When I could no longer buckle my seatbelt without wincing in pain, I knew I had a problem. Whether it was the ergonomically incorrect way I shoveled snow, or the awkward yoga poses I was trying to master, the cause was never truly going to be deciphered without my attention. In order to discover the cure, I needed to figure out what was going on.

You see, my shoulder had been twinging a little on and off for a while, but I ignored the pain. It was hard some days to wrangle myself into compression clothing to exercise, but I forgot about the discomfort as I headed out the door to my next great adventure. Every morning I would think, I should do something about this… and then get distracted. That is, until I could no longer ignore the pain.

Isn’t this how life is?