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  • Well, you're not alone! :) I'm just asking cuz I once got into a poutine conversation with another girl, she thought I was also from Quebec city, and I thought she was also from the Quebec province... A lot of miscommunication about poutines followed.
  • Québec, Québec, or just Québec? I live in the province but not the city. :p
  • Love your title :D And to that last line, I reply with: YASSSS!
  • You're welcome @tomatoey Was glad to help! Hope things get better once you've seen your physio! Never heard of PRP, but it sounds pretty interesting. :) Best of luck!
  • @tomatoey In class, we mostly learned applying GMA in the context of a physical tissue injury that causes pain normally, but keeps on causing pain after the tissue has been healed. I'm not exactly sure how that would apply to nerve damage per se, which is why I really wanted Cinnamis to check with her doctor first. But…
  • @Cinnamis You're welcome. Not sure if Graded Motor Activity completely applies in your case, since your doctor asked you to stop the exercise completely (unless he meant just with the weights, so the actual movement is still ok?). If you can, check with the Dr. just in case. But you can definitely use the GMA once the…
  • Hi! I'm Way. Used to run everyday for 2 years (but never really researched anything and just winged it), then stopped 2 years ago ('cuz my running buddy abandoned me). Now I'm restarting since a friend convinced me to sign up for a 10k this October. I've been running 3-4 days a week for a month now. But don't really have…
  • hehehe just had a Master level class on this, was super interesting. Decided I could maybe help by regurgitating what we learned in class.
  • As the first poster said, if you only want to lose weight, you can focus on calorie deficit. "Dieting alone" vs "Exercise alone": dieting is wayyyyy more effective than exercise for losing weight. But it's also true that "dieting + exercising" trumps "dieting alone". I'm assuming you're having trouble because of the pain…
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