More Pain!
stayhip wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
MORE PAIN
Hip pain has been bothering me again. Stiffness, soreness and tightness when I walk too much – forget about running. I have to stretch every day and do strength training to keep my body strong, and experience any sort of joint pain relief.
I thought my regimen would keep me from needing any kind of future medical attention; I’ve already done acupuncture, physical therapy and taken up swimming over running but nothing seems to be able to reverse the process of arthritis and joint pain.
“Joe, your hip looks pretty bad from what the X-rays tell me. You might have to join the club pretty soon.” My lifelong doctor, Dr. Al told me. The club, by the way is everyone of his patients who have had hip replacement surgery.
Today, my plan is to continue doing my workout and stretch, walk as little as possible, […]
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