Snap, Crackle, Pop Days
It just figures that a ‘snap, crackle, pop’ day would hit me on Friday.
As part of my new exercise regime, I do the Tibetan Rites every morning. They consist of five warm-ups and five exercises. There are also alternative exercises for those – like me – who aren’t yet fit enough to tackle the full on exercises. You start with two or three reps of each exercise and then add a rep per week.
Sounds good, right? Well, it is.
One of the first things I noticed after incorporating the rites is that my need to crack joints has disappeared. Yeah, I’m one of ‘those’ people who cracks joints. I mostly do my knuckles and my right wrist, but occasionally my knee will scream for a good pop.
No, I don’t do it out of habit. I only crack my joints when they’re so painful that I have to do something. Cracking them takes care of the pain.
However, after just a short time of doing the rites, not only do I not need to crack my joints, I *can’t* crack some of them. The need and ability to crack my wrist is completely gone. I can still do my knuckles (I did one on accident) but I no longer need to do so to relieve pain – because there is no pain!
I don’t think I’ve ever been so impressed with the results of a specific type of exercise.
All that doesn’t mean I’m immune from the ‘snap, crackle, pop’ days. I’m cracking all over the place today, but that’s one day out of about a dozen. I’ll take that any day over joint pain.
May 6th, 2009 at 1:48 am
I’ve tried those! I must really get back into them… Of course I’m also doing the alternates at this stage. Thanks for reporting back on this! I’m glad they are having such a positive effect.
May 10th, 2009 at 1:40 am
I always feel better when I’m doing them, and it surprisingly not hard to do them on the weekends as well.