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[KnottedYet]

Child's Pose! If the hot-tub doesn't fix it, try Child's Pose. It's a yoga move that sometimes gets the lats and QL to loosen up enough that the lumbar critters can move again.

Get down on your knees, and sit on your heels.
(bilateral hip adduction to midline, full bilateral ankle plantarflexion, full bilateral knee flexion, 90 degree bilateral hip flexion, ischial tubs contacting calcaneii)

Bend forward at your hips until chest is on thighs and hands are way out front on the floor.
(full hip flexion, full shoulder flexion, forearm pronation)

Hold 30 seconds.

Walk hands way over to the left.
(left lateral lumbar and thoracic flexion)

Hold 30 seconds.

Walk hands way over to the right.
(right lateral lumbar and thoracic flexion)

Hold 30 seconds.


Or you can try double knee to chest (lie on back, hug knees, hold 30 seconds, do 3 times) Or knee sways (hooklying, let knees fall to left, then fall to right for lumbar rotation 20 times).

And next time you're standing in the OR for hours, unlock your knees! Stop hangin' on those "Y" ligaments and use your transversus abdominus instead! (how are your hamstrings?)

[chickwhorips]

oh that reminds me, i forgot to stretch after i ran today. the bad dinner got in my thought pattern.

i need to take a shower too... no comments from the peanut gallery please.

[snapdragen]

ooooh. I don't want to talk about hamstrings, mine are as tight as piano wires.

I'm very sleepy, but I'm also addicted to Top Chef. Do I stay up and watch it, or go sleepy bye.

[KnottedYet]

I'm falling asleep, too.

gonna go put on my jammies (wooly socks, long underwear, sweats, turtleneck, sweater, fuzzy hat - hey, basement apartments get chilly!) and get ready for bed, then check TE one. last. time.

Really, only ONE last time. (as opposed to the 5 or 6 last times i usually do)

[Xrayted]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! That was nice.

Unfortunately, the hot tub gods exacted a heavy price for the dip. One cookie. Fell right out of my hand. Only a 1/2 a glass of wine, I swear! Geez, I've gotta be the cheapest... Of course, I couldn't get it with my foot so I ended up cave diving. Now I've got a soaked head right before bed! I'm all toasty and loose(r) tho. Shame about the cookie. It had a real future.

Thanks Knotted! I'll try those in the morning if it's still bugging. Can't plantarflex too far on the left and no go with resting the ischial tuberosity on the calcaneal tuberosity. VERY touchy back there. (the heel, not the butt) Can I just rest my bottom on the floor between my ankles if I can get the flex?
Also, how about Pilates back extensions? As for the hams, they aren't too bad now that I pay attention to stretching them out. I also do quadricep, gluteal, and hip flexor stretches. Any other ideas, feel free to speak up. (anyone)

g'night TD

[Nanci]

So is the Paris trip for him, for business, and he still has to go, and he just wanted you to go too, or was it a romantic idea and he can change the date? That's kind of scary- you know what men like to do on big fancy trips...

Nanci

[Lise]

So is the Paris trip for him, for business, and he still has to go, and he just wanted you to go too, or was it a romantic idea and he can change the date? That's kind of scary- you know what men like to do on big fancy trips...

Nanci

(B) Romantic Idea. The Paris trip is because he wants to go to Paris with me. He says he's been feeling like he wants to go back to Paris for some time. He was so sweet when I said "there's no way I can go that week." I half expected (because I've gotten this from others in the past) to hear, "can't you trade with somebody, blah, blah, wah, wah..." Nope. He said, "I accept your schedule for what it is. That was the first opportunity I could think of. I'm just glad you want to travel with me!" It's so early in the relationship that I'm not even worried about what I think you mean about what men like to do on big fancy trips...unless you're thinking of something other than "propose to you".

So we'll look at other dates. And even other locales. I mean, Paris is Paris, but in January, it's also...cold. I can still put in requests for the rest of January, just not that holiday week.

I so enjoy spending time with this guy. What a revelation. He's going to meet my mom and sister on 11/5, when my sister's speaking at the U of C Humanities Festival (I'm impressed!). Then he and his 16 year old daughter (who lives in another state with her mom) will join my family for Thanksgiving. I was stressing a bit about meeting the daughter, and one of my co-workers said, "You deal with 16 year olds all the time." Yeah, but they're my patients, not...you know...my guy's little girl!

Had a good night here at the baby factory--slept for three hours, got up, then got to sleep again for 2.5 hours! Now up for the day. Off at 10 AM. Must go to laundromat today. The washer and dryer in our building are both dead and won't be replaced until Monday, and my dishwasher won't drain. Handyman no-showed yesterday. Argh. Since I did get some sleep, I'm going to bundle up all the dirty laundry and just get it done.

Later, TD!

[Pax]

ooooh. I don't want to talk about hamstrings, mine are as tight as piano wires...

Heard that. Most of my body is kinda fluffy but you could bounce quarters off my hamstrings. Fun thing though...I found this cage looking thingy pushed off in the corner at the gym, upon closer inspection I found it to be a "stretching cage"!! I look like a complete idiot using it (imagine a half cage with bars at various bizarre angles) but I'm starting to feel a little less tight!

