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Agreed. Seeing my mom in a scooter for a decade got me going. If it weren't for outside whacks up the side of the head, I would probably still be a couch potato. We do tend to think we are invincible until our body tells us differently.1
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Agreed. Seeing my mom in a scooter for a decade got me going. If it weren't for outside whacks up the side of the head, I would probably still be a couch potato. We do tend to think we are invincible until our body tells us differently.
Incapacity creeps up on us so slowly that we don't ever see it coming.
Since January, I've been seeing a physiotherapist twice weekly as well as seeing a sports-medicine specialist. I went trying to find a solution for my chronic shoulder pain... which I thought was due to a partial tear of a small stabilizing muscle at the rotator cufft (supraspinatus) but the sports med MD said the bigger issue might be a nerve impingement in my neck. Original injury on this was back in the early 1980s. Over the years, I accepted that the range of motion of my neck was lessened since the injury. Apparently, that was the wrong answer. I'm now working on restoring function that I haven't had literally for decades...1 -
I took a 2nd class yesterday at the gym, since it was a holiday. I like getting something additional in !
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MostlyWater wrote: »I took a 2nd class yesterday at the gym, since it was a holiday. I like getting something additional in !
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Agreed. Seeing my mom in a scooter for a decade got me going. If it weren't for outside whacks up the side of the head, I would probably still be a couch potato. We do tend to think we are invincible until our body tells us differently.
Incapacity creeps up on us so slowly that we don't ever see it coming.
Since January, I've been seeing a physiotherapist twice weekly as well as seeing a sports-medicine specialist. I went trying to find a solution for my chronic shoulder pain... which I thought was due to a partial tear of a small stabilizing muscle at the rotator cufft (supraspinatus) but the sports med MD said the bigger issue might be a nerve impingement in my neck. Original injury on this was back in the early 1980s. Over the years, I accepted that the range of motion of my neck was lessened since the injury. Apparently, that was the wrong answer. I'm now working on restoring function that I haven't had literally for decades...
I was miserable for about 7 years with a pretty serious back injury. One day I just got fed up and decided to try swimming in our pool in the back yard everyday to see if it would help, it did and I lost a little weight too.
When the pool started getting cold I signed up for a gym membership so I could keep swimming. Then decided maybe a personal trainer could help me.............surprise, surprise working on core, hips and lots of stretching more or less eliminated my back pain.............if I'd only known! I'd spent years and a small fortune on therapy, shots, chiropractors, etc and none of it helped, but a personal trainer they called "Doc" essentially cured me.
Working on this shoulder issue has been pretty frustrating too but I haven't given up and keep doing the exercises and adding weight very incrementally and I finally feel after about 5 months that I'm getting somewhere. And again, the new trainer I hired has some good ideas and seems to think he can help me.
I don't think we should ever just accept limitations unless we're 100% sure there's nothing to be done. We both discovered we could improve given the right treatment and time I think.1 -
I was miserable for about 7 years with a pretty serious back injury. One day I just got fed up and decided to try swimming in our pool in the back yard everyday to see if it would help, it did and I lost a little weight too.
When the pool started getting cold I signed up for a gym membership so I could keep swimming. Then decided maybe a personal trainer could help me.............surprise, surprise working on core, hips and lots of stretching more or less eliminated my back pain.............if I'd only known! I'd spent years and a small fortune on therapy, shots, chiropractors, etc and none of it helped, but a personal trainer they called "Doc" essentially cured me.
Working on this shoulder issue has been pretty frustrating too but I haven't given up and keep doing the exercises and adding weight very incrementally and I finally feel after about 5 months that I'm getting somewhere. And again, the new trainer I hired has some good ideas and seems to think he can help me.
I don't think we should ever just accept limitations unless we're 100% sure there's nothing to be done. We both discovered we could improve given the right treatment and time I think.
I don't know that we can overcome every physical ailment but it is certainly better to try.
Today as I was commuting home, I passed through the neighbourhood and about six blocks over, there is an elderly woman who I often see either walking or working in her garden. She has a pronounced hunch in her upper back & neck, almost to the point of being a hump. I was thinking I might have saved myself from something similar through the combination of physical therapy, massage and targeted exercise.0 -
Ahhh....the dreaded "dowager's hump". I catch myself hunching forward when I walk and have to consciously straighten up and walk "tall". I would never have even noticed if I wasn't becoming more aware of myself. I know I would have been bent over permanently when I got "old" if I wasn't on this journey with y'all.
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I've never heard the expression "dowager's hump" before but a quick check of Google confirms that is spot on.
Any bets on whether the next generation(s) will see an epidemic of dowager's hump, perhaps starting in their 30s?0 -
Today will be about being "back on track" and organized. A little here and a little there and the next thing you know, bad habits have found their way back in. It's truly a journey, but I'm kind of over taking side trips. I think I'll do better to stick to the interstate and just get to my destination.
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Today I want to:
get my long walk in despite threat of rain
stick to my meal plan
Happy Friday!1 -
Tracking 100% and getting in an hour swim. Oh, and sitting up straight with my shoulders back
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Good plan, @cabwj! Just a medical side note....your vertebrae are prone to the same osteoporosis that causes broken hips in the elderly. So weight-bearing exercise, good nutrition and paying attention to posture will help prevent those micro fractures that occur along the spine.0
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I'm currently putting off groceries due to a bout of slothitis... Gotta get moving... soon...0
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Slothitis...hits when you least expect it. A bit like the Spanish Inquisition.....1
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Hahaha....Love you guys!0
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Well I've had a rubbish day so far... I've gone a bit off track... So I need to recharge my batteries & get back again0
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Montepulciano wrote: »Slothitis...hits when you least expect it. A bit like the Spanish Inquisition.....
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Before I checked mfp, I got out of bed and got vertical. SUCCESS! Before I checked this discussion, I got my treadmill work done, I got my push-ups done, I got my breakfast done, I got dressed and got to work and haven't been fired yet.4
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JeromeBarry1 wrote: »Before I checked mfp, I got out of bed and got vertical. SUCCESS! Before I checked this discussion, I got my treadmill work done, I got my push-ups done, I got my breakfast done, I got dressed and got to work and haven't been fired yet.
Progress!0
