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Bone Bruises
Many, many years ago, my mother was working in the flower bed in front of the house. There were a few, big, decorative rocks that were part of the flowerbed and pathway.
Mom was going from a a kneeling to a squatting position. Either that or she tried to move backwards. Either way, she sat down hard on one of the big rocks and her tailbone hurt her for months.
Of course, kids being kids, my mother’s pain was an easy target for ridicule.
Recently, I had a friend tell me that it’s possible to bruise a bone. And, dear reader, The Cleveland Clinic agrees with him!
When I was in my late 20’s, I had a coworker who was in his mid 30’s. We were talking about aging and he said something to me that was both sad and profound: “Once puberty fully stops, it will take your body longer to heal.”
Over the past two years, my tailbone has been hurting and I didn’t know why.
I spend the majority of my time sitting on a mesh office chair or otherwise on a soft La-z-boy recliner.
It wasn’t until I had to take a job that required me to get out of the house on a regular basis and be on my feet for a significant portion of…
