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  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 5,972
    edited March 2013

    hmmm, interesting Hugs, since never thought my hips were tight, this will be a new thing to work on!!!

    mano sucks getting old!

    I am sure either the PT person or my trainer will give me "tight hip stretches" which will be added to my pile of must do things!!

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  • purple32
    purple32 Member Posts: 3,188
    edited March 2013

    Have you tried PIGEON pose in yoga ?  I recall my days of yoga with Denise Austin and she used to call it ' the best hip opener'.  I am sure you can do an online search.

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  • Estel
    Estel Member Posts: 3,353
    edited March 2013

    I'm in that tight hip club too.

    My trainer is always on me about stretching out my hips.

    purple's suggestion of the pigeon pose is spot on.  That one is fantastic for opening the hips.  If you can't stretch your back leg all the out ... bend it.  There is another one ... I'm going to try and find it ... can't remember the name that I can't do really well, it is not a modest move, but wow it will stretch them out big time.

    Here's a quick visual on some hip stretches:

    http://www.elevationoutdoors.com/blogs/alpine-adventures/tight-hips-9-yoga-poses-to-release-the-hips/

    This video, about 4:30 minutes in ... is the stretch I'm talking about.  HURTS but I always feel so much better after I do it.  

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaLrO1W86ao

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  • carol57
    carol57 Member Posts: 3,567
    edited March 2013

    Reporting in on exercise....didn't get any yesterday, due to a full day of car travel and then time spent unpacking and putting away.  Today I did some high-intensity interval work, running in place as fast as I could for 30 seconds, followed by 90 seconds of a slow jog, repeated 7 more times.  Whew!!  Made me breathe really really hard!  Then I did speed walking to round out 4 miles.  Supposedly the intense intervals build cardio strength, but in truth I'm just as interested in a change of routine, to keep things interesting.

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  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 5,972
    edited March 2013

    hmmm, will look up pigeon pose!  Thanks for the suggestion, guess I am not the only one with"tight hips"..

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  • hugz4u
    hugz4u Member Posts: 2,781
    edited March 2013

    A round of lebed opening for me! Just got to get the walkies in and it is going to rain. yikes

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  • nibbana
    nibbana Member Posts: 464
    edited March 2013

    I love pigeon, and the lizard lunge, that's another good pose for hip openers.

    Arm swelled after back and chest day, even with dropping weights.

    LE-1

    Nibanna-0

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  • Estel
    Estel Member Posts: 3,353
    edited March 2013

    nibbana - I wrote on the grrrrr thread - I'm having issues right now too.

    It's spring break this week and so no trainer and I'm thinking it is for the best.  I'm going to a yoga class tonight but it's only gentle stretches for me tonight and absolutely no pressure on my hands.  Binney has mentioned this before but when this happeens I get so weepy.  I'm not a crier and it's just super strange but I had a mini melt down Saturday night ... had a really good cry.  I'm still swollen but at least I feel better emotionally.  Undecided

    Take it easy and hang in there.  

    I hate weather changes ... Frown ... I'm thinking that is in large part what my problem is.  

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  • hugz4u
    hugz4u Member Posts: 2,781
    edited March 2013

    Going to look up the pigeion and lizard lunge for hips, thanks

    What on earth is going on with all these flares etc..... Do you think we have spring fever and are just trying to get going after a blah winter and are overdoing it? something has got to give. A round of hugz and kisses for all flarezees. KissKissKiss

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  • Estel
    Estel Member Posts: 3,353
    edited March 2013

    hugz - I posted a link above to the pigeon.  It's the first one.

    Have no idea where all these flares are coming from ... but be gone!  Gone!  

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  • carol57
    carol57 Member Posts: 3,567
    edited March 2013

    The weather has been highly variable in many parts of the country.  I think barometric changes affect mood, and for sure they can cause LE issues.  A double whammy!

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  • purple32
    purple32 Member Posts: 3,188
    edited March 2013

    when this happeens I get so weepy. I'm not a crier and it's just super strange but I had a mini melt down Saturday night ... had a really good cry.

    I don't blame you Dawne-  I've said  before, and I'll say it again.  We are all SO different, but I am willing to be the one thing  we all agree on is that we just dont want to get ONE IOTA worse.  When it happens, it is VERY upsetting.  It's easy to start wondering how  long this will last, how far it might go and yadyadyada....  it's even more frustrating when we figure we are busting butt to comply in all ways and still have this happen ( grrrrr is right !)

