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Old Jun 01, 2009, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by lifelesstraveled View Post
I think there have a been a few times when i have pushed myself too much too fast too soon and completely regretted it and left T's office feeling so outside of myself that i vowed to NEVER to that again.
Yes, I tend to be a bit bullheaded too at times. I think one of my problems is after I leave and feel like crap I don't allow myself to say, "wow, that was a lot harder on me than I thought it would be." Instead I mentally smack myself for being such a baby. My T doesn't push me....I shove myself.

I will also say that sometimes when I push myself beyond my discomfort, I crash hard but then learn a lot and gain a lot when I work my way back into balance. This to me has been the hard part in therapy. Since EVERYTHING is uncomfortable, its hard to know when I should be pushing and when I should be resting/recovering. Just like with exercise, if you say within your comfort zone your able to maintain your level of conditioning. But if you want to move to a high level of function you need to provide some overload. But is you overload yourself too much... you get sore, lose function, and want to quit moving. I guess little progressive daily steps is the way to go mentally too.

Good luck on Wednesday
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Thanks for this!
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