I think we can all agree that waterfalls are beautiful, right? How come I am not enjoying the ones inside my house?!?
Is everybody else running around to their windows and ceiling perimeters trying to catch Niagara Falls in a Dixie cup? Do we all know what ice dams are now? Ah, well, I’ve since settled into resignation with this. It’s out of my hands…it’s all over the floor.
I have to say, though, that commiserating with all of the patients in the office does help. We’re all in this together, so we might as well do what we do best - complain, compare stories, not solve anything but then go and strengthen our bond.
You know what I’ve noticed, as someone in one of the healing professions? The sum total of the weather inconveniences and challenges can really impact the healing process and sense of well-being and wellness. When you figure in the decreased sun shine, the stress of driving in a mess, being late, and worrying about your safety and the safety of your loved ones, it can really take its toll on you. We all know what stress does to the body and this is certainly a big time stress inducer. Add in the more tangible effects of shoveling and clearing snow, and it’s not hard to see why we may not all be at our best right now.
Look, a snow fall can be beautiful, clean, and it can affect a much needed time out sometimes. The child in us comes out, akin to missing school and playing in the snow. Even as adults, snow can become a built-in excuse to get off of the ride, at least temporarily. But this passed extreme quite a while ago. Please be safe and careful while driving, shoveling and clearing snow. Most of all (and I am certainly including myself here), please be patient with other drivers and life travelers. This mess has got to end soon, right?
Anyway, enough about the weather. Here is another perfect picture for you...
One of my favorite recurring images occurs when the PT office is full and patients are movin’ and groovin,’ doing this or that. One day this week, my colleague was playing catch with a patient who was standing on a BOSU ball, another patient was doing some challenging stretches, body parts twisting every which way. I had my patient doing some strange gait sequence to challenge her balance. Really, it looked like a three-ring circus, sans the calliope music. You know what was cool, though? Everyone had a big fat smile on their face, PT’s and patients. It’s like we were all part of some choreographed dance or play. NEVER GETS OLD. Good feeling. It’s just what we do. Thanks for being part of it!!
Is everybody else running around to their windows and ceiling perimeters trying to catch Niagara Falls in a Dixie cup? Do we all know what ice dams are now? Ah, well, I’ve since settled into resignation with this. It’s out of my hands…it’s all over the floor.
I have to say, though, that commiserating with all of the patients in the office does help. We’re all in this together, so we might as well do what we do best - complain, compare stories, not solve anything but then go and strengthen our bond.
You know what I’ve noticed, as someone in one of the healing professions? The sum total of the weather inconveniences and challenges can really impact the healing process and sense of well-being and wellness. When you figure in the decreased sun shine, the stress of driving in a mess, being late, and worrying about your safety and the safety of your loved ones, it can really take its toll on you. We all know what stress does to the body and this is certainly a big time stress inducer. Add in the more tangible effects of shoveling and clearing snow, and it’s not hard to see why we may not all be at our best right now.
Look, a snow fall can be beautiful, clean, and it can affect a much needed time out sometimes. The child in us comes out, akin to missing school and playing in the snow. Even as adults, snow can become a built-in excuse to get off of the ride, at least temporarily. But this passed extreme quite a while ago. Please be safe and careful while driving, shoveling and clearing snow. Most of all (and I am certainly including myself here), please be patient with other drivers and life travelers. This mess has got to end soon, right?
Anyway, enough about the weather. Here is another perfect picture for you...
One of my favorite recurring images occurs when the PT office is full and patients are movin’ and groovin,’ doing this or that. One day this week, my colleague was playing catch with a patient who was standing on a BOSU ball, another patient was doing some challenging stretches, body parts twisting every which way. I had my patient doing some strange gait sequence to challenge her balance. Really, it looked like a three-ring circus, sans the calliope music. You know what was cool, though? Everyone had a big fat smile on their face, PT’s and patients. It’s like we were all part of some choreographed dance or play. NEVER GETS OLD. Good feeling. It’s just what we do. Thanks for being part of it!!