LostinVA
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Mon Feb-04-08 11:01 AM
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I discovered this weekend that I am Mr. Miyagi |
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So, Haruka and I are in our aikido class practicing a really basic hold. I'm holding her wrist, not hard at all, when she suddenly yells out in pain. Apparently, I caused a bunch of things in her hand to crack and pop. She claims that her hand felt broken for the next ten minutes, then it suddenly felt 100% okay for the FIRST TIME IN TWO MONTHS.
Yep -- TWO MONTHS. I was ready to kill her. We have great health insurance and she was ignoring constant pain in her hand for two months. She thinks she must have had a dislocation in her hand, and I popped it in place.
I feel like I'm Mr. Miyagi at the end of the first Karate Kid, when he somehow fixes Daniel-san's knee for the final fight.
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Deep13
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Mon Feb-04-08 11:12 AM
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1. Maybe she needs to strengthen the hand. |
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Try this exercise:
wax on, wax off.
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LostinVA
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Mon Feb-04-08 11:15 AM
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2. There's no way she would fall for that |
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Anyway, she already knows the technique behind "wax on, wax off."
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Mon Feb-04-08 03:23 PM
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LostinVA
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Mon Feb-04-08 03:24 PM
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4. Pev -- I was talking about karate |
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She's a black belt in karate.
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Mon Feb-04-08 03:29 PM
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I worked my way up to orange belt in shoto-kan, but unfortunately my teacher moved across the country.
And now that I've moved across the country too, he's only about a 6 hour drive away. But that's still a bit much for regular lessons.
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Mon Feb-04-08 03:44 PM
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8. Yes -- that is a bit far |
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She has her black belt in Isshinryu, and she used to be into all that full-contact sparring.
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Mon Feb-04-08 03:47 PM
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9. So mental note... no picking fights with her. :P |
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Mon Feb-04-08 03:26 PM
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my dog fixed my bad back a few months back. I could barely even walk.
Was up in the middle of the night because I couldn't sleep for the pain. A cat ran by, the dog lunged after the cat, I lunged after the dog and felt a POP in my back. Panicked, I sat right down in the chair behind me and was afraid to move for half an hour. Finally did... and the pain was all gone. I could walk upright for the first time in weeks.
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Mon Feb-04-08 03:43 PM
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7. I have a bad back, but all my dog does is jump on it |
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He's sooo not helpful in these matters, and don't even get me started on the cat.
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