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@laura1970 Your concern is valid. I also had the difficulty of sitting more than 15 minutes and was able to stand as needed. By the end I was becoming more tolerant and surprised myself by slowly gaining ability. Fun fact, my tolerance continued to improve after getting home and following the program. One of my goals was to sit in a restaurant for a meal with my family without getting up. I now can! I'm able to be more present in the moment.

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I have arachnoiditis of my cauda equina and lumbar spine. I do stretches multiple times per day and weight training 3days a week. I have had this condition for over 5 years and have been through physical therapy at a dedicated spinal cord center (Kennedy Kreiger, affiliated with Johns Hopkins ) multiple times. It hasn’t helped. I keep on because arachnoiditis is a progressive disorder and I can’t know if maybe I am preventing worsening.

So I think I have good reason to doubt that a 3 week session will be helpful. I certainly don’t want to shell out the dough and the discomfort of a long plane ride for a “we can fix it” attitude. What I continue to ask, is do you accommodate this disability? The more my spine is stretched, the less time I am able to sit. I think something like a dialysis or chemo chair would help quite a bit. Could you provide one?