Core Strength...

My abs hurt this morning a little. I have been having some back pain so I decided to get serious about strengthening my abs. I have been ripping them to shreds on my new sit up ball. My back pain can get pretty harsh. I saw a Dr. about a year ago and did an MRI thinking is might be serious but he told me it wasn't. He basically told me that because I don't work my core muscles enough I am out of balance and it pulls my back into pinching my nerve. He prescribed Yoga.

This morning on the way in Today, I was moving around and feeling the pain in my stomach and realized that the pain in my back was nearly gone. I felt like God told me, "Just like having your core in shape keeps you from being out of balance in your body, so does being in tune to the core disciplines of your faith makes all the other areas of life work better and more pain free."

What Core areas in your life do you need to work on?

• Study of the word of God?
• Prayer?
• Basic tenderness to the Holy Spirits Leading?
• Flee from things that are not beneficial?
• confession?

What core areas in your life need to be worked on?

Comments

[Terry]

I went through a core strengthening program at Physicians Neck and Back Clinic that gave me tools to resolve what had been about 20 years of on and off problems of the same nature it sounds like you have. The problem was I had been being careful not to stress my back and that made it weaker which led to more breakdowns and spasms. They aggressively went right after the muscles I had problems with and worked them into shape. Worked on back, sides, abs, hamstrings and quads. Now I use the same type sit-up ball but do sit-up style movement with my side and back muscles. I wish I had known about this sooner. Better than just rest, ice and meds.

[Jessica]

My back has been sore & hurting basically since Abigail was born and after reading your post I decided I maybe needed to do some work with Terry's ab roller (the kind that is just a wheel with a handle on each side that gives you no help getting back up). Terry had to help me a little last night but I will get better! Thanks for the motivation Tory!