A recent visit to a chiropractor

I started to feel pain on my lower back (a position that is a bit higher than my butt ^_^) after my snowboarding trip on March 31, Saturday. It was an unforgettable day as it was the first time I drove to Whistler and the snow was super icy on that day. I had a fun time with my friend on that day. However, every time I lay back my body (siting around 22.5 degrees against the couch) to watch TV or on the bench in our church (sunday service time), I feel a sharp pain on my lower back. I think God is using this pain to remind me to listen to His every word carefully with proper siting position! It also reminds me of Paul's thorn. "To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me...'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' " 2 Corinthians 12: 7.

This pain has been hurting me slowly for a month and I finally take action to deal with it. I went to visit a chiropractor, named John, in this morning on my day off today. It was a great experience to visit a chiropractor as my back pain problem was explained in details nicely. John also thought my back pain was caused by my snowboarding trip at the end of March and mentioned "misalignment of sacrum". I wonder what is it and do a bit of research on the net. http://www.products4health.com/diagram.htm Sacrum is the bone lower than L5 on my spinal nervous system. John said the scanner showed that my sacrum was shifted to the right side of my hip. That is why I feel pain when I have a "lay back" position.

Thanks God as I feel my muscle and bones are more relaxed and comfortable after the visit. (ha...I can even exercise in Killarney fitness center in the afternoon!) Thanks God that the cost of chiropractor visit is covered under my extended health plan from my workplace. I pray that I will get well soon so I can go snowboarding in this winter! :)