    Go easy on yourself and try your best to be patient. We all understand.  

    This too shall pass.

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  • Estel
    Estel Member Posts: 3,353
    edited March 2013

    purple - thank you.  You're exactly right ... my mind goes to dark places ... "I'm getting fibrosis, it's sneaking up my arm, do I feel something in my back ... is it moving up there too?!"  SurprisedYell  Feel like my mind is out of control ... when I try to shut it down ... then I dream about it.  UndecidedFrown  Crazy land, for sure.

    Thank you.  And you are right ... it will pass.  *breathe*

    _______

    Ended up spending three hours at the gym.  Not sure that is particularly helpful ... did the yoga class, then wanted to do a 'little' cardio and started watching "The Biggest Loser" on one of the TV's there and it totally sucked me in.  I don't have a TV and I've never watched that show ... I guess to match my emotional status ... I cried a few times watching it tonight ... Tongue Out  What the heck?!  Maybe I just need to cry ... anyway ... that probably wasn't the wisest thing to do in the midst of a flare ... 2 hours going back on forth on  ellyptical, bike and treadmill ... but I can say that I got my steps in today.  Wink LOL!  

    Take care, ladies.  Appreciate you.

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  • hugz4u
    hugz4u Member Posts: 2,781
    edited March 2013

    Dawne. a reminder....Must stay out of dark places unless you have a  younger, more buff guy next to you! Cool

    Hope all gets better. Dang Flares anyway.Yell...........grrrrrrr Yellopps wrong thread.Wink

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  • carol57
    carol57 Member Posts: 3,567
    edited March 2013

    Dawne, exercise is a great way to improve the mood, although of course with LE it comes with a dark side of potentially flaring if we over-do.  I hope you got the mood help --maybe you cried it out? --without more pushback from the LE.  You sure did get the steps in!

    I did 45 minutes of jog/walk and also did my weight workout in the gym, plus additional walking time at home, for 6.5 miles today.  And ate too much today, for whatever reason, no foods that were not good for me, just too much.  It's so hard to have a truly successful health day, isn't it?

    Carol

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  • nibbana
    nibbana Member Posts: 464
    edited March 2013

    Did arms and shoulders with 2 and 5 pound weights. Mostly to keep muscle atrophy at bay. Can't stop working out though.

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  • carol57
    carol57 Member Posts: 3,567
    edited March 2013

    Worked on cardio today, on an elliptical, where I did intense intervals for a half hour. Then I did another half hour of speedy walking, plus some errand walking, to get my miles in today. 

    Nibbana....I'm going to be Jiminy Cricket on your shoulder. I totally GET the irrisistable pull of wanting to avoid losing ground on the muscle work, but hey...take care...has your flare from the other day receded and stabilized? It sounded pretty serious.  I'm cheering your commitment to getting strong, but I'm fretting a bit that it might be too soon to pick up the weights again.  Only you know, of course, but listen carefully, and you'll hear me from across the country asking you: 'Are you SURE?'  (We gotta look out for each other!)

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  • purple32
    purple32 Member Posts: 3,188
    edited March 2013

    Carol's right, nibbana.

    No tagteam here, but I just have to say, I backed off the cardio for several days last week ( HATED to) and my flare did subside - knock on wood.

    It stinks, but if we are *really* in compliance, that's part of it....

    Wishing you all the bEST!

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  • nibbana
    nibbana Member Posts: 464
    edited March 2013

    I hear you Carol and purple. My hand is almost back to normal. See what I mean from the other discussion we had? I'm scared to stop exercising, because I got to keep that lymph pumping, but exercising can also cause too much lymph. The thin line. 

    This morning, I'm just going to do some woodchoppers, and leg lifts.

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  • proudtospin
    proudtospin Member Posts: 5,972
    edited March 2013

    Nibbana, glad the hand is better, now listen to mother Carol!

    Well I had my first PT session about my balance last night.  She is good!  Crazy to say this but I can feel improvement and will continue as long as I can dig up the money for it.  It was at a PT center of a hospital near me and folks have told me that people come out from NYC to this little town to do the PT and I can see why.  I was bushed when I came home and need to try to use some of her ideas with my own gym.  When your balance gets funky, it is way scary.

