Comments on: Building a Financially Sustainable Writing Career: Body Work

By: Tyler Matthews

Tyler Matthews — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:06:02 +0000

My mother is a message therapist and she helps keep my muscles in line…For those of you in pain, I would highly recommend going to a Message Therapist!!

By: Jeanne Dininni

Jeanne Dininni — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:35:26 +0000

Excellent advice, John! It’s far too easy to abuse and/or neglect our bodies as we focus on an abundance of writing projects, with their often considerable research requirements and continuously looming deadlines. And I suspect that we writers do that far more often than we’d like to admit!

By: John Hewitt

John Hewitt — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:06:59 +0000

@ Lillie

Wow. I knew nothing about the stroke possibilities. Thank you for letting me know.

By: Lillie Ammann

Lillie Ammann — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:46:11 +0000

John, I know I need to get up and move around more often, but I don't always do it ... and pay for it in the ways you mention. Thanks for this reminder. One caveat on the chiropractor: neurologists have told me it's OK to have back adjustments, but you need to be very careful of neck manipulations. I suffered a severe stroke as a result of a chiropractic neck manipulation and learned later that chiropractors should do a "George's test" before doing certain neck manipulations. If you get dizzy during the George's test, you are susceptible to stroke from neck manipulation and should avoid adjustments. I'm not trying to scare anybody but just give folks a heads up to maybe save someone else from what I've gone through. Lillie Ammanns last blog post..Review of Dream or Destiny at Straight from Hel