And beer. Great for arthritis and actually helps lose weight. Yeah, that whole beer belly thing was probably just a clever alliteration made up by future exes sick of football. Not only that, it improves intelligence. By midnight you'll be the smartest guy in the attic! ;-) ~~ j ~~
Among other things, especially strengthening, I use a knobby, firm foam roller to loosen up quads, hamstrings & calves. The trick is to scrub across the muscles instead of rolling up and down the length. And you need to put in at least 5 minutes on each muscle group in order to have a good effect! It should feel pretty intense if you have tight muscles.
I had my first catastrophic knee injury at age 18, and spent my entire dance career without an ACL ligament (I didn't know I didn't have one until a fairly recent MRI!) So I know a bit about knee issues.
Yes, I have been consciously engaging my glutes when I walk my miles and miles every day---I think I have always walked from my glutes and not my hamstrings.
Glad your knee is better now. I had one more thought, perhaps for future reference if needed: negative heel shoes. Those are the ones with soles thinner on the heel end than the toe end. They say it does something for alignment of back, hips, knees, and ankles. I tried them for walking a long time ago. I had foot pain when I walked longer distances than I was used to, and the negative heel shoes moved the pain from feet to hips. It might be useful to alternate days between shoes with slightly different heel heights, to change repetitive stress pressure points to a slightly different angle.
At the time I was walking on flat, paved surfaces. When I hike on uneven dirt trails, I can tell it engages muscles with greater variety of angles. It might have the same benefit with regard to repetitive stress. I saw your walking video, and it looked like you may already be doing that. You could potentially change your route on different days, for variety of surface.
I hope your knees are doing better. I like to alternate walking with different types of exercise, particularly bending/twisting that involves different types of movement than walking. PBS had a yoga instructor who talked about a need to move all joints in all directions (that they are supposed to go) regularly.
I recommend whisky - it works for covid too.
Sláinte! 🥃
And beer. Great for arthritis and actually helps lose weight. Yeah, that whole beer belly thing was probably just a clever alliteration made up by future exes sick of football. Not only that, it improves intelligence. By midnight you'll be the smartest guy in the attic! ;-) ~~ j ~~
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Among other things, especially strengthening, I use a knobby, firm foam roller to loosen up quads, hamstrings & calves. The trick is to scrub across the muscles instead of rolling up and down the length. And you need to put in at least 5 minutes on each muscle group in order to have a good effect! It should feel pretty intense if you have tight muscles.
I had my first catastrophic knee injury at age 18, and spent my entire dance career without an ACL ligament (I didn't know I didn't have one until a fairly recent MRI!) So I know a bit about knee issues.
I have found that strengthening the often neglected glute muscles helps somewhat.
Yes, I have been consciously engaging my glutes when I walk my miles and miles every day---I think I have always walked from my glutes and not my hamstrings.
Thanks!
Glad your knee is better now. I had one more thought, perhaps for future reference if needed: negative heel shoes. Those are the ones with soles thinner on the heel end than the toe end. They say it does something for alignment of back, hips, knees, and ankles. I tried them for walking a long time ago. I had foot pain when I walked longer distances than I was used to, and the negative heel shoes moved the pain from feet to hips. It might be useful to alternate days between shoes with slightly different heel heights, to change repetitive stress pressure points to a slightly different angle.
At the time I was walking on flat, paved surfaces. When I hike on uneven dirt trails, I can tell it engages muscles with greater variety of angles. It might have the same benefit with regard to repetitive stress. I saw your walking video, and it looked like you may already be doing that. You could potentially change your route on different days, for variety of surface.
I just got back from a 5+ mile walk in my Teva flip flops...LOL
Thanks for your recs. Very much appreciated!
I hope your knees are doing better. I like to alternate walking with different types of exercise, particularly bending/twisting that involves different types of movement than walking. PBS had a yoga instructor who talked about a need to move all joints in all directions (that they are supposed to go) regularly.
One of the last people I would trust for evidenced-based medical advice is a chiropractor.
Yes, it's such a new practice and no one has ever got relief from a chiropractor. LOL
My knee is fine, now, and I walked just under 100k steps since Sunday without any kind of DeathCare intervention. You?