@sistersinhim
Like you I have a lot of problems bending my knees,just too painful and I had to do a lot of that in my job teaching nursery, three and four year olds are much nearer the ground! So I tend to bend from the waist too. It does hurt my knee but I'm sure the stretch is good.
As for the baking, spelt is an ancient form of wheat but with a more fragile form of gluten which is much easier to digest. It's also richer in protein and vitamins and minerals and can be used in most recipes where you would normally use wheat. It seems that foods made with modern wheat can make inflammation worse but spelt doesn't have that effect. I can't take anti inflammatories because I took so many over the years they really messed up my stomach and caused chronic gastritis. So I'm interested in an anti inflammatory diet. I got off a proton pump inhibitor drug after two and a half years, and now rarely even get heartburn. You would also love the banana cake, it's made with sprouted spelt flour (even more nutritious), bananas,coconut sugar, ground almonds, chia seeds, sultanas, butter and mixed spice. The two I made last week lasted exactly three days!
@mamazipp
I've always been put off bread making thinking it was a long labour intensive process needing special ingredients and machines. But I started baking with spelt (for the above reasons) and there was a hand made bread recipe on the packet of flour. It's quick, cheap, and because the dough rises quickly and needs very little kneading, it's easy to make. It has a different texture, but tastes nice and makes lovely crunchy toast. Obviously there are no preservatives, but it's no problem to make a loaf a couple of times a week.
As for the bike, it is getting a little easier though I limit it to about five to ten minutes each time, otherwise I get overtired and don't want to do it the next day. I think little and often is better.
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) though I will go for a few more sessions, he's not fixated on the ROM numbers thankfully, but just wants me to get as good a result as possible I think. Last time he really concentrated on stretches for my extension which was uncomfortable at the time, but I think it has improved some as I've been walking a bit easier. I've even taken up a new hobby - bread making. I'm experimenting with wheat free baking and am making bread and cakes with spelt flour. it's so nice to do such a simple but satisfying thing again. There are so many things I am now not taking for granted.
