Knee Stiffness...inflamation...therapy

[mfitton]

Just passed the 10 year mark on our weekly yoga class.

OK, great .... whatever ...

.... but I am finding that my flexibility continues improve, amazingly. It was my wife who continuously to insist that we not loose our flexibility. Instead of the age inevitable reductions in one's movement, one can actually improve it no matter what age. In class it is what I can do, what I can improve that keeps me coming back.

OK and it does help that the instructor is beautiful and has a fabulous life attitude. "You can do it".<script type="text/javascript" src="safari-extension://com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR/d4fcf728/background/helpers/prefilterHelper.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="safari-extension://com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR/d4fcf728/background/helpers/prefilterHelper.js"></script>

No surprise, they are opening Yoga centers all over Chicagoland. You didn't mention the yoga pants? http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=249483

[davep]

My massage therapist moves my kneecaps back into place; that really helps my knees.

[Haasman]

You are so right! The views are always worth going ... for the most part. A friend who's wife has been going to yoga for years continuously tried to persuade him to go. Finally she showed him some pictures from class. He has been going regularly for several years. He said "Every time things get challenging, I just look around .... And hey, it's a great class".


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[Frank Beck]

Veiled voyeurism-motivated workout may not fare well with our new "enlightened" culture of sexual harassment.



Also may prove to be embarrassing while wearing yoga pants.

[62S-R-S]

When I stopped training as a distance runner some years ago, my logbook had recorded 74,374 miles. The knees had taken a hit with cartilage damage and needed repair. Healed fine ,but soon after wound up with moderate arthritis. one of my close college friends , an orthopedic surgeon , joint replacement specialty, says not to worry, typical age related malady..... take them to the grave. Knee replacement as an absolute last option. Mike

Good to read that. Cartilage is probably messed up on my knee. Hopefully that is not the cause of a lower back problem, but a few years ago I discovered that the various types of 'Inversion' table being sold today are a nice thing to have around when the back acts up in some manner.

Fwiw..

http://healthcentral.com/article/the...ersion-therapy

[NZVW]

So 2 months on, Post #2,, Surgeons were reluctant to pull my knee apart due to the old rebuild my knee had had so they put me on a physiotherapy program from hell accompanied by a swag of acupuncture.

RESULT... knee sounds like a "bucket of bolts" and feels like it is.

Multiple X rays and scans over the last 2 weeks.

In 2 hrs Im to see the specialists / surgeons (yes 2) to be informed of what they have decided to do.

I'm not a great fan of doctors and even lesser so of "going under the knife".

Thought I would post ,,, just nervous I guess.

[davep]

Wish you guys the best of luck. My legs and knees have improved with daily hamstring stretches.

[62S-R-S]

Mark, in case you're laid up, dejected, or haven't seen this docu-drama, it's sort of inspirational with a knee mishap at the center of it.

Peruvian climb, some nice scenery:

[NZVW]

Peruvian inspiration may be what I need.
Under the knife on Tuesday.

[Chuck Miller]

Good luck Mark.........