Way back when I was 10 years old, I broke my right ankle. Back then they put on a very heavy plaster walking cast. In fact it was so heavy that I needed to use both hands to help lift the cast when I wanted to roll over in bed. Like many children I hated using the crutches so most of the time I got around without using them. The heavy cast stretched the muscles on the inside of my right leg. When they took the cast off I walked with my foot turned out and when I got tired I would noticeably drag that leg. When I would stand with both feet side by side pointing straight forward, I would feel the muscles pull and twist from the top of my leg all the way down to my ankle. I could not stand like that for any length of time because it was too uncomfortable and I would quickly loose my balance. The doctors thought my leg had been set crooked and wanted to re-break it and set it again but my parents declined to have that done. I made frequent visits to the chiropractor because the leg I broke was about 1/2 inch longer than my other leg. This difference threw my lower back out of alignment causing almost constant pain and discomfort. Over the counter pain killers did little to relieve the situation. I suffered for nearly 15 years.

Then in the Fall of 2005 I signed up for a ‘Yamuna® Body Rolling’ class conducted by Barbara Searles. I was so excited about how effective the techniques were at reducing muscle tension in my body. I had been practicing a few of these techniques for only about 2 weeks when one morning I discovered that I could stand with both feet together pointing straight forward and there was no discomfort and the muscles were not pulling from the top of my leg down to my ankle. So I decided to try something else that I was never able to do very well because my muscles were just not flexible enough. I got down on the floor and sat ‘Indian’ fashion on the floor. For the first time that I could recall I was able to sit on the floor like that with no discomfort. I am so thrilled with the results I am experiencing with ‘Yamuna® Body Rolling’.

Another benefit of ‘Yamuna® Body Rolling’ I discovered quite by accident; I like to take long walks (1 1/2 - 2 hours in length) but normally I only get to do this on the weekends so I tend to end up a bit stiff and sore. One Sunday when I got home from a 2 hour walk I had a few minutes before I needed to start cooking supper so I decided to work out on the ball a bit. The next morning when I got up to go to work my legs were not stiff or sore at all.

Another benefit that I noticed from ‘Yamuna® Body Rolling’ has been a reduction of menstrual cramps. Since starting ‘Body Rolling’ I take only about 1/3 of the over-the-counter pain killers that I used to take for menstrual cramps. I am excited about discovering more benefits from ‘Yamuna® Body Rolling’ as I continue to experiment with the ball and learning new techniques.