Tonight's picture was taken in March of 2005. Seeing it always makes me laugh. Primarily because of how Mattie was holding the bat. He had no care in the world as to whether he was holding it in the right direction, the correct way, or even how he should hit the ball! He liked batting it around on the floor! Yet he had his head up, was smiling, and was having a great old time in his dinosaur pajamas!
Quote of the day: Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something that you do in your spare time. ~ Marion Wright Edelman
I am into my second week of physical therapy and today I learned the benefits of ultrasound massage. Last week an ultrasound was used on my neck and today on my back. The equipment looks just like an ultrasound wand one is used to for medical testing. However, there is no computer or anything hooked up to it to record data. Instead sound waves are used to break apart muscle knots. Ultrasound massage is supposed to relieve pain and aid in
healing. It uses high frequency sound waves to penetrate deep
into your body to relieve pain and soreness. The sound waves excite the bodies’
molecules providing a warm relaxing effect.
Sound waves move at different rates, producing different
effects depending on type of tissue treated. Healing results are due to heat
generation in injured tissue and its acoustic properties. I went in today with a horrible back pain, which I had all weekend, and after this treatment, the pain is much better.
Of course one has to be cognizant not to sit in front of a computer for hours on end. I am come to the conclusion that sitting causes more damage for the back and neck than benefit. I always joke with Peter about the walking desks in his office, but the physical therapist tells me such a desk is better for one's spine.
The daffodils are blooming!
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