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I joined Zhineng Qigong on account of my back problems. I had exposed my back to uneven strain, which hurt one of my discs and caused a constriction of my isciatic nerve. My lumbar region and my hip hurt, I got shooting pain down my left leg and foot and the muscles of my lumbar area became stiff and overstrained. I tried seeing a chiropractor and a naprapath but the benefit of their treatment lasted only a few days \u2013 then the stiffness and the problems returned.<\/p>\n
I got the suggestion to try Zhineng Qigong and I found the idea of self training attractive. When I started practising Zhineng Qigong the improvements occurred. The training includes bending and turning one\u00b4s back so that it gets exercised and the muscles become relaxed. I practised regularly at home and I soon noticed that I got better \u2013 my back got more flexible and the pain gradually subsided. With time the stiffness and the shooting pain in my legs were less pronounced and finally they disappeared altogether. Nowadays I am able to do sports as usual without getting pain in my back and that feels very nice.<\/p>\n
I started to practise Zhineng Qigong because of back problems but I also became calmer. I have always found it difficult to talk before people; when their attention was directed at me I would get all nervous \u2013 my heart would thump like mad, my face turn crimson red and my brain get blocked \u2013 I would get all paralysed, not knowing what to say but just wishing to get away from the situation. Step by step as I practised Zhineng Qigong I noticed that I reacted differently in situations which would previously have been difficult. I became calmer and my self confidence was gradually increasing, I found it easier to handle situations in which the attention was directed at me. In such situations I became very happy and I was inspired to continue to practise Zhineng Qigong.<\/p>\n
Nowadays I feel much calmer and I do not get panic anxiety when I know that I am supposed to present my self and speak before groups of people. At the Summer Courses last Summer I took the opportunity to sing before a group of 100 people. I got a great kick out of it standing in front and having fun instead of getting into a panic; it is a personal victory of mine.<\/p>\n
H\u00e5kan Svensson<\/strong><\/p>\n 30 years old<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"H\u00e5kan](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/stu-hakansvensson.gif\")
H\u00e5kan started to practise Zhineng Qigong in order to get help with his bad back and he got help with his social phobia as well. He has become calmer and on the 2002 Summer Courses he sang in front of 100 people, an event which was a great personal victory for him.<\/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-22262","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\/22262","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=22262"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23079,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22262\/revisions\/23079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zhinengqigong.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}