broken body

so my back is better, in the sense that i can walk, move around, etc, but it still aches, bending over is no easy task, and in the morning, i have to roll myself out of bed.

i went to see a chiro, and what he told me made a lot of sense. it all boils down to... my knee. the sciatica i'd been experiencing in my left leg is also related. basically, my left pelvic bone is misaligned which is interfering with my sciatic nerve, and one of the muscles in my left hip majorly spasmed. it's not actually my lower back, but lower than that, kind of in between my lower back and my butt. the chiro thinks that it's just been a build up of overusing the entire left side of my body, and my muscles finally tensed up and spasmed.

so, why am i overusing the left side of my body? see broken right knee. i've known that i've been favoring my left leg over the past three and a half years only because i can see physical evidence - like, the left heel of my shoes wear down much faster than the right heel of my shoes, or my left heel is cracked while my right heel is not. the problem is i can't tell that i'm doing it, and i don't know how to fix it.

*sigh*. shaking fist in more anger at stupid first orthopedic surgeon who jacked up my knee. who knew how much suffering i would endure from picking the wrong surgeon. :(