Some of my physical pains has been shooting up since a few months. I have been living with them for many years by now. One such pain is the pain on my left leg. The pain is only on the left leg. The right leg seems fine. The calves and back of thighs pains heavily from time to time. The pain grows extreme high during monthly periods. As an add-on the foot and the lower back also pains.Google diagnoses me with sciatica :(.
Post dengue, the left hand also has joined my left legs, in boosting the intensity of bodily pains. The elbows keep paining. I have grown extremely susceptible to cold environments now. Even the cold from heavy rains is creating issues for me.
Last week, while in church I just couldn't hold on the pains. I even felt like coming home in between the Mass but continued to stay since Maria's catechism classes are there.
What helps me in these pains?
1. Yoga:
Yoga has been an excellent help. Bhujangasana, has eased my lower back pain and the swelling has been cured a lot after continuous practice. Earlier days, I wasn't doing the pose appropriately. In the correct posture, when the upper body is lifted up, the lower back needs to pushed. Since the time I corrected this posture and I'm reaping the results.
Uttanasana is another great posture that is helping my thighs and calves. The stretch that one feels while practicing this. Ah! Such a relief.
While in pain, Vajrasana, Balasana, Janu Sirasana etc. gives relief. So I'm practicing them on daily basis. And am seeing remarkable differences.
2. Massage:
My local massagist, Swetha will be troubled when the pain is unbearable. She is a reflexology practitioner and soothes my pain with her magical hand movements. I, at times, make Maria walk on my left leg when the pain is unbearable. And this is also a great relief though the doctor has advised me not to do this.
3. Hot water therapy:
This is better than massage, for the pain relief. I take bearably hot water on a bucket and dip my legs in it for sometime. This is better in the sense, the pain relief stays for more time than the massage. In case of massage, there is soothing feeling while the massage goes on, but requires some rest afterwards and the pain would still remain for more time. But in hot water therapy, as soon as the legs are in contact with hot water, there is a sudden change in the intensity of pain. And the relief pertains for a longer duration.
But, there has been many times, when even none of the above ones had been of any help. All I could do, at times, is to bear the pain and shed the tears!
