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shadesofmauve ([personal profile] shadesofmauve) wrote2012-04-25 10:15 am
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Of bikes and bods: follow-up

Received an email back from the biomechanics guy in Arizona. He says that there are lots of self-styled fitters/biomechanics who don't know what they're doing (which is true; there's someone claiming to do that at every bike shop and REI), doesn't have any suggestions in the northwest, and says "I could fit you in in June if you fly to Tucson."

o_O

Yeah, no.

That kind of expense makes sense for people who're competitive, and maybe once you've exhausted all other options, but it sure as hell doesn't make sense for me.

I probably just need to stop being such an idiot about my boring leg-lift exercises and make time to do them every day. If I can get my knee somewhere up to snuff then the hip stuff should mellow out and then I can start thinking about ways to improve my bike set-up.

There are no magic bullets.

There are lots of leg lifts, the most boring exercise in existence. [livejournal.com profile] westrider, when you're down this weekend? You have my permission and request to harass me about doing my stupid exercises.

Bonus note for readers of aStSHB: Yes, I lifted my own most-neglected exercise whole-cloth and put it straight into the fic. Never accuse me of originality. :P It does fit with Joker's disability -- people with OI often have very loose ligaments, and strengthening the muscles around the knee helps make up for a weak ACL. Or, in my case, no ACL at all.

[identity profile] baxaronn.livejournal.com 2012-04-25 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Leg lifts are the worst thing. In the world. Ever. (They're also excruciatingly painful for me, which doesn't... really help.) You have my sympathy. D:

...also, we can be completely unoriginal together, since I pretty much shove all my PT experience at Joker and call it good too. :P Though I assume Karin's got any pain he has under proper control, so he's slightly more compliant than I am. Slightly.

(Apparently LJ is posting all my comments as anon even when I'm logged in? So uh. If there's duplicates of this comment posted anon, that's why. IDEK.)

[identity profile] westrider.livejournal.com 2012-04-26 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
If I remember, I will bug you to do exercises.

Also, the thread above is kind of odd to read. Looks like Joker's talking to himself ;)
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[personal profile] stasia 2012-04-26 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
By 'leg-lifts', do you mean the thing where you lie on your back and lift your legs straight up and then down to an inch or so above the ground and repeat ad nauseam?

I hate those, but they work my lower abs, which nothing else does (no matter how many times people say that doing the stupid "reverse crunch" will work that area), so I do them.

What I want is a magic weight loss pill - I wouldn't mind the exercise if it ever showed any positive effect. *sigh*

Stasia