Explanation Unnecessary

You get in your car, stomp on the gas, and it moves forward, assuming you’re in gear. Explanation is unnecessary to making it go. You can be totally ignorant of the internal workings of a car, and still drive it. That’s the beauty.

Getting parts of your body to work correctly is the same. If you have an issue with your, say, right shoulder, it isn’t important to explain neuroscience, bio-kinetics, and anatomy to get your arm working correctly. You just have to know what to do. Or know someone who does.

When a trainer gives you a drill to move your left hip, and your right shoulder improves, you feel relief. Don’t argue with that person because you don’t understand what just happened. It might not make any sense to you, but that doesn’t negate the fact that it improved your shoulder range, pain, or stiffness.

You don’t need all the answers to feel relief. You just need to know someone who might have some answers, and is willing to work with you to find the answer for you.

If you want explanation, fine. You don’t need it to effect a change. What you need to know is that you need to take action about your frozen shoulder, bad knee, lower back pain, bunions, lack of flexibility, arthritis, or whatever else isn’t working correctly. Making a face and wincing is not considered effective action.

Seek help. And move something. See if it works. If it doesn’t, move something else. Keep moving things until you feel better. When that happens, consider yourself the genius that you are.

That’s Aging Intelligently