First I want to give you my history:

In 2001 I herniated a disc (at L4/L5) and spent three weeks not able to move. Through physio and exercise I got back into the groove of life and work but the pain never went away. As time progressed I added massage, acupuncture and even traction to try and relieve the pain that continued to get worse. By the spring of 2004 I could not walk up/down stairs or even from my house to the car. I had to start using a wheel chair if I had to go out. I finally had a discectomy in May of 2004 and I could walk again! But within a year the pain was coming back. After an extensive wait to see a specialist at the Spine Clinic in London and two years of testing, we decided surgery was the best option. By this time I could only function for about 2 hours a day, the rest of the time was spent stretching and resting and on pain medications. So May 2007 I had a “decompression fusion with instrumentation”, which just means they put titanium spacers where the disc used to be and used screws and rods to hold the vertebrae together. Finally, I have been fine ever since!

Now why I love TRX!

The TRX exercises engage the core with every move, what better way to protect my back! I love that I control how hard or easy the exercise is just by adjusting the angle of my body. I have been using a stability ball and free weights since 2001 and my original injury but I was never able to get results like I have since I started the TRX classes at Fitness Funatics in November of 2010. The TRX exercises have increased my overall strength and I have dropped a size without even trying. I had thought about getting one for my home, but the routines in the classes change about every 3-4 weeks and that keeps it fresh and challenging. The people in the classes are so supportive of each other it just adds to the benefit of the class.

Ultimately I love TRX because I have not felt this good since before my injury in 2001, and I had come to accept that that was never going to happen…

Thanks Shelley
Marcia Neale