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  • Cindyl
    Cindyl Member Posts: 1,194
    edited March 2013

    I'm so glad to hear your session went well Proud.  You are right balance issues are scary.

    My follow up with the eye surgeon is today. I'm hoping he will release me from my crate rest and let me start doing "stuff" again.  He's had me on a very short leash.  I'd like to at least start walking outside as the weather warms up (supposed to be in the high 60s today) and of course I want to get back on the rebounder...

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  • purple32
    purple32 Member Posts: 3,188
    edited March 2013

    My hand is almost back to normal.

    nibbana

    That's great!  YES, I hear you too- it is the Catch 22 World we now live in ( grrrr   :>)

    proud

    so glad to hear you have a  fab. therapist.

    Cindy

    Here's hoping you are released from the crate ! Surprised

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  • Estel
    Estel Member Posts: 3,353
    edited March 2013

    I did nothing yesterday.

    I'm seeing a chiropractor who specializes in sports injuries http://www.activerelease.com/what_patients.asp

    He came highly recommended from a collegue of mine who runs marathons.  Three weeks ago while on the treadmill I had excruciating pains shoot down the left side of my knee.  I tried to run through it and couldn't.  I finished up 20 minutes on the elliptical.  And felt OK the next day but knew something was wrong.

    I've been seeing this guy for a couple of weeks now.  It's been painful but slowly getting better and today he laid into me ... deep hip, back and yikes ... I wasn't going to the gym today but felt like I needed to stretch and do at least a little something.  Did a lot of stretching and about 10 minutes on the elliptical.  He told me I could do anything except run right now.

    Anyway .... I didn't think about it until today (duh??) ... could him breaking up scar tissue in my left knee cause me to flare in my arms?  

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  • Cindyl
    Cindyl Member Posts: 1,194
    edited March 2013

    Dr. CutiePie released me to do anything I wanted "as long as it's legal"Laughing

     He says I'll need to follow up in about 6 months. But he's not going to be coming here by then.  Sad. 

    But anyway, I'll start rebounding and walking tomorrow.  YAY

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  • Estel
    Estel Member Posts: 3,353
    edited March 2013

    Cindyl - The caged is now free!!!!!!!!!  Cool

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  • purple32
    purple32 Member Posts: 3,188
    edited March 2013

     could him breaking up scar tissue in my left knee cause me to flare in my arms?

    Sure sounds plausible!  That would be good news in a way.  ( just stop seeing him  :>)

    Look back at your calendar.  When did this flare eally begin?  ( maybe chk your forum posts to be sure)  When did this tx begin?  It may well be that simple. I'm guesing he's massaging and /or manipulating things  ... is it the  same side as the LE or ?


    Yay to Cindyl!

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  • Estel
    Estel Member Posts: 3,353
    edited March 2013

    Purple - Began about a week after. I'm noticing swelling OPPOSITE of the side he's working on. Need to be careful...

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  • purple32
    purple32 Member Posts: 3,188
    edited March 2013

    I dunno' Dawne.  It does sound strange.  Not sure if there could be a correlation, but you know how it is with MLD....they clear the OPPOSITE sider before dumping.

    Im just not sure .

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  • hugz4u
    hugz4u Member Posts: 2,781
    edited March 2013

    Congrats to Cindyl. Nice to hear you can go out and play.

    Dawne, That active release therapy from the chiro is way nicer than the bone crunching chiros I have had before. I really Like ART. 

    Pains down to the knee can signify back issues. It is the sciatic nerve that goes all the way past the knee and into the foot but it starts in you dairy-air area. That sciatic nerve is really long and thick. About as thick as your index finger. Sometimes I just want to take that sciatic nerve out and wrap it around my neck and choke myself just to get rid of that excruiating pain. Strecthes do help but don't resolve coompletely for me. For me it is all about the l4/l5  lower back injury and the dang sciatic nerve.Off course it comes out as pain in my hip too.

    Did a real slow lebed opening. Chickened out on putting on the raingear. It is pouring with no let up for days. Grrrr. Opps wrong thread!

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  • ptdreamers
    ptdreamers Member Posts: 1,080
    edited March 2013

    hugz, you must be near me. Western WA is getting soaked. Did three miles with Leslie Sansone today.

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