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Scoliosis - Introduce yourself and meet others
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@leslie324. What is the alternative? I absolutely wish I had an answer. Wouldn't surgery in one's 70's be too hard on the body? I walk but my hips start hurting. I excercize until the pain is too much then I excercize for one more minute hoping my muscles get stronger. I get frustrated, however, I try to balance my time by lying flat once or twice a day. When I started this I found I liked laying down because I had less pain. But then I realized I wasn't living life. Oh my, it is hard to live with pain yet work on finding some sort of balance. May I suggest we communicate more often - we just might find some answers.
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I have the sciatica and the spinal stenosis, but not the scoliosis; therefore, I'm not sure my comment will help. I'm 78 and in the last four months, the pain increased to the point where I could barely walk and could only sleep in one position on my left side. My physical theorists forbid any unnecessary walking, but encouraged me to ride a bike, which has truly been a lifesaver!! Don't know if scoliosis prevents bike-riding, but note no one mentions it.
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Lollypop,
Thank you for the advice. Will try the walk one more minute and see if I can do better than 900 steps. Have gotten several ideas to try from this group. I felt so alone this summer. Leslie324