Holy cow that was fast. It seems like I was hearing that eggs had been laid, like, 3 weeks ago. Must've been longer than that.

Bonny, I think it might be. She's never used that phrase, but I think that's one of the things that osteos do. I should go find her "intro to my practice" thing.

It's a four page thing. I could photo and email if anyone wants it. Can't link it because it's not a URL.

She says, blah blah human anatomy ... connective tissue ... here it is: "Motion is the key word in osteo~ manip~. Restablishing motion is the principle of treatment, including cranial bone motion and connective tissue around it called the Dura Matter. *Everything* in the body moves. I work at freeing the motion of muscle, tendon, ligament, fascia, organs, fluids, and bones."

On the head, I don't feel things moving, exactly, but it feels like It's Doing Something. Inside my mouth, it felt like something that was tight (that I never noticed before) loosened a bit. Like, miniscule, but still.

I love rats, but they do require a lot of attention, and even with that? Barkers. It's kind of what they do, but they are smart and need a lot of stimulation, also. Maybe more exercise or toys?

I love rats, but they do require a lot of attention, and even with that? Barkers. It's kind of what they do, but they are smart and need a lot of stimulation, also. Maybe more exercise or toys?

Most Rat Terriers I know never really got over their breed instincts. Not a bad thing, just a thing to be managed/accepted.

They need SO much stimulation. For reals.

Then again, I know one who's person uses the Chuckit like it's going out of style. I swear, that dog runs the equivalent of a 10k every single day and never calms down.

Java, I'm really on board with the motion thing and am so glad to hear you are getting good results. Bodies are meant to move and we...okay I mean ME...tend to stop using them and then wonder why they don't work anymore. Yeah, I'm really talking about me here.

I miss my rattie so much and she's been dead for ten years already. Such a hero about her diabetes shots!

Ugh, smonster. I hope that things work out with Invisible J. Or work out that he works himself a way out. It's good that they are talking now rather than just passing notes.

I ended up having a box of Dots for dinner, which wasn't exactly the plan. That was too much sugar.

I'm told that Kaiser has osteopaths but that they don't let them practice osteopathy for some reason. Weird.

Osteopaths make great physicians. They tend to be very much big picture people. I prefer DOs to MDs. It is a mite simplistic yet fairly accurate to say that the difference between them is that MDs are trained to treat diseases while DOs are trained to treat patients. The DO who was my PCP in Arizona brought up the topic of professional burn-out before he expected it to become a problem for me so that I could take steps to preserve my health. I've never actually had a DO do osteopathic adjustments, yet I generally seek them out for primary care doctors. Except lately, cuz I've been seeing a Nurse Practitioner. Again with the big picture person.

I visited my mother's osteopath when I was a kid, I think because I fell off the top of the monkey bars and fell flat on my back. Don't know if I actually did myself any damage, but I saw him a few times, got my back manipulated, laid on a roller table to loosen things up. Don't know if he helped, but I don't think he made anything worse. I did not enjoy having my spine popped.

Huh!

I just signed up for Kaiser insurance. If they have DOs here, I would MUCH rather go to one than an MD for precisely the reason Andi cited.

I don't have any problems, but they cover preventative exams. I could use that, I bet.