[KnottedYet]

Heard that. Most of my body is kinda fluffy but you could bounce quarters off my hamstrings. Fun thing though...I found this cage looking thingy pushed off in the corner at the gym, upon closer inspection I found it to be a "stretching cage"!! I look like a complete idiot using it (imagine a half cage with bars at various bizarre angles) but I'm starting to feel a little less tight!

Those stretching cages are pretty cool. I think they were one of the best exercise equipment ideas out there, just sorry they didn't take off like they should have. Most of them do end up "pushed into a corner" somewhere!

[Xrayted]

Um.... wha?

Doing it the easy way first, hot tubbin'. (Now you know I never listen to my PT!) Time to go get a tad nekkid and eat some cookies. (just 2 cause of the banana split) I'll let ya know how it went if I don't drown.

I wish I knew what kind of wine goes with cookies. Oh, right, dessert wine. duh.

[crazycanuck]

Oh why oh why can't post offices be open past 5pm?? URHGH..I have a package awaiting...mmmm

Hey, why is TD so quiet? What are you people doing this evening?

I want one piece of chocolate but i'll let that feeling pass.

Have a good evening & i'll go brush my teeth as lunch time's over..

c

[Trek420]

Xrayted "I'll let ya know how it went if I don't drown."

uh oh, now till we hear from you we'll worry that made drowsy by dessert wine and cookies you drowned.

whew, only the cookie died.

[Xrayted]

Xrayted "I'll let ya know how it went if I don't drown."

uh oh, now till we hear from you we'll worry that made drowsy by dessert wine and cookies you drowned.

whew, only the cookie died.

You never cease to amuse me Trek.
Actually, I had a 2004 Chardonnay by Virgin (of all names) from Cali. It's been hanging up there for a while, patiently waiting. Idon't believe I bought that, it must have been a gift. I liked it, tho. Not sure it normally goes with cookie but last night it would have gone with anything.
I have to say, it must have been the 1/2 glass of wine that caused the cookie mishap. Normally, you couldn't pry one out of my grip. (I actually am that cheap... **shakes head in disgust**)
Somewhat made up for my dietary slip(s) yesterday by getting on the trainer for an hour on my off day. (ride every other) Not feeling the guilt so much now. Guilt is destructive.

Glad that the Paris trip was for romantic purposes only, Lise. Sounds like a keeper. If anyone asked me to go to Paris, I'd be out the door. (I'll be right there, just give me 30 minutes to pack a little something.) I've never been to Europe and I have so many places I want to see.
Actually, the best pic I've had taken recently was my passport photo for my professional certification. Sad, but absolutely true. I'd love to get copies and make x-mas cards out of it. (Hey honey, check out this card. Is that Cindy? Wow, she never looks that good. )

Have a spectacular day ladies.

[mimitabby]

Felt so rotten yesterday because of bad sleep, kept nodding off in important meetings with my union and our health care providers.

In between meetings I was on the floor doing some stretches (not child's pose)
and some guy walked in. I wonder what he thought i was doing down there...

I found a parking lot (behind the union office) with a great hill! I want to go back there on a saturday when there are no cars and try riding my bike up and down that little hill.


Then I had my italian club meeting last night and I KNEW I was going to die ... 2 more hours of sitting.. So I took out the trusty 26 pound Veloce (thanks to TE, I weighed it last night) and rode to the meeting in the almost rain.. so at least i didn't have total loss day.

Gee, Lise, PARIS?? Is that exotic, romantic, amazing? This guy has some $$?
what does he do for a living? I'm going to Italy in November, you can go to Paris in January. You just bring lots of warm underwear!

my secret sister gave me chocolate. And it's all gone!
(it must have been defective to disappear that fast!)

Knotted, i will do that exercise tonight. Sounds quite nice really. my deal is when i get into bed without doing any yoga stuff, the small of my back yells at me. And when i'm really really tired, it's hard to NOT do that.

Momof 3 maybe i oughto get one of those bras.. So it's not going to feel like a straightjacket with seams that cut into me? I hate bras SO MUCH.

[Nanci]

Dessert wine....mmm....What kind? I am the WORST dessert wine hoarder. Luckily it ages well. I just finished off a (half) bottle of Muscat (Hardys) from Australia that I had open for two months! It was just too rich for me to drink more than a 2 oz glass at a time. And I'm a _good_ dessert wine drinker! My current fav is Bonny Doon Viognier Doux. (Bonny Doon Framboise is also amazing, and I also love Bonny Doon Muscat Vin de Glacier.) Plus I have a bunch of other weird stuff, like Zinfandel ice wine, and a Riesling ice wine from 1998.

Lise- I don't know...I have a friend at work, radiologist, who God knows why she's even single, but she was dating guys from Match.com, and they were all pretty nice (how'd she manage that???) but just not quite right. So she met this guy, maybe 35-40, financial something or other, last winter, and they went to Hawaii in September, and we're all teasing her- and yes, he did ask her to marry him on that trip. I think older guys, sometimes, know a good thing when they see it. Sometimes. If they are't big puXXies.

I made Choco musk me by kissing him too much...I think he thought I was going to eat him. Poor little guy! I really love that snake.

I am trying to figure out how to brumate Fagalo outside. I think it will be way healthier for him. I think I have to make him a big pile of earth/peat covered by leaves, withhold food two weeks, soak him daily, and see what happens. I don't think it's cold enough yet, though. BF says he will never forgive me if I kill Fagalo by brumating him. I tried to explain that it is necessary for resetting all his hormones and stuff.