Merry Christmas! Happy Hannukkah!

Have a great holiday with your families and friends. Be thankful and happy! And be careful and don't overdo eating the goodies!

😀

Hi there, Lynnwood! I've been dealing with neck pain for awhile but I'll be getting into PT after the holidays. Can't complain otherwise. Hope you're doing well, too!

I'm sharing some of both of your pains. My neck and shoulders hurt daily. My right knee is aching. I need a TKR sometime soon. I'm half an inch shorter on the right side. HA! At least the weather is nice.

I wish you both a Happy Christmas with Family and Friends and a Healthy ongoing New Year 2020.

Thank you, enjoy and Take Care.

Much hsppiness to all sends the 🐢. HT

Hi MsOuchie, Bengay is about the same as Tiger Balm and Salonpas. After reading online about some of this, BlueEmu was recommended over those. It's more expensive though but it has different ingredients. Lately I've been using TheraCare which has pads in different shapes for the neck, back, etc. and it uses a heat technology that is created by itself so you wear it for 8 hours. Unfortunately the pads are one-time use although they're pretty good. The bottom line is that these only treat the symptoms.

Lynnwood, I had bursitis in both hips at least four times and had the usual steroid shots and pills along with PT. The last therapist I had was the best because she told me why the bursitis kept returning. I was using the ET wrong but in the meantime she showed me the exercises to ease the busitis and to help prevent it. Yeah, the IT band...:

I'm also waiting to hear from the therapy/nurse office to set up whatever schedule. Not the best time in the middle of the holidays.

The PT asked me to give her a run-down of what I was doing on a daily basis, and when I told her I was using the ET at the gym, she asked me to show her right there in the PT room. I got on and started and she told me to STOP after 15 seconds. She said I was bouncing, that when you're using it, your body should stay level or even. You move from your hips. Like when you ride a bike, you're sitting and using your legs as opposed to standing up on the pedals to get started. On the ET though, you're standing so for me it was tricky not to bounce. By then I wasn't using the ET anymore. I prefered walking anywhere outside or using the treadmill at the gym.

Oh!! lol lol! I thought you used it! Elliptical Trainer. Sorry. I should have written it out. You know that exercise machine where you stand on moveable foot rests/pads, hold the handle bars that move back and forth and feel like you're climbing a mountain. That was hard for me to use correctly as I wrote - although I thought it was easy to use even if it was tiring.

Good luck with the therapy. A good therapist is really valuable to us!

This is the ET I couldn't work with: 👽
😉