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02-14-16, 07:47 PM | |
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Stephanie - Will you kindly tell me what your PT has told you to concentrate on as far as workouts? I also have severe spinal problems that require surgery. Mine started out as a 3 level disc herniation....and I was just in a serious car accident on Halloween, fractured 9 ribs, chipped 2 vertebra, and herniated some thoracic vertebra.....then my 3 level disc herniation in my cervical spine has deteriorated over time and also I don't know if the accident contributed to this but my 3 levels have all spondylolisthesed onto each other ....each level jutted out over the other, and there are compression fractures at each level with 10% loss of disc height and I also have facet problems at C7 and down in my lumbar spine with more disc herniations....in other words.....my spine is mangled. The NeuroSurgeon wants me to have surgery for the 3 level in my neck.....but I don't want it. I live in a small city where the doc's are clueless about exercise....so I was curious about your therapist. I went to a PT last year ...prior to the accident and he didn't even know what kettlebell's were!!
Oh...and I have a 5 cord machine with red, black and yellow cords....but I already had extra red cords that I had purchased when I had a 3 cord machine. I just think I may like it a bit more with an additional red cord....as the newer 5 cord machines have blue cords, which are harder than the "red" cords. Also, nobody mentioned how high the HR gets rebounding lying down. I thought rebounding lying down on the Reformer would be good for the spine? no? Also, if I think it feels like too much pressure....should I just lighten up my cords? even if it says to use...so many cords? |
02-14-16, 08:20 PM | |
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: North Texas
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Lorajc that would be hard. I went three times a week for a little over six months. It started out so simple with just pelvic tilts using your butt muscles and progressed. I had to use a hand bike every single time working up to fifteen minutes, which doesn't sound hard...but OMG maintaining excellent posture whilst doing it is VERY difficult for me still. They had me use various strength training equipment there for all the muscles around the thighs and knees and in addition my homework focused a lot on that too. Lots of band work from different angles and different intensities working up from there. I used and still use a Swiss ball for lots of things.
I really can't prescribe anything either because well obviously I'm not a therapist, but even so you go there long enough...you meet patients with the same or worse issues, especially because you are there all together usually every other weekday and some did the same exercises as me, some completely different and a lot drop out because it is mind numbing for me and for others too hard or they wanted to go from barely able to stand to P90X. Personally, I'd go back or drive to another place farther. I have been through three different sets of therapists and the one I agreed with in theory (she was more yogi based and VERY credential'd) didn't do squat for me honestly. That was the four months in 2011. Another I wasn't ready to commit...I just was bored and knew inherently what I felt I knew I should do so I wrote it off. This time I said pretty much no matter what I'm going. I knew they were the therapy group of several sport times and our local, huge, high school as well as other "celebrity type" endorsements so the problem was me. I don't know if that is your mindset or not, but even if it helps one person. Go to therapy, commit to the prescribed time, and DO THE MINIMUM homework (mine was twice daily but if I missed a time I didn't beat myself up). But mine did have kettlebells. The yogi one didn't, she had reformers and lots of fun toys!
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02-14-16, 08:22 PM | |
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: North Texas
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Oops my heart rate ranges from 118-132 on the rebounder. I use two, then one or three (I don't have five cords I have four springs) then reverse, and always end with two. Now these could be two standard, one light, one heavy or what ever. Mix it up!
I absolutely can't run, and hate it, but on my treadmill my heart rate usually is up to 125 and fairly consistent.
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02-14-16, 09:33 PM | |
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Stephanie - I wouldn't want you to prescribe.....I was just curious what they really said about Pilates.....and exercise in general. Guess I should have been more specific. What did they tell you to avoid ....was good for you as far as exercise....etc. That's all. I guess you are saying that your Reformer is Excellent for your spine....so I guess I should get on mine more often....like I'm planning! That and walking from what I've been reading online.
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