{"id":1258,"date":"2014-08-16T00:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T22:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.zhinengqigong.eu\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2019-02-16T23:31:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T22:31:51","slug":"annicas-ulcerative-colitis-and-shoulder-tears-gets-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/annicas-ulcerative-colitis-and-shoulder-tears-gets-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Annica’s ulcerative colitis and shoulder tears gets better"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2003 I had problems with diarrhoea, bloody stools and severe abdominal pain recurring at intervals. 2004 I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, which represents a chronic inflammatory bowel disease. My work was stressful. I was working long days and I traveled a lot. Once ulcerative colitis has erupted the disease is easily activated by stress. After a few years of medication with meagre results my doctor suggested repeatedly that my ulcerative colitis should undergo surgery. He said that 80-90% of those who have been operated are satisfied with the result. The surgery involves removing the colon. I thought, what if I belong to the 10 or 20% who are not satisfied and felt hesitant. I started thinking about what I can do to reduce stress in my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Annica\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Starting actively practicing qigong in 2008<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I was already several years ago interested in qigong rafter seeing a newspaper article, but took no action. 2007 I read another article about Zhineng Qigong and its positive impact on a prolonged migraine patient. Then I decided that this could be something for me too. I really needed to calm down, learn to stop and listen to my body, think positively and realise that I do not need to have control over everything. I signed up for a weekend course in autumn 2008.
After my first course, I started to practice somewhat regularly at home and participated in the weekly training group. I experienced no immediate results through the training but it felt good. The first weekend course was followed by several weekend courses, autumn courses and winter courses. Now I have also joined three summer courses. At times there is shorter breaks in the training. It often helps to join a weekend course and I find motivation and it reminds me that this is important and good for me. Nowadays I practice \u00bd to 1 hour a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qigong Exercise gives good results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After practicing regularly for some time, I suddenly realised that I had not had problems for a long time with my shoulders tears. I aslo had become calmer and had a better ability to handle stress. I could take it easy in difficult situations and instead of getting angry and nervous, I could focus on how I could best find a solution to the problem.
Short time after my diagnosis of bowel disease, I needed steroid tablets continuously or with only small cortisone-free breaks. After five years of training, I have managed to reverse the cycle and can handle, at times, extended periods without cortisone. I switched to part-time work in 2010 and because of this and my qigong training succeeded in reducing the stress levels in my life. I have been able to avoid surgery which feels incredible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recover faster from gallstone- and shoulder surgery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I underwent surgery four years ago for gallstones and two years ago for a major tendon rupture in the shoulder. Immediately after both operations I started practicing Hold Qi up, but not immediately with the operated arm. I just visualised that the arm did the movements. The healing process proceeded in both cases faster, especially after gallstone surgery, I needed no pain relief at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qigong world have a central role<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I practice qigong to feel better and to strengthen both body and mind. Qigong has become a part of me, and because of it my quality of life has greatly improved. I have also been able to continue my part-time work with no sick leave. It feels so good to be able to close your eyes, forget the surroundings and become engulfed by the calm and soothing “qigong world”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Annica S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2003 I had problems with diarrhoea, bloody stools and severe abdominal pain recurring at intervals. 2004 I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, which represents a chronic inflammatory bowel disease. My work was stressful. I was working long days and I traveled a lot. Once ulcerative colitis has erupted the disease is easily activated by … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-my-story","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50","resize-featured-image"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Annica.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Annica.png","author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/author\/admin\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1259,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258\/revisions\/1259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}