I ignored a niggly pain in my lower back last month.  There were no appointment times that suited me, so I took the “she’ll be right” approach.  Mistake.  Two weeks later I was cancelling appointments with my clients because I couldn’t work.

Now, I’m fortunate.  I’m an osteopath.  I know low back pain, I know other osteopaths.  I was able to get things back under control fairly quickly.

But a lurking thought kept creeping in:  What if it hadn’t just been a niggle?  What if I’d hurt myself seriously?  What if, rather than needing a long weekend off work, I’d needed a few weeks?

It’s a sobering thought to think about how you’re going to pay the bills when you’re an injured sub-contractor.

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Meditation – that’s that sitting thing for monks, yogis and hippies, right?  I mean really, who has the time?  You don’t understand, my To-Do List is a mile long, there are other, more important things I need to do!  Like sleep, or the dishes, or return that phone call…

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As an Osteopath, understanding an injury is the key - we ask endless questions to grasp the details of where it hurts, what it feels like and how it happened. 

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