed so is adapting pretty well)

In the morning I awake and go out and open the corral gate to where the

hay feeder sits.  We let them graze on that until about 5 pm.  Then we are back out

to let them out and give them water and a super treat of oats!  I have to help Mantracker with opening and closing the gate and hauling water.  We do not have a well so there is no water bowls for them to drink from.  Some day we may pipe in from the house water to ease up the manual chore of hauling water.  (Rome was not built in a day)

 The weather has been fantastic and I enjoy these horse duties twice a day.

as for Mr. Mantracker (Hubby) he is doing well and starts physio therapy in two weeks.

He dislocated the right shoulder last July and the tendon had removed itself off the shoulder bone.  Sounds painful but he has no pain with this shoulder surgery fix.  (things happen...)

you won't understand

the unconscious mind

is also the subconscious mind

it sounds better to call it

subconscious

Since I was 21 years old

I have had back, neck, shoulder and sciatic pain, eczema

in that order

I spent $800 on treatments for pain in the

first quarter of this year

I just tallied up my receipts and

mailed the claim to our benefits provider

today.  This is going to not happen anymore!

a few weeks ago I realized that I was saying no to

canoeing and horseback riding because I did not want the pain to

come back again.  You see it just kept coming back.  The shoulder pain and

immobilization and my left leg sciatic were always there ready to

attack.  After 3 treatments with the chiropractor for low back adjustments

and previous 6 massages with Sabrina this year I was good as new.  

But it slowly starts to come back a bit a a time.  

I have been horse riding 5 times and went canoeing once in the last 2 weeks and my TMS
is an awareness and the cure is knowledge!

This book 

Healing Back Pain: the mind-body connection by D. John E. Sarno
(look him up)

was discovered by Carol Tuttle who is the genius behind

Dressing Your Truth/Living Your Truth  profiling who I follow

She wrote about healing her own back pain that was very

debilitating and she discovered this book a few months ago

You will not believe it!

I have TMS

Tension Myositis Syndrome (muscle tension syndrome)

You will not believe it or maybe even understand this book.

The subconscious of my brain did repress my anger and anxiety and this unconscious

part of my mind decided that muscle/body pain is better than the unnecessary emotions

  harbouring and it gets repressed.  Well I am in control now and every time my back starts to ache

or my shoulder gets tight I yell at my brain!  I think about what has been making 

me anxious ; it has been a very subtle emotion , so far , and there are several subtle emotions that come up

once I am aware I start ignoring my aches and hurts and laugh at my brain.
  The ache and tightness goes away.

I know you don't understand it.
It is a a good read.

Neck-Shoulder-Physio-Germany

here I am 

back with the neck and shoulder

which is a life long history book

if anyone cares to read it! lol!

I have lucked out and I am 

sharing my gift from the Universe.

I casually booked a massage before I left for Texas

as the plane seats and waiting and sitting tenses me up.

I walked into the spa and a young woman with

a strong German accent welcomed me and

she said I will be giving you your massage.

As the massage begins and the injured and tight shoulder blades

reveal themselves and my neck with its left bulge on the side

are prominently fighting back with her touch.  

Surprise.... she knows how to fight problems like mine

and she explained that she is here from Germany and trained as a

physiotherapist there and then came to Canada with her husband 2 years ago.

She cannot work as a physiotherapist in Canada until she rewrites exams and pays $7000.00

So ..voila...she is doing massages instead.

the moral of this story is that she has brought 80% movement back in my shoulder and

the bulge on my left side of my neck has been released and tucked back into

the cervical verterbra where it belongs.  I will be going weekly to let her

move everything  back where it should and to make sure it stays relaxed.

Relief! and a new therapy friend!

(sharing my favourite foam roller neck and shoulder movements below)

a stronger valentine

keeping my heart red and strong

for Valentines

walking 20-30 minutes 6 days a week

taking Kyolic Aged Garlic Extract for cholesterol health

changing my lifestyle and foods to lower cholesterol

my blood sugar is under control with Metformin

I have been taking high blood pressure medication for many years ..

this all adds up to a program to reduce my risk of heart disease

When I got to Yorkton and we were getting settled in I noticed my blood sugar was erratic and my digestion of foods

was not good.  I went to a new doctor and signed up with her as my family physician,

I am now being checked regularly every 3 months for good blood lab results.

a heart healthy sip of wine at bedtime is good too (perk)
i get a bottle of free wine when I assist my friend in
bottling her wines.

