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    • 07/31/2016 at 7:56 am #71650
      AvatarDory Bacher

        Hi,

        I have a sedentary job as a programmer. 
        Until now: no sports, except for one week skiing, and on summer holiday a swim and some walking.

        That went always smootly.

        Except the latest years.

        Examples :
        1. Holiday Alpes, the first day a walk from about 5 miles, went good, but the net day i almost couldn’t walk anymore. Pain from foot to knees, and it lastes 4 days. Bye bye holiday.
        2. After a years not swimming, on a summer holiday finely swimming, fantastic, but the net day i almost couldn’t walk anymore.  Pain in the sciatic zone,
        lower back and groin, and it lastes 3 days. Bye bye holiday.
        3. I was afraid for skiing but dat went rather well.
        4. Then the professional issue, deskjob, both arms hurt a lot (from lower arm, ellbow up to the shoulder)
        5. Cycling gives me back pain.

        I have been visiting several medics, but they all work for their specialisation.
        For instance a surgeon want to operate immidiatly.  A physiotherapist warns not to go to a surgeon and promotes his thing. And so on …

        I fear for further restrictions in the future.
        Are there things I can do to prevent it, without more damage off course.
        Some people over 60 or 70 seem to be so fit, feels depressing for me.

        hoping for good news ….
      • 08/02/2016 at 8:01 pm #76476
        Melanie LindseyMelanie Lindsey
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          Well, if you go from sedentary to serious exercise, of course you’re going to hurt!! Once you heal, you need to make movement a daily priority. Don’t wait for your holiday, or you’re actually damaging yourself instead of helping yourself.

          I bet if you did some form of daily movement, a year from now you’d be singing a different story (after your next holiday).

          Yoga, stretching, calisthenics, and bodyweight exercises, for starters.

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