Elf Sternberg

The other day, while I was working with my physical therapist, she had me do an exercise where I do sit-ups while throwing a medicine ball to her, and then catching it on the way back down. It puts extra strain on the shoulders and arms, and adds additional weight to the rise and fall of the crunch. When we were done, she put the ball on the rack and said, "Thanks. Usually people throw it at me, not to me."

I felt my brow furrow. "Why?"

"Well, I guess because it hurts."

"I guess. But this isn't, uh, fun, and they knew that going in. Well, maybe. Once I realized it's not about losing weight but about getting strong, I started to find it fun. But didn't they, you know, hire you to, uh, fix them?"

She shrugged and said, "I guess they don't always see it that way."

I just... don't understand the sort of people who think that because someone has taken their money, the hired hand has to put up with all sorts of abuse. I want a professional consultant to respect that I'm doing everything I can to take their advice, not abuse them because it's not the advice I want to hear.