healing foot injury? 60.5 and 11.3 >19

[elizabeth]

As a former professional (for lack of better term) athlete, and one who has been extremely physically active her entire life, not knowing less than 7 days of workouts per week for the past 35 yrs, movement is very important to me.

One year ago I damaged a joint in my foot. It took over a year for it to heal and it seems to now be damaged again, but worse than the first time. I have been very cognizant of staying off of it - doing nothing but sleeping and sitting-- but am terribly frightened the damage is permanent now and will never heal -- or if it heals, it will become reinjured. Immobility to me is death. It takes all my willpower to NOT go to the gym and workout each day; it has caused a great depression in my spirit. To me there is no life without movement... and I'm dying inside, or so it feels.

I asked the Yi to show me what is going on in the foot.
It said 60.5 LImitation (!no suprise there) and then 19 Approach. I am not clear on the significance of "approach" here. Approaching...what?

That changing line is Sweet limitation brings good fortune. Going brings esteem.
Which seems to imply this injury and its pain (emotional, physical, psychological)
is positive in some way. (?)

I then asked what I can do about it. The Yi said 11.3 and again 19.
Hex 11 is Peace (rest the foot) and line 3 says "No plain not followed by a slope.
No going not followed by a return. He who remains persevering in danger
Is without blame. Do not complain about this truth; Enjoy the good fortune you still possess." which seems to be another "look on the bright side" issue, although frankly I do not see one... What if it doesn't heal? Not all injuries do...

 

[elizabeth]

Another thought: "approach" can, soemtimes, imply on foot - is this a positive sign? Or does it mean an approach to something else (a cast?)

 

[Trojina]

I asked the Yi to show me what is going on in the foot.
It said 60.5 LImitation (!no suprise there) and then 19 Approach. I am not clear on the significance of "approach" here. Approaching...what?

That changing line is Sweet limitation brings good fortune. Going brings esteem.
Which seems to imply this injury and its pain (emotional, physical, psychological)
is positive in some way. (?)

I then asked what I can do about it. The Yi said 11.3 and again 19.
Hex 11 is Peace (rest the foot) and line 3 says "No plain not followed by a slope.
No going not followed by a return. He who remains persevering in danger
Is without blame. Do not complain about this truth; Enjoy the good fortune you still possess." which seems to be another "look on the bright side" issue, although frankly I do not see one... What if it doesn't heal? Not all injuries do...

60.5 seems a good sign that this is a restriction that you won't be finding bitter or difficult in future. It doesn't say theres no restriction or limitation but that you find it easy to adhere to, come to terms with it, or it does not affect you in such a way ultimately to bring what you currently fear and dread. IOW the answer sort of leap frogged the question to your main concern which is 'how is this going to affect me in future.' I think this is a great answer, a comforting one..., it won't be a limitation in your life that you find dreadful or hard to live with..., maybe just a weak spot you will always have to watch...but not as bad as you fear it might be

11.3 answers 'what should i do about it' well to me this simply says theres down times and theres good times and thats how it is. What you can do about it is fully recognise this as part of all life and don't sorrow too much over it, it will pass.


I think both these answers are reassuring you about your future fears this won't heal at all.

Thats what your answers say to me anyway...of course from a a medical standpoint i can't say but i think i would find these answers quite a comfort in your situation and try to relax a bit about being currently unable to exersize in the way you would like.

 

[elizabeth]

Trojan, you have no idea how much reading your post relieves my spirits right now. Medical information/diagnosis aside, it gives me hope. Thank you SO MUCH.

 

[ginnie]

Yi being a little ahead of us

I think you might have something in the back of your mind -- a plan of some kind. Go ahead with it and you will receive good fortune.

Sometimes i find that Yi is a little ahead of us. In other words, you may soon have a plan of some kind with respect to your foot and movement, and going ahead with it will bring you good fortune.

H60 is about how we must set limitations to live correctly. Limit all aspects of our lives to their most beneficial level . . .

