Insomnia
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Hi,
One of the things I haven't told about myself is that I have scoliosis. Today was a very exhausting day. I had an appointment at the orthopedist and after a frustration conversation I eventually left the office in a calm manner. So what happened was they took some measurements. Luckily, the scoliosis hasn't progressed in 8 years and has stayed stable since.
I have done alot of exercises and I tried all kinds of supplements and to be honest, I never expected a miracle. However, they did say that there was nothing they could really do and that's one thing that was hard for me to accept. Realizing they did their job, I just got frustrated in my head and was like, damn. I love to work out and this scoliosis is just bugging my workouts and more importantly my life in general. I don't want to complain as I have to be grateful for the other things in life and I truly am. This scoliosis is just wrecking havoc, that is what nags me the most.
Anyone who has a form of scoliosis should know what I am talking about. Even though I am grateful to have legs, eyes, arms and a (from what I believe) generally healthy body (aside from the scoliosis) it's very annoying to deal with the pain that's nagging me everyday. Heck, I've been a kickboxer for a very long time and I don't even mind taking a beating, that temporary pain is something I would take any day over this "nagging" pain that just frustrates the hell out of me. While I don't expect empathy, I do hope that there is a solution out there that could alleviate or reverse this scoliosis thingy. I believe scoliosis is a disease, not just a malformation and for every disease there should be a cure right.
Anyways, I won't get my hopes up too much but I was wondering whether someone knows something can be done about scoliosis? I searched all over internet but I couldn't find anything specifically that is succesfull. Could pregnenolone or any other hormones, perhaps even steroid injections reverse or help with scoliosis?
Last week when I took some gelatin with milk and plenty of sugar, alot of backpains went away and I am talking about the nagging ones. I though it was my imagination but I redid the gelatin yesterday with some red light and I sure did notice a difference again. Could any of these play a role in bone health and/or muscle issues in scoliosis?
This scoliosis is so annoying that it's starting to eat away my joy, and today I am a bit more emotional because I still don't know how I can possible approach this. I was hoping to reach out to Ray Peat hoping he could provide an answer on scoliosis in general. Again, I expect the worst but who knows, he might have an answer. Does anyone know whether there is a way to contact him? I actually thought about this a year ago, but never persued in trying to contact him. But now, this long journey which came to an end today feels weird. Weird in a way that I am willing to accept certain flaws in my health but that I should not give up on searching for an answer/solution yet. I don't expect Ray Peat to know everything about everything, but he usually is spot on. If he doesn't know, then I'll probably have to accept for what it is.
Thanks everyone,
Eat, sleep, Ray, (re)Peat!
One of the things I haven't told about myself is that I have scoliosis. Today was a very exhausting day. I had an appointment at the orthopedist and after a frustration conversation I eventually left the office in a calm manner. So what happened was they took some measurements. Luckily, the scoliosis hasn't progressed in 8 years and has stayed stable since.
I have done alot of exercises and I tried all kinds of supplements and to be honest, I never expected a miracle. However, they did say that there was nothing they could really do and that's one thing that was hard for me to accept. Realizing they did their job, I just got frustrated in my head and was like, damn. I love to work out and this scoliosis is just bugging my workouts and more importantly my life in general. I don't want to complain as I have to be grateful for the other things in life and I truly am. This scoliosis is just wrecking havoc, that is what nags me the most.
Anyone who has a form of scoliosis should know what I am talking about. Even though I am grateful to have legs, eyes, arms and a (from what I believe) generally healthy body (aside from the scoliosis) it's very annoying to deal with the pain that's nagging me everyday. Heck, I've been a kickboxer for a very long time and I don't even mind taking a beating, that temporary pain is something I would take any day over this "nagging" pain that just frustrates the hell out of me. While I don't expect empathy, I do hope that there is a solution out there that could alleviate or reverse this scoliosis thingy. I believe scoliosis is a disease, not just a malformation and for every disease there should be a cure right.
Anyways, I won't get my hopes up too much but I was wondering whether someone knows something can be done about scoliosis? I searched all over internet but I couldn't find anything specifically that is succesfull. Could pregnenolone or any other hormones, perhaps even steroid injections reverse or help with scoliosis?
Last week when I took some gelatin with milk and plenty of sugar, alot of backpains went away and I am talking about the nagging ones. I though it was my imagination but I redid the gelatin yesterday with some red light and I sure did notice a difference again. Could any of these play a role in bone health and/or muscle issues in scoliosis?
This scoliosis is so annoying that it's starting to eat away my joy, and today I am a bit more emotional because I still don't know how I can possible approach this. I was hoping to reach out to Ray Peat hoping he could provide an answer on scoliosis in general. Again, I expect the worst but who knows, he might have an answer. Does anyone know whether there is a way to contact him? I actually thought about this a year ago, but never persued in trying to contact him. But now, this long journey which came to an end today feels weird. Weird in a way that I am willing to accept certain flaws in my health but that I should not give up on searching for an answer/solution yet. I don't expect Ray Peat to know everything about everything, but he usually is spot on. If he doesn't know, then I'll probably have to accept for what it is.
Thanks everyone,
Eat, sleep, Ray, (re)Peat!