Recovery diaries: Log 4

Welcome to my recovery log number 4.

On Friday I got my MRI results. Apparently there shouldn't be long lasting problem with my lower bag. I mean, nothing I can't fixed by corrective exercises and stretching. I was warned though, that I have a straight cervical spine. Most us us know this condition as a "text neck" or as Koreans say, and I find it more fitting, "turtle neck".

I knew my neck wasn't awesome shape but I didn't know it was so severe. Anyhow~ Again, nothing that can't be fixed by change of habits and corrective exercise.

My cold has subdued as well and I have been out for 40 minutes fasting walk with my dog today. I am down another pound , but still I have long way to go to get back to where I was. Where I felt comfortable. Honestly I am surprised that with the amount of work and public transport I am experiencing these days my cold has went away so fast. I didn't even get the deep chest cough I usually end up with. Usually, I start with headaches, then my nose starts running. After eating a cold medicine I sleep very deep and the liquid travels down from my sinuses to the tubes in my chest and get stuck there in form of a phlegm that have me first few days almost unable to speak without coughing as an old smoker. But this time, I coughed mildly for a day tops. I want to share my idea on why my chest stayed clear this time.

Because of the air pollution here I recently purchased a sinuses cleaning kit.

I bought it in the pharmacy for 17.000 won, but I found exactly the same product on Naver shopping just that it's set of two bottles, whereas I got only one bottle. The set is in sale for 20.000 won now on Naver shopping and i highly recommend it. I strongly believe that my chest stayed clear this time because I was religiously cleaning my sinuses every day before sleep.

Natural Fresh nose cleaning kit: http://storefarm.naver.com/inasalfresh/products/2233812301

I have never did this before, and I must admit that even though this product is supposed to have easy application, the water flows a bit too weakly for my likings. If you have any better more "powerful" brands to recommend, please tell me !~

So the plan is. Keep up the morning walks, start the 3 days a week of yoga in the morning and before I go to sleep I should take care about the neck issue.

I will prepare detailed blog post about "text neck", how you know you have, why it happened and how to fix it. Gotta brush up my rehab exercise knowledge, it has been a while since I did rehab patient. Over a year!

Funny how the cosmetic issues (losing few pounds) always seem more urgent than health.

Well, text neck might start as a minor issue, but my Korean friend has let it go so far, that she is loosing sight in her right eye, because one of the disks in her cervical spine started to push on one of the nerves that is connected to her sight.

Sounds more pressing, doesn't it? Well, so it does for me. So yeah...Of to do proper blog post on the whole issue.

Stay warm~

You sincere,

Lenka Kim

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