My shoulder/neck is much better and I have persisted every morning with

my shoulder rolls (Alexander).  It was very difficult and  shoulder stiff while doing these shoulder rolls but I went slow and stopped every time it stabbed a sore muscle at me.

I am doing yoga leg stretches and a quarter downward dog pose every day

and I attend a basic flow yoga class once a week.

(see this post-shoulder/malfunction)

This is the best phase in my life and I want to 

enjoy it!

shoulder mantra

Im not in alot of pain really....it's just annoying ..

" I am writing to release the tension in my neck muscles and collarbone muscles and pecs and the muscles around the pecs and collarbones   Release all my feelings and uncomfortableness in my energy that has caused this tension and this painful immobilization on the left arm.  I am releasing all the tension in my head  I am releasing the scalp and skull muscles that form around my head and that is holding all of 2014's changes and annoyances.  I am no longer able to hold that year of tension in my head and neck  It no longer serves me to do this.  I am allowed to nourish my muscles in my scalp and my shoulders.  Clear, release, clear the bad energy."

The scalp muscles and pectoral muscles are releasing.  I am allowing my body and my scalp and skull to re-energize.  It is okay to let go now  I am allowed to nourish my head and scalp and pec muscles.  Breath and it will go away slowly.  Breath and all is good now

NUCCA

ENERGY TREATMENT

ALEXANDER SHOULDER ROLLS

those 3 treatments are what work for me as a UNIT.  All three must be kept on my payroll to

keep me doing the things I love and to erase and ease any immobilization and pain from the area

I am still working on releasing the shoulder and arm malfunction which means I am not able to

lift the left arm without support from my other arm at present. I am functioning well with it lately because the pain is gone from the tip of my shoulder joint.  The tightness has stayed mind you

anyone else out there with a similar problem?

malfunction

my shoulder malfunctioned this last week

and I am heading to my NUCCA appointment on Nov 16

just had an acupuncture treatment yesterday

it has helped.  It seems since my trail ride Oct 25 and my Aquacise

classes this last month has not been liked by that injury of mine that

forms a lump on my neck.  My neck and inbetween my shoulder blades is

TIGHT (like it feels like you are touching a bone not a neck muscle)

so heat and ice and neck stretches and yoga stretches and

shoulder rolls until I get to my appointment on the 16th.
(i stretched while fencing this summer alot)

What a gift my injury is?  It keeps me humble so when I start having

too much fun and getting in shape WHAM ...back at ya girl!

I use NUCCA a few times a year as it has benefited me greatly with my injury

I can still horse ride and yoga.  But it does not like me doing laps using the front crawl and Aquacise with those weights and moving arms up and down while jogging.  NUCCA website where I receive my salvation and it keeps pain at zero most times and only may need a massage 4 times a year if that; has been the best way to heal my injury these past 3 years.  You have to stretch, yes, you have to have fun, yes and then you go back to your NUCCA doctor and she/he checks your alignment of your shoulders to
see if the treatment holds.  You do not always get an adjustment when you go.  If you are still balanced according to their equipment readings then you know you have maintained the treatment.



It started out with once every 6 weeks I would drive to Calgary and be checked on how
the treatment is holding up.  Now I go once a month in Regina.  The NUCCA doctor M. Hopf is her name and she comes into
Regina once a month on a Sunday as the Saskatchewan patients are pretty high numbers and she wants to start her own practice here.

I remember this photo of me stretching a few years back, this was before I learned
things about necks and shoulders.  I can actually do this stretch without pain in left rotator now.

week 3

the cold has let up today, but it is very windy but only minus 7 this morning.  I went for a walk on the University Park walkway behind the Aboriginal University and then I trekked back and I felt good to have finally gotten a nice long walk in to start the week.  We are getting our moving storage company to pull out a couple of important boxes like all our income tax papers and Tom's personal ID and spare hearing aids..etc.  It is costing us $115 to pull this out but we need these boxes.

oops...here is Summer's paw print (sideways) 

I am now registered for a restorative Yoga class for one month, the neck and shoulders are having a difficult time relaxing and settling into this new lifestyle so this class is called RELAX AND RENEW.....and is one and a half hours.  For people with injuries or pain, etc...... Bodhi Tree Yoga

I am sure it won't hurt me to take a few of these classes

  kinda stopped doing yoga for many years do to the over stretching I can get myself

into trouble doing that so this class sounds safe.

it is a good thing that there are so many options now to keep a body and mind

fit for this life that eventually takes a toll on muscles and other ailments.

have a crazy Christmas week as it should be!

diffuse diffuse...

