Using EFT On The Slopes For A Knee Injury

I have been using EFT for about one year now, on myself and in my practice. There have been great results during the past year. Many times I have helped someone else with physical pain. This past weekend I went skiing with my husband. It was our first day on the slopes for the season and eager to use my new skis for the first time. I am an intermediate skier and tend to stick with groomed slopes. Although I know my abilities, I sometimes try to go on ski runs that are advanced just to test my progress.

This weekend was no exception. After several runs on the slopes, I wanted to try one of the advanced, black diamond runs. As soon as I turned to go down the slope I knew I was out of my league. I tried to ski as cautiously as possible, but every time I made a turn I was out of control. I was going too fast, lost my balance and fell. I lost one ski, one ski pole was dug deep into the snow and I felt a crack in my left knee. Fortunately it wasn’t broken, but it did hurt a lot and I was only halfway down the slope. I just lay in the snow and began tapping.

Even though my left knee hurt

Even though I tried skiing on an advanced slope

Even though it was stupid of me to ski here

Even though my left knee hurt and I still need to get down the slopen

I tapped steadily for about five minutes. The pain gradually receded from an intensity of 10 out of 10 to a 3 to a 1. Finally, I began to dig my ski and pole out of the snow. I put my ski back on and skied the remainder of that run. At first I thought I was done skiing for the day, but by the time I reached the ski lifts I decided I wanted to go for another run on a groomed slope.

As my husband drove us home, I tapped the entire way home as well as periodically through that evening.

Even though I fell off the monkey bars in elementary school and badly bruised my knee

Even though I couldn’t stay balanced on the monkey bars and slipped off of them

Even though I was hanging upside down when I wasn’t supposed to

Other times I have fallen, it has taken several weeks for me to fully recuperate. By the next morning, my pain level was about a 2 out of 10. Once again I began tapping. This time I wanted to tap on the motivator to go down the advanced ski slope.

Even though my left knee hurts

Even though I wanted to challenge myself

Even though I had confidence that I could ski down the advanced slope

Even though I constantly try to go beyond my comfort level in order to improve my skill

I got ready to go to work. Started tapping with my clients on their issues. I stopped thinking about myself and was focusing on being present for others. At lunch I had a break. The first thing that I noticed was that my knee didn’t bother me anymore. My pain level was a 0. I was so excited about this that I called to tell my husband. I continued to feel good with no pain. The next day my husband, son and I got to go skiing again. This time I stayed with the intermediate slopes. nnn