I have been sedentary all my life. I don't enjoy sports and find exercise machines
to be insufferably boring. However, six months ago I discovered walking and have
built myself up to five miles per day, five or six times per week. I love it.
Even in the cold weather, it feels good to get out and breathe outside air. I get
cranky on days that I can't go out. So, I know I have finally found something that
works for me. I have lost 16 pounds, improved both kinds of cholesterol, lowered
my blood pressure, and virtually cured a 40+ year back problem.
For no apparent reason, I woke up about a week ago with severe pain in one knee.
It has been diagnosed as arthritis. Seems odd that it would come on so suddenly.
I am doing pt twice a week and the exercises really help. The therapist seems a
little negative about my continuing to walk. He is pushing gym membership and
particularly the stationary bike as an alternative. I know I will not do it. And
I am afraid of a real bike as I am not coordinated. The best exercise is the one
you will do. And walking is what I will do.
So...here is the question. I talked to the therapist and have researched online
and gotten a variety of conflicting answers. Is it better to do stretching
exercises a) before going out for a walk b) after walking slowly for 5 minutes, or
c) after finishing the walk? Naturally I will not start walking again until I can
walk without pain, which should be in about three weeks, judging by how quickly the
knee has improved so far.
I appreciate any advice you can give. Thanks for your always generous responses!
Jacquie
"You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in
silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals
as librarians...." (Monty Python)
"The Librarian, whose job is to heal ignorance, to keep life safe for poetry and to
put knowledge smack dab in the middle of the American way." ~ The Philadelphia
Inquirer, 9-20-03
"Education is not about filling a pail, it's about lighting a fire." ~ William
Butler Yeats
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Jacquie Henry, MLS
Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS)
Gananda Central School District
3195 Wiedrick Road
P.O. Box 609
Macedon, NY 14502
315-986-3521 x 3144
jhenry@gananda.org
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