I had bariatric surgery in May to help me lose weight and thereby relieve debilitating pain stemming from a spinal lower back problem. I was grossly overweight and close to being immobile. The surgery was a success and the weight started dropping off. It was then quite clear that now, to truly relieve my back, I needed core strength training. I was overweight and sedentary for so long, my body forgot it had a core. I started working with Teresa about two months ago, and the results are already so tangible, I'm thrilled! Teresa is not only a no-nonsense, what-you-see-is-what-you-get, down-to-earth person, she also took the time to research my back condition to be prepared for what we could do together and what not. We go totally at my pace, I don't feel pressured or stressed. I look forward to our sessions every week. Seeing the results from just two months, I can only imagine what progress I'll have made in another two! It is not easy to imagine for a healthy person what excess weight and debilitating back pain can do to someone's morale. There is no quality of life and I was not able to do my own grocery shopping for several years because I could not walk around in a store, nor carry my groceries from the garage up to the kitchen. I did not do my laundry because I could not navigate the stairs in my house, let alone carry up washed clothes. Now I shop weekly, just because I can, and when I am at the top of the stairs with my grocery bags, I think of my core and Teresa! I do tons of laundry and enjoy the triumph of carrying it back upstairs and putting it away in the closet. I can bend down,
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