{"id":22227,"date":"2005-04-10T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-10T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/?p=22227"},"modified":"2020-12-25T16:47:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T15:47:04","slug":"karin-has-less-pain-and-a-better-standing-posture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/karin-has-less-pain-and-a-better-standing-posture\/","title":{"rendered":"Karin has less pain and a better standing posture"},"content":{"rendered":"

My name is Karin and I am 59 years old. I have never been afraid to use my body and I have always relied on the thought that my arms, legs and back would serve me whatever I did. For me it was a new experience when I got pain in my back in 1995. I had to take strong medicines to alleviate the pain and I tried all the remedies I could find, but the pain grew worse and worse. Finally I had to change my way of living. A doctor at the Sahlgrenska hospital found out that I suffered from a spinal narrowing in the lower part of the back. This means that the nerves in my legs are clamped. It was told I could be operated for this.<\/p>\n

\"Karin When the situation was worst, pain governed my whole life. Every step I took hurt. If I walked more than a short distance or stood up for more than a couple of minutes, I got cramp in the lower part of my back. It was very painful. The car was my faithful friend (no matter whether I was to go far away or just around the corner) and even for the easiest kitchen work I needed a special chair that I had borrowed from the rehabilitation centre. Everything that should be done had to be planned, even simple things such as getting a pen. I had to give up many things. The worst thing was that I couldn’t dance anymore, not even a slow foxtrot with a partner who could support me. I had been forced to quit traditional dancing a long time ago.<\/p>\n

At that stage, I was lucky to meet an old friend who told me that he had started to practice Zhineng Qigong. He recommended me to try it as well. I did not expect much to happen but I wanted to give it a real try. I went to a weekend course in January 1997 and after that I participated regularly in group training every week. The first, and for me rather unexpected result, was that I felt mentally better. I felt stronger, happier and more self-secure. Even people around me have commented this and happily noticed this positive effect. I still had to do some movements sitting on a chair, but there was a clear improvement.<\/p>\n

In 1997, I also attended my first summer course in Ell\u00f6s. This was a wonderful experience and a lot of things happened in my body. One example was that I could stand up and practice. The most important thing that happened was that I understood the power of Zhineng Qigong and that I started to trust the method and Su Dong-Yue. When I got his help after a painful reaction, I realised that he takes this responsibility and that we have a safety net. For me, this trust was something big and important.<\/p>\n

After years of getting worse and worse I suddenly felt that my situation had turned around and step by step I got a little better. I had got a tool and it was up to me to use it. The possibility of a back operation was not on my mind any more.<\/p>\n

Now I have participated in many Qigong courses, for example five summer courses. I practice at home and together in a group and my life situation is getting better and better. Now I can do almost everything that I did before. 1.5 years ago I started to dance line-dance. (What a joy!) In the spring of 2003, I went skiing in the mountains for the first time in 13 years. (Incredible!) Now I’m planning to go hiking in the mountains in the autumn. (Wonderful!)<\/p>\n

I think I’m going to continue to practice Zhineng Qigong for the rest of my life. There is no alternative.<\/p>\n

Karin<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"KarinIn 1995, Karin started to suffer from severe back pains. She has tried physiotherapy, alternative medicine and has also considered an operation. She attended her first summer course in 1997 and has continued to participate in weekend courses and summer courses. Today the pain in her back does not control her life anymore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-story","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonny Eliasson","author_link":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/author\/jonny\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22227","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22227"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23044,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22227\/revisions\/23044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}