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@ellerbracke My gender? Yep, I am an old woman. I used to be almost 5'4" but have shrunk to 5'2.5". I broke a vertebra in 2004 and was told then that I would probably lose some height but it didn't happen until the last few years.
Also, I am not even close to being a he-man or woman. I work at exercising, something that I started very late in life. My son is amazed at how often I go to the gym since I never exercised when he was younger. He sort of inspires me, and is my cheerleader. My parents both passed away in their 60s and my sister and I both figure that if they had been more active they probably would have lived longer. She read recently that a sedentary life is as bad for your health as smoking.
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JK: you seem to have been on the TKR sites for a long time, so you probably heard it all....... question: I was traveling a few days ago, long plane ride, followed by 2 train rides. The second ride, getting off, I suddenly had a really sharp pain in my hip on the TKR side, and I was limping for the rest of the day. My guess is that the extra weight (body weight about 128, backpack and carrying a full size suitcase + heavy winter clothes roughly 40+ lbs., so almost an additional 1/3 of my body weight added), caused my knee to refuse the load and transfer it to the hip? I can still feel it 2 days later, very stiff and uncomfortable in the morning, easing up some after exercise and slow walking. Knee itself is a little grumpy, but not bad............
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You and your sister are correct about the effects of a sedentary lifestyle. I read a very apt description of it the other day: Sitting is the new smoking.