"To escape for any length of time, you'll find it necessary to have a life that allows you to dance, shadow-box, fool around, and generally act 'child-like.'"
When was the last time you . . .
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Got down on the floor
- Hung by your hands
- Crawled on your hands and knees
- Threw a ball overhand
- Threw a ball underhand
- Climbed a tree
- Bore weight over your head
- Reached behind you, left and right
- Whirled your arms at the shoulder sockets
- Shoveled
- Climbed over a fence
- Stretched on tiptoes
- Raked leaves or grass clippings
- Pushed a heavy object
- Pulled a heavy object
- Swung a bat with both hands
- Swung a stick or racket with one hand
- Carried more than ten pounds in each hand
- Lifted more than twenty pounds off the floor, with both hands
- Delivered a forceful blow with your arm and hand
- Held both arms up and out to the sides
- Put both your hands on top of your head
- Balanced on one foot
- Balanced on one foot while off the ground (atop a stump, stool, or bench)
- Walked up a flight of stairs
- Took more than one step at a time ( ascending and descending)
- Danced
From the book "Pain Free, A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain" by Pete Egoscue with Roger Gittines
Begin first exercise: Static Back
