Return to normal walking?

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Originally Posted by Catrin

I tried this hip flexor stretch when I woke up this morning, nice! Thank you!

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I tried it today,it worked great! Thanks, Emily.

I noticed since I started using the ellipticals at the gym my hip flexors get really tight.

Do they have an ArcTrainer Pax? Those do work differently, at least they seem to for me

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Originally Posted by Catrin

Do they have an ArcTrainer Pax? Those do work differently, at least they seem to for me

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No, it's a small family owned gym, they don't have too much outside the basic elliptical/treadmill/exercise bike. It is kinda fun though, I couldn't use an elliptical before the knee replacement.

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Originally Posted by Pax

No, it's a small family owned gym, they don't have too much outside the basic elliptical/treadmill/exercise bike. It is kinda fun though, I couldn't use an elliptical before the knee replacement.

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Progress is always a good thing! The Cybex ArcTrainer is really the only machine I can use without knee or hip pain and I've tried them all (both pre-and-post surgery) - it does things differently though I couldn't explain how. It doesn't hurt any of my body parts and that's a good thing :cool: Thankfully it's a HUGE machine so there is no way that I could be tempted to purchase a used one for home. Why yes, I've considered it :o It makes me feel like I can run - though I cannot. I'm unsure if I literally could run to save my life, though I would assume that the mind would overpower the mechanical problem if that should be necessary, at least I hope so!

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Originally Posted by Pax

I tried it today,it worked great! Thanks, Emily.

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You're so welcome! :)

There seems to suddenly be a big improvement with my knee/walking. Not saying it's perfect, but much better. Perhaps time was all that was really needed. Hopefully that will work for my neck as well...

Congrats!! I had the same thing happen (at about the 8 month mark). Couldn't see a reason for it, it just started working better... our bodies are so weird, aren't they?

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Originally Posted by Pax

Congrats!! I had the same thing happen (at about the 8 month mark). Couldn't see a reason for it, it just started working better... our bodies are so weird, aren't they?

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Yes they are! I no longer feel like there is an internal brace, though my IT band is getting tighter no matter what I do... perhaps my leg needs that? I don't know, but I'm not complaining :cool:

That is great news, Catrin.

Good news both Catrin and Pax!

Happy New Year and hope for even more healing.

I have also suffered from the same situation and it took nearly 4-5 months for me to recover properly .