Thankyou so much Chris. I will give that a try when my leg is a bit more comfortable.i find the recumbent bike really stretches my muscles, and I’ve been missing that for a few days. I’ll let you know how I do. Have a wonderful day, Yvonne

@artscaping Thanks, Chris. I haven't actually tried pigeon yet, I've been busy, and my fractured femur has been hurting a lot recently. It varies by the day. It helps a lot when I take tramadol in the morning but the doctor will not give me anymore -- he hasn't given me many at all -- they are so conservative with any opioid now. I am hoping to be much better soon and to get back to my health club.

@debbraw @irol pool exercise is great really. One instructor I had was very savvy and when I was trying to do that stretch pulling my foot up behind me I couldn't do it straight, it was out to the side. She told me to go to the edge of the pool and put it on the pool wall so it would stay straight, that makes the exercise much more helpful. It really does help a lot.
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Chris: I looked up the reclining pigeon, and it is a similar starting position to one of my Sciatica exercises. That also starts with one leg bent, other leg’s ankle crossed over and resting on knee. However, then I was instructed to pull the knee diagonally toward my opposite shoulder to stretch the Piriformis. So I thought, why not try the pigeon move while I’m in the right position anyway? Yikes! I never knew that stretching my hip the other way - outward - was such a challenge. I’ll start working on that move every day now and hope to see lots of improvement over time. Did not help that I’m already semi-sore from several home improvement projects, as well as daily dragging around long, heavy duty hoses to keep at least some shrubs alive. No rain here in about a month, temperatures 10 to 12 degrees above average - mid 90’s in late September - , and no rain in sight for another 10 days!!! FYI - this is SC, not Texas or Nevada!