01-28-05 09:13, WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote Tap tap tap... to JAMES BRADLEY

 ->  WC> What's a neural glide anyway and does it help you?

 -> Only something to ask your neurologist next time you see
 -> them. It might have NO
 -> pertinence to your situation.

 WC> With no funding forthcoming I haven't seen a doctor since 1995

WOA! Complain as I will about our publicly funded system, at least
 we can 'walk-in' to a clinic at any given time, and they can refer us
 to an suitable specialist.
 WC> except one clinic that refills my antidepressant.

And I guess there's no physician there that can give you advice?
 WC> What's the point?

What's the alternative? I'd have no one else here to give a hard
 time to. [-| 
 WC> Health's failing in other ways due to inactivity.

I hear that! Sedentary life is something I thought I'd never need to
get used to until my eighties. That's about when my grandmother
stopped walking a country mile every day to the community water well
for her daily supply.

This sucks, to be sure! Being a bit of a geek, I was able to run this
mini-'puter in the bedroom, so I don't have to feel isolated, even
though I really am. As an aside, I get to learn all about this Linux
OS, but I have to exercise the memory, and note taking skills when
trying to remember the tidily bits.

What I take from your situation, is that a spinal fusion would return
your life to near pre-accident condition. Sure we always run a risk on
a OR table, but I've heard of many who have fused spines, and are up
gardening, bicycling, or whatever!

Do you have a support system near you? I'll bet you they could drum up
some pressure on your HMO (If that's what you call them?) through letter
writing campaigns, or media blitzes. Me, I'm most likely stuck with my
condition for the rest of my life, but I plan on living it regardless
how crapy it is.
 -> Because my hamstring seemed tight, I would try to
 -> stretch it like a muscle. The
 -> stretch involves moving to tension, then trying to move further to tension,
 -> ad-noseum. This had the net affect to cram my hip joint
 -> into the socket to the
 -> point that I couldn't walk. With the neural glide, one
 -> pulls on the hamstring
 -> until the nerve sings, then you back off. Then you pull
 -> the stretch until the
 -> nerve sings again. The key I believe is not to pull the stretch until the
 -> tension is reached. I can do that until the cows come home, but it is very
 -> counter-productive as my nerve only sings in certain positions.

 -> As your nerve is not immobilized, and the pain is
 -> originating in the back, I
 -> wouldn't recommend it to you unless you get a MD's
 -> approval. PLEASE!!! Don't
 -> try to do this yourself!

 WC> The ONLY spinal exercise I do is attempt to strengthen muscles
 WC> supporting the back to slightly compensate for the lack of spinal
 WC> discs. When I go grocery shopping I do them in a really hot bath
 WC> to buy me the time required to get through that.

I trust you aren't bathing when you do the shopping?  Sorry,
 couldn't resist.

One thing I always do, is use a cart whether I'm loading up, or just
 getting a few items.  Something tells me a walker is going to be in
 my near future.


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