I had three herniated discs , ruptured Achilles' tendon, and hip pain that came on in later life from a bad fall off water skies when I was a pup.
Your last sentence could not be more true! It is TIME,, TIME to allow the body to heal and the vast majority of injuries it will.
After many episodes with lower back herniated discs, lower back pain, I was finally guided by a chiropractor that had me on a three month program of rest ,, rest ,, more rest do absolutely nothing, ice and back brace support at home and controlled pulling on the spine at office daily,, he was not a bone cruncher .even after a few months I was feeling better,, No you will do absolutely nothing when I told him I was thinking about raking the yard NO! After this he started me on Med X back excersise machine very slowly at first building up back extensor muscles in about a month I built up to 230 pounds . Ever since then I have developed my own back exercise program 15 minutes a day and I mean ,, every day ,, they are done in prone position ,, with exceptions of " hump back swayback " 75 reps.
Ruptured Achilles' tendon,, Time to heal ,, again the key. My emerg doc put me straight after this episode.
""In this hospital we do not operate for this injury."" You must not put weight on the foot for at least 2 months nothing "".. 2 casts in that time , toes down , second,, toes up a little from first ,, walking cast after that but I took it on myself not to walk at first ,, but to kick leg in the pool and then go out to my neck in the water and start walking out there. After walking I went to physiotherapist and he suggested I stand up on my toes and back 120 times.. WHAT? I am about to stress out just healed fibre possibly pulling healed strands apart ,,never! Anyway, I am 100 percent with this and walking 7 Klicks a day,, many others that I know have continuing problems with this injury,, swelling and pain not ending.
A few years back while walking I noticed I was starting to have pain in the hip that I injured when I was young bringing me up short to often.
I decided then to get more Movement into that whole joint .. The movement of this joint was concentrated on all areas that it did not " normally " go in the " everyday ,, just added in with back exercises. The results of this regime was gratifying as no more pain in the hip .. Movement of joints daily,, outside the normal repetitive range of motion I believe ,, will keep them healthy and not arthritic. Regular movement of main member with or without blue pill , a good thing Martha if ya can . |
