{"id":1981,"date":"2024-07-24T02:17:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T17:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/203.170.86.202\/wildeden.com.au\/news\/?p=1981"},"modified":"2024-07-24T02:17:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T17:17:07","slug":"arthritis-in-upper-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wildeden.com.au\/news\/soul-food\/for-thought\/2024\/arthritis-in-upper-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Arthritis in upper back."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just found out that I have arthritis in my upper back, arthritis in one of my SI joints and a flattened ball joint on my left thigh bone leading to continual grabbing, seizing and spasming.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They have been causing me a lot of extra grief since my back fusion (L4, L5, S1), making it very difficult to know how much activity or exercise is helpful.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s not great news, I was starting to believe I was making it up &amp; just needed to keep trying to push through and force everything to move. (Instead it seems that attitude hasn\u2019t been great for me!) \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the case of the flattened ball joint, I can almost guarantee that was due to a motorbike accident in a high speed chase. While the police tried to ram me &amp; didn\u2019t have their lights on, I accept that my actions and stupid lifestyle were more to blame than them lying in court.<\/p>\n<p>The policeman is your friend folks!<\/p>\n<p>For anyone willing to listen to my ranting: please protect your bodies, treat them with care as they were lovingly &amp; masterfully created by a majestic Being to worship Him. The sooner you come to that realisation, the sooner you will care for yourself properly &#8211; physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Outside Him there is only distraction, frustration and pain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>#thankYouJesus\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just found out that I have arthritis in my upper back, arthritis in one of my SI joints and a flattened ball joint on my left thigh bone leading to continual grabbing, seizing and spasming.\u00a0 They have been causing me a lot of extra grief since my back fusion (L4, L5, S1), making it very difficult to know how much activity or exercise is helpful.\u00a0 While it\u2019s not great news, I was starting to believe I was making it up &amp; just needed to keep trying to push through and force everything to move. 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