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The best part of getting older is having friends who I’ve known for more than twenty years, who I absolutely know I can rely on, come Hell or high water.
The worst part is losing people. Grandparents. Father. And, as I’ve been saying for ten years: At 38, all my warranties expired.
My own warranties went on longer. But I really should’ve bought the extended one.
I’ve done this and yes, my back goes out more than I do – and it works. I also have a bolster (a very dense styrofoam tube that’s about 3 feet long) that I lay on with my tailbone at one end and my head a the other for about 15 minutes with arms out at my sides. This is great therapy for pulling shoulders and everything in the spine back in alignment. My therapist advised this because I hunch over a computer monitor for hours. Seems we have to counterbalance gravity.
What do I like the least about aging? The crepe paper texture of a lot of my skin. Ugh.
That’s a good idea. I’ll give it a try!
I will use this static back exercise. It’s easy and can be done anywhere. 🙂
I’m glad to learn about the static back exercise. This will come in handy when my lower back gets wonky. I’m going to share it with my FB followers, too. My lower back goes out now and then because of an old yoga injury deep in my right hip that then throws everything out of alignment and it comes down hard on my lower back. My physical therapist has assigned me a ton of core exercises to do at home. But they are boring, and I think too much about my dirty carpet. So I do yoga, pilates, and core express classes regularly at the gym. Plus I alter some of my cardio workouts to increase or introduce core work. I can’t even believe I do core work. I used to avoid it, hate it, rationalize myself out of it. But it does keep my back aligned! So I try to just find a way to embrace it as part of my New Reality.
Dealing with lower back pain can be a challenging journey, but understanding its nuances and adopting effective strategies can pave the way for relief and improved well-being.