08-10-20, 11:34 AM | ||
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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I have had a chronic pain issue for most of my life. It comes and goes and can be severe sometimes for as long as 6 months at a time. Even in this day and age, doctors can be so clueless (and useless) when in comes to pain. It's hard for others to understand the constant search for relief. (((HUGS)))) I never got into step workouts that much because of being terribly choreo-challenged. Now, maybe that turns out to be a good thing.
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Great advice. One thing popped into my head as I was reading this: Kathy Smith (can't remember which DVD) was advising people to modify certain moves if they couldn't manage them, saying, "Don't be a hero!" It takes much longer to recover from an injury and your fitness will be going downhill while you recover. "Slow and steady wins the race," as the turtle said.
Two older women inspire me: Jane Fonda -- I recall seeing her on a Reformer, grunting and sweating with her tight, svelte body at age 70. My own pilates eformer class had Cassandra Peterson, then age 66. Remember her as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, sexpot cult figure? She still does conventions and shows where fans can buy signed merchandise, meet the celebs. Quite lucrative. But fans expect her to look the same as she did thirty years ago and she aims to please. She recommended her yoga class in addition to pilates but I could barely afford one class, never mind two. Clearly her results are great. https://www.elvira.com/
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