I had an epiphany this morning.
I thought for years one of my dogs, a Daschund name Nathan, commonly
called a wiener dog, was trying to kill me. As we are the two males
in our house, one of us was going to be the Alpha male, and obviously he wanted
it to be him. He would always run under my feet while I was on the
stairs, attempting to get me to fall to my death.
Tighten Your Core Muscles Before Bending Over
This
morning I released he is only trying to maime me. I bent over to pet him,
and all of a sudden my back started to tighten up. It was that moment I
released his diabolical plan. Frequently, patients will come into the
office as their backs "went out" feeding their dog, tying their
shoes, reaching for the shampoo, but what is the common factor: they do
these things first thing in the morning. Now I'm not going to tell you
not to do these things, as they still have to be done, but proceed with more
caution. If possible try to get warmed up, get your blood flowing in the
morning, definitely try to remember to tighten up your core muscles if you are
going to bend over or lift anything. But most importantly, remember that
Daschund have a Napoleon Complex and want to rule the world.
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