I was introduced to essential oils from a facebook friend and I attended
a information evening and was sold on all the health successes that the women their
were experiencing.  It also gives me something to enjoy and spend quality time
on since retiring.

I know health is an issue for most of us:

I take cholesterol (Lipitor)

I take (Altace) for blood pressure

and my blood sugar and hand eczema I am using

YL Sulfurzyme vitamins 

I use peppermint oil and eucalyptus oil for my seasonal allergies instead

of Reactin or Alleve or Benadryl over-the-counter-drugs.

I am doing a progressive change to chemical free living, but it is very

progressive and it is dangerous to abruptly switch as I believe we need the

doctors and alternative naturopathic doctors and our nutritonists to work on our health.

Dr. Gary Young is the man in motion on these oils and products and he created

the selling of oils from his plant farms in Idaho, Utah, Ecuador (total of 7 chemical free plant farms where they slowly distill or extract the oils from the plant with the technical monitoring of when the plant is ready to farm from- seed- to- oils- to- bottle)

I have several things for my booth I am setting up in Sept at the Market Square such as

soaps with essential oils and pendants and car air-freshners to use and I want to keep promoting because it is fun to meet and greet people and present different products.

 I am investing in bringing in some pendants for diffusing and car air freshners to keep that pure healthy air wherever you are.  These are for the Market Square YL essential oils

booth in Sept.  I  will enjoy doing this...it is so entirely different than what I have been

doing for the past 21 years 

I had a great time at the SC Fair booth with Leah and other distributors and sharers of their love of these pure oils.  I learned a lot about what the

young, middle-age and old are looking for in alternative health:

I had men with severe foot pain, muscle pain, young adolescents who want

to do a 5 day cleanse and be healthy, I had a young man who worked in the mine up in

Saskatoon and he gets so low on energy and wanted to know if there was an oil

for that, he purchased a bottle on-line, and the biggest seller was Lavender oil, and Peppermint Oil and my favorite oil Valor....

I love pendants and bracelets,

check out some of these I will be bringing in...maximum price is $15 and

you can choose your oil to drop on the pendant and smell it all day as you wear it

young girls will love this?

Terra-Cotta Pendant Diffusers

These wonderful handcrafted terra-cotta pendant diffusers are perfect for taking your favorite essential oil scent with you all day.

This lovely pendant has a polished stone-look surface, and hangs from a black cord. Each pendant is handmade and unique. The back of the pendant has a special absorbent surface meant to diffuse essential oils. Enjoy the benefits of aromatherapy all day long, wherever

Apply one drop of your favorite essential oil to the surface of the decorative terra-cotta medallion, and hang it in your car, bathroom, office, or other area to diffuse the fragrance!

I am making some soap bars with the essential oils in it and will

have that to sell as well

lots to be creative with and lots for me to get ready and make the soap bars

I usually have my diffuser going during the day too, while I am in the house working or 

napping....

my oils that work best for me when diffusing 

are Peppermint and Release

smells fresh and divine!

Abundant Health

walking on the ocean beach

sounds like a lovely post

about walking along the ocean shore

getting tanned

I did that with my hubby

every day on our Dominican holiday

BUT

ya big BUTT..my SI joint on the right side

of my middle back got so tight

due to the uneveness of the walking partly in the

water and partly on the sand, I literally suffered

for 3 days before we came back home

gotta love my tight muscled old body of mine

it does not take much (not funny)

I came back and had to see a chiropractor

I went to Kevyn Kristmanson in Swift Current

and after two treatments and alot of stretching my back

I can say tonite it is recovering supremely 

also with some help from my Infrared Sauna a couple

of times.

lying around relaxing and walking and just "being" can

be painful if you do too much ha!

toughin' the cuff'

my muscles have seized up again on my rotator cuff

here is what i do when it causes me concentrated intense pain (once or twice a year it comes on)

massage therapy - does not work for me

physio - you need a trained physiotherapist/doctor/chiropractor to receive this treatment called (IMS) (clic on this word to find out how it works)
my physio person ,
Cindy at Central Ave Physiotherapy in SC

using a foam roller on my upper back and shoulders

upper shoulder/arm stretching

relaxing in epsom salts

take a day off from long periods of computer work

as I become more mature in my years these aches and sprains are more serious as it leaves me incapacitated.