11/9/2017 1 Comment WEEK 8- ACCOMPLISHING A GOAL Welcome back bloggers to week 8! This was a very exciting week for me because for the first time I didn't feel pain when I tried to do a needle and it was very easy for me. I think this is because in the past weeks I have been stretching extra hard and that has made my muscles more loose. Last week I accomplished one of my mini goals of getting a scale. This week I lifted my leg a little higher and I am very proud of that because it means I am getting closer and closer to my needle. Since there are only four more weeks left in this journey, I am ahead of schedule. Since I am ahead of schedule I am going to stretch a little more in my free time and try stretches that I haven't tried yet. Since I lifted my leg a little higher this week I am getting to the final stages of my needle.
This week I found some new stretches that have interested me an helped me gain more flexibility. Since my lower back has been causing me pain I found a stretch that really helped me with this. The stretch is called the Back Flexion Stretch. For this stretch you lay on your back, pull both knees to your chest while flexing your head forward. This stretch really helps my whole back because when I pull my head forward it pops my whole spine and feels very relaxing and good. Now since this stretch has helped me in many ways I am going to start doing this stretch every time before I attempt to do a needle. This gets my back muscles loose so that I can pull my leg as high as it needs to go to get a needle. These past eight weeks have been kind of difficult for me because of all the stretching and frustration it can cause me. Whenever I attempt to do my needle and I don't get close or I fall it causes me to get a little mad at myself because I know I can do it and I don't like to fail. It is also very hard to keep your balance because you're standing on one leg and the balance is not equal. I don't have the best balance in the world so sometimes it is hard for me to do my needle and try to do it while I am not holding onto something. For the next four weeks I am going to try to get my leg a little higher and by the end of those four weeks I am going to have a needle. See you bloggers on week 9!!
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Chase Carter
11/15/2017 10:29:14 am
I think this is very interesting topic and I hope you are able to accomplish your goal which i think you will
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