Physical Therapy, Christian Thought

For the last Thanksgiving Luncheon at church, Hiroko cooked over 15 lbs. turkey.  The turkey became easily closer to 20 lbs. with stuffing.  Front of the oven in Hiroko’s kitchen, there are big heavy table, so the oven door doesn’t open fully.

Can you tell from these photos?

Hiroko was reminded in her heart that the table should be moved before picking up the turkey from the oven.  But Hiroko didn’t to move it, and picked up over 20lb. turkey sideways from the oven with the baking pan filled with juice in the bottom of pan.  You guessed!  Hiroko’s sciatica nerve made the noise ‘clicked!’  For one week Hiroko didn’t have any pain, but Hiroko experienced a terrible pain on the left side of her hip. 

One of Hiroko’s friends had suffered so much with sciatica that Hiroko knows the pain of sciatica.  She doesn’t want to have that kind of pain.  Hiroko wondered which is better to do, physical therapy or chiropractic.  Last time Hiroko attended the chiropractic to treat the pain on the leg and back from falling down from bicycle for three years.  The pain was gone after three years but it came back after a year later.  Hiroko decided to treat this sciatica pain by physical therapy.  So, she went to the internet to find some exercises.  There are so many exercises in the internet, but each one of the exercise mentions that it is better to do this exercises under the instruction of a licensed therapist. 

Hiroko went to ask her doctor to write the follow-up paper, and started to do the physical therapy. 

This is the front of Athletico Physical Therapy place.  Hiroko has been the doing physical therapy at this place twice a week for 6 weeks.  The therapy is helping her very much.  No more pain on her calf, but the pain at the side of her hip come and go.  Hopefully, I can say ‘good bye’ at this place soon.

This center proudly announces to do therapies for many Chicago professional teams; such as the Bears, Bulls, White Sox, Black Hawk, etc.

Before starting the therapy, Hiroko have to ride this bike for 8 minutes to prepare the body.

This is inside of the Athletico.  One of the man named Mike is my therapist.

This is front desk.  All the workers in this center are very friendly and kind.

Hiroko didn’t have to go through this therapy if she had listened to the small voice in her heart at the time she picked up the turkey from the oven.  Do you have the experience like this? 

As Christian, Hiroko believes that God speaks to her all the time, and warns her many things for her sake.  Hiroko knew the voice came from God, but at that moment her heart was so hardened that she didn’t do what God wanted her to do.  Then, things happened.  In Hiroko’s life this often happened.  It is very sad for her.  Hiroko is not thinking her thought is the best for her, but the fact is not showing in her action.

In the Old Testaments, God said about this subject in Proverbs 3:5-8: “⁵ Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; ⁶ in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight .⁷  Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.   This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.”

Pray that God speaks to everyone in this world, and Hiroko continuously, and give everyone to discern the voice, and prepare to act upon the voice of God.