[pct-l] Tai Chi & the PCT

[calliger at infolane.com (calliger@infolane.com)]

This is great Greg!! My congrats; may I take a page out of your
book please?  I have the same disk problem but it makes my
feet numb!! Go figure...any ideas on that?

Richard

On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 12:45:09 EST, Bighummel wrote
> I have recently hurt a disc in my lower back and immediately went 
> into deep depression upon the realization that this might mean the 
> beginning of the end.  But no.  I began exercising the lower back 
> muscles religiously and sleeping with a pillow below my butt to arch 
> my spine back while resting and taking glutimine to help build the 
> muscles back and, of course, power walking - from the center (what a 
> great description of this!) up the highest hill in my town and now . 
> . .
> 
> Not only is my back feeling great and strong, but a ligament pain in 
> the front of my knee is gone and I am getting stronger and now 
> powering up the hills rather than just hauling myself up and, now 
> when I come back down the steeper portions I find that my knees feel 
> better too due to the muscles around them developing and supporting 
> the joint better.
> 
> YMMV, IMHO, GYOW, HYOH, KOIYDLT,
> 
> Greg "Strider" Hummel
> 
> (KOIYDLT = Kiss Off If You Don't Like This ;-)
> 
> "Solvitur Ambulando"
> (walking solves all things)
> St. Augustine
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