brs0660
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As previously posted...I am allergic to exercise because it causes me break out.....................in SWEAT!!!
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I have never been involved in sports except for volleyball and tennis. So having an active lifestyle has never been my forte'. RTKR has brought be to place where I have never been before...routine and daily exercise. I have completed 12 weeks of PT and I am ready to continue making steps forward to a more active lifestyle. I am limited by a rotten Left knee which is scheduled for replacement sometime around the first of the year. I am 3 1/2 months post surgery
My daily regime is....stepping up on a stair thirty times, stretches of legs and knees using therabands, full, side, partial leg lifts, hamstring strethes, pelvic tilts, crunches, thigh squeezes, toe raises, and marching. I am using my cane (mostly for security and for my Left knee). I am not walking any distance other than than what I need to do at work.
I wanted to start this thread to see what others are doing to maintain (just like maintaining your car) their knees. Do you do home exercises? If so what? Do you go to gym? How did you choose? Do use a personal trainer? If so how did you choose? How can you know a trainer or gym person is not going to direct you to do something that will hurt your knee? What about water exercises(I will not do this because I would not be caught dead in a swimsuit)? How do you find a good class? How do you get in and out of the pool if you are still using crutches or a cane? What about walking? How much did you do at the beginning? How did you increase your distance? What have been your most memorable accomplishments?
Thought this this might be a thread where we could all learn something new or share some encouragement
Barb:gphg:
As previously posted...I am allergic to exercise because it causes me break out.....................in SWEAT!!!
.
I have never been involved in sports except for volleyball and tennis. So having an active lifestyle has never been my forte'. RTKR has brought be to place where I have never been before...routine and daily exercise. I have completed 12 weeks of PT and I am ready to continue making steps forward to a more active lifestyle. I am limited by a rotten Left knee which is scheduled for replacement sometime around the first of the year. I am 3 1/2 months post surgery
My daily regime is....stepping up on a stair thirty times, stretches of legs and knees using therabands, full, side, partial leg lifts, hamstring strethes, pelvic tilts, crunches, thigh squeezes, toe raises, and marching. I am using my cane (mostly for security and for my Left knee). I am not walking any distance other than than what I need to do at work.
I wanted to start this thread to see what others are doing to maintain (just like maintaining your car) their knees. Do you do home exercises? If so what? Do you go to gym? How did you choose? Do use a personal trainer? If so how did you choose? How can you know a trainer or gym person is not going to direct you to do something that will hurt your knee? What about water exercises(I will not do this because I would not be caught dead in a swimsuit)? How do you find a good class? How do you get in and out of the pool if you are still using crutches or a cane? What about walking? How much did you do at the beginning? How did you increase your distance? What have been your most memorable accomplishments?
Thought this this might be a thread where we could all learn something new or share some encouragement
Barb:gphg:
