Feelin' Good

Is it bad that I'm completely, without a doubt in love with my chiropractor?! Seriously....I LOVE him!! You know what kind of love I'm talking about here, not the I want to marry you and spend the rest of my life with you kinda love {I save that for my hubby} but the where have you been my whole life kinda love.

I have been to his office 3 times since last Monday and I can't wait to go to my appointment this afternoon to get stuff popped and stretched! He just makes me feel so...unbelievably good!! {and that fact the he is easy on the eyes has nothing to do with it :)}

My back has gotten significantly better since I started going there. He has been pushing the bone back into place, stretching it out and doing some popping on my back. Can I just say that I love the sound of my back popping when he does it! And the feeling is even better!! There is still some pain and there have been times when it the pain has been pretty bad but for the most part I am back to my normal self.

Well...almost back to my normal self. You see, he won't let me pop my neck anymore {that alone makes me want to hate him} and popping my neck is like my crack, I'm completely addicted to it. I couldn't even tell you how many times a day I do it and most of the time I do it without even realizing that I'm doing it. When I went there for my back we found that my neck is out of whack, instead of being straight it is slightly curved to the right {which come to find out is the cause of all my headaches}. Popping my neck helps me relieve all of that built up pressure and it feels oh so good but every time I do that it causes whatever it is in there to become weak. The weaker it gets the more my muscles tense up to compensate for the weakness and God knows I don't need anymore tenseness {is that even a word} than I already have! Now, I'm stuck doing some ridiculous exercises that don't feel as good as the popping & cracking that I'm use to.

So...even though my back is feeling much better, for the last week and a half I have really been struggling with not popping my neck! I have to admit that I'm pretty darn proud of myself though, I haven't done it once since Saturday. And it was a complete accident when I did it then, I wasn't even thinking about it until I heard the pop {but it felt sooo good}. Words can't explain how excited I am about my appointment this afternoon because he will be popping my neck for me and I will once again feel the pure goodness that I've been missing!!

Are you a chronic neck popper?! {if you are don't tell a chiropractor, they will make you stop!} Have any tips on what new habit I can start doing to take my mind off of popping my neck?!