06/08/2023
Day 1. Surgery ✅ Managing the pain with drugs. Not allowed to get up from bed.
I debated whether or not to share this publicly, but here I am! I recently found out that I needed hip surgery and had to quickly shift gears, rearrange my life and come to Argentina for the surgery. The reason why I’m coming to Argentina rather than the US is a story for another time..but basically I’m doing a bone marrow grafting (mother cell treatment) to help regenerate the joint, which is not super common in the US, and it will take some time to heal.
I want people to know the story of how I got to Pilates the first time, and how Pilates has helped me and continues to. I want people to know that Pilates can help people from all ages and conditions, you don’t have to be flexible, you don’t have to be lean or fit to do this. Anyone can, and the benefits are huge.
I was born with a hereditary hip condition called unilateral hip dysplasia. That’s how I got interested in Pilates the first time; not able to have access to physical therapy when I moved to the US, I looked for different types of low impact exercise and fell in love with Pilates almost immediately. More about that later!
I completed a comprehensive Pilates training by Balanced Body and I became a Nationally Certified Pilates Instructor in 2022, meeting the highest standards in the field. I actually just finished my professional training from Fletcher Pilates which I’m not done processing, and I have more to share about that too!
This surgery was scheduled very recently as my pain increased and suddenly worsened, even though I was maintaining regular movement and going through another comprehensive Pilates program.
I feel so grateful to have family and friends supporting me through this process, it is extremely scary to go through anything with your body, especially when you work primarily with your body, in my case both as a cellist and Pilates instructor. But our bodies are constantly changing and we have to take care of them.
The next few months will be uncertain for sure, with a significant recovery time, but I trust in the skills and knowledge I have been developing for the last 10 years, and hopefully my insight can help others or at least shine a light of optimism and courage on whatever you are going through. If you are interested I would love it if you join me for the ride! I’ll be posting to this story regularly through my insta and fb pages , make sure to follow me there, I’d love to hear from you 🙂
