There is nothing more important than knowing there is someone in your corner. Someone who believes in you totally. Who believes that you can do whatever you put your mind to, even if you do have to pay them for that support.
I don’t know about you, but the first couple times I had to change my running shoes, I had no idea what was going on and how to tell the difference between an acutal injury and my body telling me in no uncertain terms, “Hey, you. Ya I’m talking to you. Ya, you the one in the lousy shoes. If you don’t get rid of these things, you are going to be really sorry. The things we are going to do to you!”
So off I went to my best friend Donnie Smith of Elite Health. He does Active Release Therapy, which is a form of massage one of the features in this month’s magazine. I pay him to be in my corner. But with him in my corner, there isn’t anything I can’t do.
The first time I went to see him was when I developed that funky Elephant Man ankle. I learned then, that self diagnosis is a bad thing. I sat in Donnie’s office and while he examined my ankle I gave him the diagnosis.
Donnie was so sweet. He let me ramble on for several minutes before he told me that the Internet was a bad thing unless it was used properly. And that perhaps I should let the professionals do the diagnosing.
He was pretty clear that he would do his job, which was making me better and able to run again. We weren’t clear what my job was, other than no more self diagnosing. And to run to the best of my ability.
Still seems like a pretty good trade. Donnie keeps me going and able to run. And I keep away from medical health sites.
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