I was going to let the cat comment slide, but my neck problems are from cat shoving me off the pillow!
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I was going to let the cat comment slide, but my neck problems are from cat shoving me off the pillow!
Ha, I thought I was the only sap who didn't have the heart to move the baby. But wookit his widdle face...
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DH just got home last night from a week of mountain biking in Fruita, CO and Moab. Ikky was beside himself with happiness...he must have purred for about 6 hours straight and stayed almost literally glued to DH's hip until morning. :p
That article described exactly what I experience. My PT said I don't have a leg length discrepancy, but I "feel" uneven. I am always crooked on my saddle and my pain is all on the left side; lower back, shoulder, crotch, groin. It's pretty bad when I climb, unless I am very warmed up. I know I have mild scoliosis that was never treated.
Oy, I am going to be right near that fitter when I go to San Diego. But, I won't have my bike with me...
I've often wondered if I have some sort of scoliosis...when we were checked in jr. high everything was fine, but I am seriously sway-backed. Mostly it makes finding jeans a real PITA, since I get a HUGE gap at the back. And I think it has made finding cycling shorts a challenge. PIs are about the only shorts that actually sit over my sit-bones. Just about everything else I tried had the chamois too far back and nearly covering my tailbone, with my sit-bones over the front edge of the wide part of the chamois. I have a seriously tilted uterus, too...I think everything on my lower half is at a bizarre angle. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
Lastly for EVERYONE--yoga, yoga, yoga.
Stretching and strengthening will help offset future problems.
That and core work. Hubby had issues wearing a Camelbak while mountain biking...his back really seized-up (and he's not prone to back issues, either). I think he realized how important regular core work is.Quote:
Originally Posted by TrekTheKaty
Yoga works the core (as well as those all-important stabilizer muscles) very strongly!
Yep...the upper-body weight workouts I do incorporate a mix of yoga poses and more traditional crunch type stuff, as well as work with stability ball and free weights. Good stuff. My abs usually feel pretty tight for a couple of days afterwards. Just doing free weights work with good form works the core, too. Hubby doesn't do any of this...yet! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by OakLeaf