 

[elizabeth]

Thanks Ginnie. I have been thinking only of how i can keep off of it, mostly. But I also would like to find a way to exercise for cardio without standing on it or doing minimal bending to it (ha, good luck, i know!) But maybe that is the plan of which the Yi speaks. Thanks for your post and help, I appreciate it very much.

 

[jesed]

Hi Elizabeth

I asked the Yi to show me what is going on in the foot.
It said 60.5 LImitation (!no suprise there) and then 19 Approach. I am not clear on the significance of "approach" here. Approaching...what?

I would read as "don't force it until it is strengh enough"

I then asked what I can do about it. The Yi said 11.3 and again 19.

I would read as "There are no permanent losses, there is no permanent hurt. With perseverance and patience slow recovering"

Beware of the fact that you may dificult the recovering by bold action.

Best

 

[elizabeth]

Hi Jesed! Great to hear from you! I was just thinking about you in fact.

Thank you for sending your interpretations here -- I appreciate it. I guess the message is I have to be careful and I cannot get ahead of myself and force the toe or activity, or I will just damage it further. I have a lot of willpower but this is really the hardest thing I have ever done. (!!)

Best wishes to you for the holidays and thanks again .

 

[ginnie]

Chair Exercises

A lot of exercises have been developed that people do while sitting in chairs.

Here I have in front of me, for example, is a DVD called "The Complete Guide to Full Body Chair Massage" put out by Aesthetic VideoSource, 1-800-414-2434 and 1-801-282-2490. You can visit them on the web at www.VideoShelf.com.

I was in a community center the other day and I saw that a woman physical therapist came in once a week to lead some folks in this new type of exercise.

Apparently you are not the only one who cannot stand on your feet while exercising.

 

[elizabeth]

Thanks Ginnie. Although chair massage sounds more like a spa therapy than real exercise! But it is nice to know I have some options. I appreciate all of these responses, more than you can know.

 

[ginnie]

Yoga in chairs, too

You're welcome, Elizabeth

I have also seen yoga videos demonstrating chair routines.

When I saw the first one of these, I thought: These exercises are for people in wheelchairs! Yuucccch! Not for me! But actually, because people in general are getting a bit older, with all that that entails, apparently these exercises have become quite popular with a lot of people.

 

[elizabeth]

Yeah, the idea of being relegated to a group of "disabled" or "handicapped", needless to say, is not very attractive and probably partly why I am so scared about all this, bc i'm young still and do not want to be that way now. If i was in my 70s, fine, i would have my "mobile" life behind me and sitting around, well I would probably be happy to do so. But not in my 30s!

 

[ginnie]

11.3 > 19

11.3 is an interesting line, and it seems to presage some sort of unspecified decline (slope), but not necessarily, I have found. It can be taken more as a reassurance that we are experiencing difficulties at present which we shall surely overcome.

Nobody said that a person with an injured foot cannot at the same time be a happy person. The two are not mutually exclusive, since feeling good depends on our attitude, not on our foot.

 

[ginnie]

I asked the Yi to show me what is going on in the foot.
It said 60.5 LImitation (!no suprise there) and then 19 Approach. I am not clear on the significance of "approach" here. Approaching...what?

That changing line is Sweet limitation brings good fortune. Going brings esteem.
Which seems to imply this injury and its pain (emotional, physical, psychological)
is positive in some way. (?)

Thoughts on your 60.5, which has sometimes puzzled me as well:

This hexagram is also sometimes called ARTICULATION, because it comes from the way a bamboo stalk is articulated, or divided, into joints. H60 also stands for the joints in the human frame.

The meaning is that the way we live our lives has to be adapted to circumstances and not made too strict or severe.

But the word articulation also means to give voice to your concerns, and line 5 moving might be saying that if you speak about your limitations in a pleasant way, then there will be good fortune, and going on will win you respect.

Statisticians for the insurance industry know that a person is three times more likely to suffer a disability before retirement age than to die before retirement age.