The lighting class was fun, but I was in waaaay over my head. I didn't understand a lot of what was being explained but the practical applications kicked ass! With the new boards, if we had moving lights, we would be able to group the lights by kind, by gel color, by where they are focused and by intensity, and then create cues with a touch screen (all reds downstage left at 50%, all coloram with blues center at full on a 25 second fade etc.) We got to create cues and then see how they would run on a little computer simulation projected on the wall.
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My physical therapy evaluation went pretty well. I stumped another specialist. There really is no reason why all of this is happening to me. All of these Docs would be so much happier if I'd been in a car crash, jumped out of a burning building or at least fell down a flight of stairs. The best I can offer is that maybe I was abducted by aliens.
Anyway, she thinks my overall fitness is good, I still have muscle strength, so it seems as though she wants to focus on beating back the spasms and then work on stability and strength in my neck and shoulders. Strength and stability was the goal for my mid-back last time, so I'm not surprised. I just think there will be less pilates this time.
And...I have an answer about my right arm finally!!! There is a reason why it hurts to move it up and back and it really does have nothing to do with my back problems or the herniated discs in my neck! It's because (drumroll please) the small muscles in my rotator cuff are inflamed, irritated and spasming just like the muscles in other areas!
Why? Fucked if anyone knows. As I said, a car crash would make everyone feel better but it could just be something like I swept too vigourously one day, but at least there is an answer! And there is a goal for making it better. I feel so much better about things with just that little bit of news I could walk on air!
