#my health has never been stellar but i've always liked to be physically active

[bleaksqueak]

Well, I feel a bit like a Dumb of Ass. Maybe you remember me hurting my back some months back and that slowing my art production down? I never *fully* recovered from that. It would get better, but then it would flare back up if i so much as blinked wrong (or slept in a Very Normal pose - like for example, a cactuar pose or Hail unto Gloria (Gloria a Las Plagas, maybe even). I've been fortunate my whole life not to ever deal with back, arm, shoulder or hand pain despite the lifestyle of drawing like a manic art weasel, so it turns out, due to that, I might not have known how to deal with back pain after hurting myself... and for extra stupidity points, "it's just a mild thing, so I need to rest, it's not worth a special doctor visit and complaint" ... so guess who took resting too far on top of far reduced physical activity o nthe heels of lockdowns and got into a severe inactivity loop that trapped them in a recurring pain loop due to it. (Hint: It Were Me) SO UH. PSA, DON'T DO THAT TO YOURSELF. Good news is I'm doing something about it because I reached my breaking point of annoyance over being Slowed Down and Achey. My brain going 90 miles a minute and wanting to slather everything down does not mix well with a body LARPing as a bedridden victorian urchin boy: "Oh, what tragedy.... A Breeze [Contorts Into Pain Pretzel]"

The rest of the good news (but also maybe the sad part) is just after getting back to doing basic stretching and getting back into exercise break routines, I already feel way better with way less pain. My back/neck/traps had become a giant (and possibly sentient) knot.

#This is also me grumbling about how frustrating it's been to be slowed down on my usual art output #Always been able to get my ideas out like lightning and then one back injury later around my birthday and I've been in molasses hell #Got so caught up in being confused why it wasn't getting better that I forgot about that whole Use it or Lose It thing #tldr dumb stupid dumb #I say that in an affectionate way bc it's important to knuckle yourself in a loving way instead of actually beating yourself up over it #I'm just glad that I'm starting to feel actually better and that my back is feeling less and less like a limp noodle #my health has never been stellar but i've always liked to be physically active #but no more dogs to take on runs and lockdowns and straining my back turned my think meat into mush and decided Lets Become as Potato #Anyway hi how are you guys