Positive Connection

During my divorce, I herniated a disc in my lumbar spine. The timing seemed cruel, yet somehow fitting – my life was falling apart, and now my body was following suit. What struck me most was how this mirrored a pattern I’d seen years before in my physical therapy practice. I distinctly remember treating a patient for severe low back pain during her divorce proceedings, watching her struggle with the same combination of physical and emotional anguish I would later experience myself.