I’m signed up with a small sadist, right now: her name is Monica and she’s a physiotherapist.
(In fact she’s gorgeous – I took to her immediately !)
This is all about my posture. My younger sister (the cleverest of the once five who comprised John Dunphy’s daughters back there in Perth) mentioned anxiously to me that I wasn’t standing straight; and like most of her advice, it sank in. I noticed to my horror that my forward lean was rapidly increasing and had become habitual. And no, it’s not osteoporosis: it’s BAD POSTURE.
So on the advice of my medical team (which is my GP and her practice Nurse, both of whom I dote on) I saw Monica, who went through a long checklist to see how mobile I am and, I suspect, how determined to adjust. I passed. Whew !! Now I am doing daily exercises – religiously, of course, because I’m such a religious person. [grin] I am to return to Monica at the end of the month so that she can see the degree of ease with which I’m doing them; meaning have I been keeping up the regimen ??!!
So seeing this article in this-morning’s “The Guardian” made me sit up (literally: I was a bit slouched) and I read it avidly.
I would SO like to participate. But £199 ?? Shit, that’s 371.47AUD !!! I think she must be not only amazingly good at walking, but an impressively successful monetizer of the fact. I wonder how many people are signed up ? – my guess is a whole big lot.
This activity would suit me 100%. And it would provide another challenge to bolster what I’m doing with The Small Sadist.
I don’t blame Joanna Hall for making money out of her personally-achieved and carefully thought-out fitness programme. But I do blame her for setting the financial bar so high.
Oh SIGH ! – there I go again. Bloody whingeing Aussie, eh ? 😦
DOWNUNDER WITH BOODZ 
I took one look at her picture and thought, “If I were her age, I’d walk that way too.” But she doesn’t have my shortened tendons, stiff joints, and fear of stumbling and falling. And so it goes.
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You’re a practical person, alright, Colorado !
And you greatly lessened my angst about missing out.
Thank yer, thank yer !! 😀
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Don’t listen to me. If you feel you’re up to it, go for it!
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Don’t listen to you ? – too late, I’ve been sitting in the circle at your feet for bloody MONTHS !
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Doesn’t the article pretty much tell you how to do it without forking out all that dosh? Stand straight, peel your back foot off heel first, etc. And if you want the right shoes, flexible sole plus wide toe box equals something like Altra Lone Peak trail runners.
You are very capable of figuring it out for yourself. You don’t need to pay someone to tell you what you already know.
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More or les what I thought too MOSY. Also there are many free programs around on, say, YouTube, that contain exercise and advice. Of course the paid ones sometimes track you which helps ensure you do it but you can develop little tracking goals for yourself. Yoga is a great thing for posture btw, M-R. Have you come across the beautiful Adriene, Toga with Adriene, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8oT_r290lU
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Sue, yoga is entirely beyond me. I cannot lie flat or on either side, but am obliged to sleep on my back (in my adjustable bed) at roughly 45°. I can only just stand on one leg, and for a pretty short time. I can’t sit on the floor because I need two strong people to get me up again. The exercises drawn up by The Small Sadist took a good while, as she had to match what was required with what could be done.
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There is Chair Yoga around too … I found some for my mum and ma-in-law that we did on holidays.
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I can stand just fine (with both feet on the ground) and I can walk as long as I’m not carrying ANYTHING; because if I am, I very quickly become exhausted. Not from the walking; it has to do with my crooked skeleton and the change of angle when carrying.
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Chair yoga can include standing and holding onto chair backs… but sounds like you are sorted!
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It’s that I don’t think chair yoga is necessary quite yet, Sue ..
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PS I have a bit of a crooked skeleton too which is pretty obvious if you watch me when I walk. The feet go every which way, even with orthotics. I loved ballet as a child but no wonder I wasn’t much good at it!
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And scoliosis doesn’t help, eh ? – on two planes .. Sighh ..
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Yes, I have a little of that – though I didn’t know until after an x-ray in my 50s – and whatever it is with my pelvic structure that causes my tibia to turn in and my knees to knock which then somehow throws out the bottom half of the leg to cause pronation. When I was around 5 or 6 or so, I was told I had “weak ankles” but, really, it wasn’t that, it was the whole infrastructure supporting them that made them roll easily!! (See how I made YOUR post all about me – sorreee.)
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It’s alright: one gets caught up ..
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Yoga … I was in the back of a car and not concentrating.
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That’ll teach— erhmm .. someone. [grin]
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It more or less does, darlin; but I have no idea whether or not it would fit— no, meld with the exercises I should be doing were it not for my current sacroiliitis rearing its hideous head again. I have also, today, pulled a muscle below my left shoulder-blade (only the gods know how I did that !!), so you see I’m not capable of doing fucking ANYTHING without managing to stuff it up.
I appreciate your being irritated with me – I am an exceptionally irritating person when I put my mind to it – but not losing it and remaining polite. [grin]
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I wasn’t irritated, just wanting to remind you that you are capable of these things. You are. I would just work with your physio and follow her lead. She’s a professional. And everyone tends to do something to themselves when they start a new regime. Including me. 😁
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Don’t know that you aren’t just geeing me up, Hev – you have a very kind heart. 😀
Howsomever, I shall say that I believe you and tell myself that it isn’t just me.
XO
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Keep at it M-R! I’ve been in perpetual P.T. (and massage)(and chiropractic) for some time due to my curved spine. Your post made me sit up straight and tuck in my chin as I tend to be very head forward. It’s been handing out headaches too, but enough about me. Posture is so important at any age. Keep going with your exercises and they might make a world of difference for you.
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M-J, m’ love, your words inspire me ! I’m happy to say that I missed out on the exercises on Saturday and felt the worse for it. Picked up again yesterday, and am raring to see the Small Sadist again on Friday arvo so that I can show her whatever improvement there is,
I didn’t know that you suffer from back problems – serious ones.
I mean to do as many iterations of the set as possible on my 80th !! 😀
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I have a sadist too. She is a physical therapist who has been treating my headaches with dry needling. If you’ve never had it done, it is not for weenies. She told me the other day she has had a few patients swear when performing the act. I would, but you know how demure I am…lol!
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I’ve heard of it – and now I don’t ever want to have it. 😦 Tell her how lucky she is that I’m not her patient: my swearing would raise the roof.
Now trying to recall your demureness .. ……. . …. .. …… …….. .. … . . …………
Nup. Nothing comes.
[grin]
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😌🙄😁
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