who else used this app in college and forgot about it...?

gsaramago
gsaramago Posts: 2 Member
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:# well here I ammmmm back in action. recovering for more than three years now from a bus that nearly killed me...could use great ideas for lower back pain relief as well as knee friendly strength training for glutes, abs, thighs and hamstrings :blush: also i love how my friend said "what's lost can be found so don't lose weight, release it" ;) Aiming to let go of 45lbs (about half a pound a week); they have overstayed their welcome -.-
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  • gsaramago
    gsaramago Posts: 2 Member
    anybody go to TMPL in Hell's Kitchen? if so lmk as I'd love a buddy or to meet u in a class or something <3
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,225 Member
    Hi, and welcome!

    I'm nowhere near Hell's Kitchen, but I'm within a short drive of Hell. (It's in mid-Michigan. Pretty cold there today, but not frozen over.)

    For lower back or knee pain, it matters what the problem is. Will your doctor give you a referral for physical therapy to help you find the best solution given what your specifics are? That'd be ideal.

    In addition, I go to an osteopath for back issues (actual full medical doctor at a university clinic, just a D.O. rather than an M.D.), and he also will give me exercises to do at home when appropriate, in addition to doing manipulation that's helpful.

    Failing any of that, check out "Bob & Brad" on YouTube. They're long-experienced physical therapists, and they have many videos about assessing and improving various body issues, very accessible and consumer friendly. I think some of their diet advice is pretty dumb, but that's out of scope of their practice. Their physical advice seems solid, and I know a PT-trained friend of mine often recommends them.

    You might want to experiment (cautiously!) with what types of exercise work for you, or don't, at this point. My knee issues are a torn meniscus (for which I'm deferring surgery as long as possible) and some arthritis. Just as an example, I've learned that I'm OK doing things that involve straight-line hinge motions of my knees, but things with impact or torque on the knees tend to make things worse. Translating that into action, I do OK cycling (stationary or trail) and rowing (boats and machines), but things like running, aerobics, fast-break games (tennis, basketball, whatever) are not a great idea.

    Generally, the stronger and more flexible I get, the less things hurt. For sure, losing down to a healthy weight made a huge difference in the frequency and severity of knee discomfort/pain. It's pretty manageable these days, even with a pretty good volume of the exercises that do work for me.

    Hope you find what works for you!

  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,260 Member
    When I was in college, we didn't have any apps like this.

    When I wanted to boot up a computer in college, I used a 5.5-inch floppy disk to load the operating system. Double density disks! At some point, we even had double-sided double-density floppy disks. I may still have a little device that you could cut a notch in the corner of DS-DD disks so you could use the second side in a single-sided disk drive. Kind of like putting a piece of tape over that notch of a cassette tape so you could record back over it. Yeah - I also remember using cassette tapes for computer data. I never used punch cards though.

    Remember Word-Star? Oh yeah. Those were the days. Remember when "typing" was advanced when you got to use an IBM Selectric?

    Fortunately, MFP is here for us now; it's helping me a lot.

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