On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 21:01:57 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 9/9/2019 5:28 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:42:22 -0400, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:33:23 -0400, Dan Espen
wrote:

micky writes:

I had a back pain, saw an orthopedist, he probably mentioned ibuprofin
or some thing.

I had back pain, saw an orthopedist, he took x-rays, told me
I had some arthritis. That was more than 20 years ago.

Soon after I put in a patio and deck, started running, swimming,
and now visit the gym regularly.

No pain since the patio and deck. A few months from turning 74.

There is a miracle cure, it's called hard work.

Oh, yeah, don't overeat. If you go to a restaurant and finish
the meal, you are overeating.

You seem to be saying that it was more the exercise than the weight??

And that even if your weight had been right, without the exercise, you
think you'd still have the back pain??
Absolutely. I have a few extra pounds on me, but it is keeping
moving that keeps the back working.


I have some arthritis, fairly common as we get older. Due to changes in
the household, I'm not as active as I was just weeks ago and I can feel
it when I get up in the morning. We have a well equipped gym for use by
residents in the community so I headed over this morning. It really
felt good to do a little working out.

There is a bench for leg curls that I wanted to try and I watch another
guy use it. Damn, not easy the way he had it set up. I moved the pin
to set the weight between "sissy" and "girly man" and it worked well.
I'll work my way up on that. Damn, I could lift more 30 years ago.
I think anyone over 45 can say the same!!! That said,I can still do
most of what I could do at 40 - but man, do I PAY for it for a few
days!!!!!
My shoulders are actually better than they were 30 years ago - but my
lower back is worse. My hands are the worst - with arthritis in my
fingers.