From The Front Porch at the Farm Saturday November 2, 2013 I have learned a valuable lesson in that exercise is an important component of staying healthy. If you have knee and back problems as I do, exercise plays an important role in getting and staying healthy. With any knee, hip or back problem, the largest antigravity muscles — the quadriceps and gluteals — often loses strength. An exercise plan that focuses on these muscles can offer many benefits. Strengthening the muscles around a damaged knee can support the joint. For example, when your quadriceps, gluteals, hamstrings, and abdominal muscles are strong, the load on your hips and back is lightened. A strong quadriceps muscle can assume much of the shock-absorbing role usually played by the meniscus or cartilage in the knee. My Physical therapists Dr. Samantha created an individual exercise programs to help restore or maintain physical functioning, and to help achieve treatment goals set by my orthopedic surgeon. I highly recommend you contact her if you have knee surgery. Each physical therapy session may involve pain-relieving treatments using ice, heat, or other approaches and supervises me doing specific exercises, or use a variety of equipment — and also teaches exercises I can do at home. I will soon be ready for surgery on the left knee. Thought for today: If you’re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. Isaiah 53:4-5 Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 06:45:38 +0000
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