Spirit in Sport II, Inc. Trigger Point and Neuromuscular Therapies

09/15/2022

20 years ago today was a magical day for me. It was a beautiful sunny 70 degree day in Madison Wisconsin. It was the inaugural year of Ironman Wisconsin (IM WI).
An Ironman triathlon is 2.4-mile swim 🏊‍♀️ followed by a 112-mile bike 🚴, followed by a 26.2 mile run 🏃‍♀️. I trained all summer on the IM WI bike course, which to this day I call a 112-mile roller coaster of a bike ride. It was my 4th IM, and while I knew I was very well trained, I had no idea that I would qualify for IM HI, the coveted World 🌎 Championship Ironman Hawaii.
The training is a huge undertaking. Your life is dedicated to training in all 3 sports and somehow fitting it all in with work, relationships, and obligations of daily living. It is necessarily a selfish sport, and an obsessive one at that. Having already raced for almost 10 years at that point, I knew that, and did my best to create some level of balance despite challenges that life often brings.
I am not religious, but I am quite spiritual. I don’t waste prayers. As I racked up more Ironmans I started praying at the starts. It was not something I took for granted. You do 8 to 9 months of training and yet race day anything can happen: Weather (MAJOR kudos to any of you who did IM WI last Sunday); your goggles getting kicked into your eye socket in the swim; a mechanical on the bike or someone doing something really dumb ahead of you. And simply and somehow lasting thru the run to get to that finish line.
I was blessed that day. Everything came together. It was my day. I had no idea I was qualifying. I just remember enjoying that beautiful day, enjoying how great I felt on that course, and enjoying every last mile of it. My father took this photo. What you don’t see in this photo is the 127.6 miles I had already covered (only 13 to go.!). You also don’t see the hand of God pushing me along on that special day. I will never forget it. It will always give me teary eyes and goosebumps to think about it. The tagline when I got to IM HI was “Anything is Possible”. That was definitely the case for me.
I hope you are making it yours as well. Create your dreams. Create magic. Put one foot In front of the other and do the work to create possibilities. Lots of work combined with magic leads to great things! If we all did that, the world would be a much better place.

04/23/2020

Had numerous little delays on my treatment room renovation , but ceiling is painted, walls are finally properly prepped, paint came in today, and I am finally ready to paint the walls! At it tomorrow morning. Wish me luck!

04/08/2020

AND on the lighter side.... 😂

04/06/2020

Make sure you take the extra time you have for some extra exercise and self care! Pictured here is a Tiger Tail stick. I like it because its roller is closed-cell, non-porous, zero rubber/latex, non-deteriorating, non-absorbing foam. Handles are grippy, and won’t damage walls or floors, so you can use it as a mini foam roller. For more on its versatility check out
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04/04/2020

Hello everybody. I hope you are all safe and healthy, practicing social distancing. If you need to go to the grocery store, here is a very useful and informative article on recommended ways to go about that!

Deliveries are safer during the coronavirus pandemic, but sometimes a store visit is unavoidable. Here are the precautions to take.

01/30/2020

It finally happened! My new website! Thank you all so much for your patience!! (and please welcome me back to Facebook: I went off grid for a while!!)
Check it out:
spiritinsport.com
😁

12/06/2018

Happy Holidays everybody!

This is what myofascial therapist Nathalie comes up with searching for a tall vase for the treatment room: I hope you like it!

May your continued work on your fascia and trigger points help you grow physically, mentally, and spiritually!

And remember:
Treat yourself on the table during the holidays. Treat your loved ones with gift certificates.

Happy muscles, happy life!

08/16/2018

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05/25/2018

This is s very straight-forward article, simplifying answers to the many questions people have about basic nutrition. Thank You, Consumer Reports on very sensible article for the most-of-us!

Consumer Reports helps you separate food fact from fiction and gives you simple strategies to eat healthier that still let you love every bite of what you eat.