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Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Dec 17, 2023 | Replies (4297)Comment receiving replies
@funcountess we are pretty careful about ticks, but no, we do not use a repellant. I think there is a fairly wide walkway so you are not walking very close to the bushes and grasses along the walk.
@pollyanne I assumed you were since you mentioned being a trainer, didn't you? I will look up thigh strengthening exercises. Weights and all fitness equipment is literally impossible to find. Apparently everyone bought equipment when they started having to stay at home. I ordered some weights on Amazon and they were supposed to come the first week of the month but they have not and it looks as if they will not so I cancelled and ordered some others that are also back-ordered. I have one set of 8 pound weights but for some of the exercises I would like to do I need some smaller ones too, like 2 or 3 pound weights, and 5 pound weights.
Thanks for your suggestion. I wore different sneakers yesterday when walking and did not take my pravastatin last night and my thighs are not hurting today. I don't know which helped but I will stay off of the pravastatin for a week. I think I will alternate sneakers too to see if that's the problem.
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@contentandwell I wasn't exactly a trainer. I was a high impact aerobics instructor, which they have since found is too hard on the body. I did work for a kinesiologist though and so we were trained how to do the moves that we were doing. We also did floor exercises and stretching but no weights. So I had a certain amount of kinesiology training with all that. I have been to a weight trainer at the gym and I found that using weights that are too heavy just makes the problems worse. I'm sure you realise that, plus too many repetitions are not good. That is I think what gave me a lot of my skeletal problems, over use and too many repetitions. So ease into new exercises very carefully. I also think that music with a lot of energy can be dangerous because I used to fly when we used the high energy music. I loved it because it was like high energy dancing and I used to put the tapes together with really high energy music.
I think some of the You Tubes online are good for demonstrating how to do weight exercises and exercises for injuries. I know there are some good ones for thigh strengthening and it's worth a try. Strong thighs can also help the knees.
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@pollyann I was put on statin by my cardiologist after my TIA even though my cholesterol was normal. I tried prevastatin many many years ago, couldn't tolerate it, and lowered my cholesterol by life style changes. I found that second time around it was still bothering me, even though I was only taking 5 mg every other day. Then he changed it to Livalo 1mg every other day. It's worse if not better. My joints hurt, my legs and feet too. I asked him if I could stop for a week or so but he said it's not a good idea since I had TIA. At this point I don't know if the leg pain is caused by my back.. I have spinal stenosis, or other medical problems that could cause pain in my legs. My daughter said I nerd flexible shoes, and she has knee and ankle problems when she has wrong type of shoes on. Now I guess I have to wait to see my doctors to determine the course of action. I am really frustrated because walking is my only exercise I can do now. I would like to take a blood test to see what the cholesterol level is now. I also read that statin could have a negative effect on the liver. So what to do?