I am sure I am not the only one who will have a doctor not believe what the patients says nor does the doctor commend but instead does his or her best to try to demean the patient into thinking they do not know what they are talking about nor are they doing what they say they are doing to gain back better health.
Monday of this week I had an appointment with my back specialist. My pain level has been through the roof and I have not been sleeping nights because of the pain. I have continued to exercise but I only do 30 min. cardio and stay away of the leg machines. I also do my floor exercises which most are for strengthening my core and stretches for legs and lower back as that area is so tight.
Anyways this doctor would not prescribe anything to help with the inflammation in my lower back so I can get some sleep. He also cross examined me about what exercises I was doing to strengthen my core. I told him that I do planks, bridging for trunk stability, I do the opposite arm and leg lift both on my hands and knees and while laying flat on my stomach on the floor, combination bend leg lift and arm over head and regular leg lifts. All of these are excellent for tightening the core muscles and I will combine them also with hamstring stretches, weights and stretch band exercises. I am up to two set of 20 for each so it takes a good hour to do all of the above and the extra ones that I do.
He said, "you are not doing enough! You have to do more core exercises to strengthen your back." If I spend 1 1/2 hrs to 2 hrs at the gym and another hour at home everyday when will I have time to do anything else? I was quite upset as I could tell he didn't care to hear about my success with the body comp and that I was due to have another one done here soon. He wants to see the number on the scale go down which he even admitted that muscles weights more than fat. Just the same, I am not doing enough!
I left feeling as though all that I have done has been for nothing, but I quickly told myself, no that was not the case. This doctor only sees me twice a year and does not know me. I also know what I have accomplished and was not going to let this doctor make me feel like a failure because the way I see it I have been a winner! I know I have been strengthening my core as my posture is better, I hold my abs in a lot when I am sitting vs relaxing them and I sit up straighter.
My goal is to continue doing what I am doing and maybe in two weeks I can do 25 reps for the two sets of each exercise. It will take more time but that is ok. I might have to do certain ones in the morning when I first get up and then do others at night to break up the time.
Always keep a positive attitude. Do not derail your hard work by giving up by saying, "why should I keep trying!" When you give up because of a doctors negative comment they win. By continuing to do what you have been doing and keeping the goal in front, you win and will prove to them the next time you see them that they are the loser and that they had nothing to do with your success. A negative doctor breeds negative patients but a positive patient can change the attitude of that negative doctor and other naysayers!
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