One of the most interest things about us humans is our ability to adapt and come to expect things that occur frequently in our life. We get emotionally attached to these things and our, “accustomed to always having mentality,” won’t let us live without them. Here’s some real world application. After three years with your [...]
One of the most interest things about us humans is our ability to adapt and come to expect things that occur frequently in our life. We get emotionally attached to these things and our, “accustomed to always having mentality,” won’t let us live without them. Here’s some real world application.
After three years with your spouse you come to expect him or her to always be there. You live your life accordingly; most certainly different than how you used to live prior to meeting that special someone. One day, the person you always expected to be there, leaves. You, heartbroken, don’t know what to do. The life you were living doesn’t seem possible.
It isn’t possible.
The more you get caught up trying to do the same things you did when you were in a relationship, the more things hurt. Maybe you see your family and friends. It’s not as satisfying as seeing your former spouse, but it takes the pain away for the time you are with the company. It’s a placeholder of sorts, until you heal yourself and regain your single mentality. Time goes by, and after a lot of friend-family treatments you’re start to feel yourself again. Perhaps you feel good enough to take another shot at dating.
Your knee pain is very similar to this. Pain always has a cause, and if you have pain you must have a cause. It’s such a simple idea but people fail to understand it. You are in pain for a reason, and once you know the reason you can fix it. People think pain is just there and it can’t be fixed.
Finding the root of the pain is like breaking up with your spouse. Once you do you can’t go back to the way things were or else you will continue to hurt. You can’t try to live the same life and do the same things. Something has to give. You must start to do things differently, even if it means taking a few steps back in an area you’re really passionate about. If it hurts to squat, and you love squatting, too bad so sad. You have to fix your problem before you can squat seriously again. We can do things to help, to retain our ability to squat, but you probably need some time away to find yourself while you do this.
We all know those people that have constant relationship issues. They’re always experiencing heart break. In fact, they hate the opposite sex because it always seems to end the same way. They don’t know how to live without heart break. Consequently, they have a hard time trusting anyone and they always live in the same fearful way. Every relationship starts the same way, like you’re walking on glass.
Guess what? Your knee pain is like that, too. If you live with pain your entire life, you won’t know how to live without it. You’ll come to expect it. How can you fix something if your body always expects it to be there? A lot of the times our mental state will dictate our actions. If we aren’t mentally healed, we will never be physically healed.
Crummy analogies, I know, but these are both two critical elements when it comes to fixing your knee issues, and probably can be used for other injuries too. Here’s a recap:
1) You have to change what you’re doing. Find the cause, fix the cause, and sacrifice for the cause. Nothing is permanent, so anything that gets undone during your healing process can be redone after you heal.
2) When is the last time your knee has felt happy? When have you tried to make your knee stop crying? In order to truly fix your knee, you MUST do some things that make it feel good. You have to vibe your knee with positive feelings. Let them know that there is a life without pain, and that perhaps you’re on the way there. To do this I like massaging the knee/quads to the point of bliss, sitting back, relax, and having the drink of your choice (if you’re into that sort of thing). If you don’t really like the idea of an adult beverage, I think doing this right before you go to sleep is another great alternative. Now you know what it’s like to live pain free, mentally, to give your body a fighting chance, physically.