The Chiropractor = My worst nightmare

Today is Tuesday and that sends shivers down my spine. See on Tuesdays and Thursdays I have a date with the back table and the chiropractor. Having two herniated lumbar discs can get pretty annoying while ballet and dance training but I think I can deal with annoying, pain on the other hand I cannot.

This is what a Herniated disc looks like.

I mean I could I guess in gymnastics and ballet I've always been thought that pain is all mental and that it can be overcome but honestly there are days that I'll lay in Dr. Nesis examination table and have the desire to say thats it I quit, I'm done. An ibuprofen 800 and ice is what gets me through treatment i've become completely numbed by ice and no longer feel much on my back till he does the "killers" "finishers" like I like to call them ... Pressure Points.  

Let me show you why back injuries would be a problem with ballet training...

I need my back and I need it now ...

A very frustrated,

Injured Ballerina