crystal,

I can understand your pain. The physical movement struggles can be discouraging.

I find that the most important issue to learn is to limit the tasks at hand. Use a list of your daily tasks. You may have not needed this in the past but you do now. If you write it down, you can let go of the list in your head. Being a mom, you are used to having a long list of To Do's in your head. This is where distractions start. Learn to only have one task or thought at a time will help you focus on being deliberate with your physical movements.

That is the key skill to learn. Being deliberate. We habitually do things with a sub-conscious level of control and decision making. We need to change that to a more deliberate thought process.

The term to use is, "Stop to think." It can add a few seconds to each decision or movement but it helps immensely.

So, try to learn to be more deliberate. It works and saves your head and back.

btw, My life changing injury was a bad step off a curb. I messed up my pelvis, back, shoulder, neck and head. My back was arched because I was carrying a large item in my left hand. Whoops, one step and my life changed.

My best to you.