The key to a successful outcome is sticking with post-operative PT, it WILL SUCK. The same goes for knee replacement surgery. Good luck.
I Have Gone Off The Deep End.
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Skateboard came. Waiting on the helmet. Pads are in. Had to return the helmet, it wasn't certified and I'm sure certified one will be better when my head meets the concrete.
Finally put this together today. The decks were on sale, so got few of them.
Spent more time putting on the pads. Once my back started aching, 15 min?, packed it up. Just getting balance. Fell once. Pads work. Yupe, helmet too, but didn't hit my head.
Stamina sucks. By 10 - 15 min, my back hurts and breathing hard. Good thing I'm not racing anyone.
God, you're a baby! Give it another 15 years. I started yoga in my 50's and it was one of the best decisions I've made. Resistance bands are great, and I use them daily. Plus, hoisting 40 and 50 pound boxes for the past year hasn't hurt. Make sure you're taking calcium supplements to support bone health. My doctor started me on them several years ago because my bone density was bordering on "light".
Walking is ecellent low impact exercise and I get in a few 4 to 5 mile walks a week. Last year my heart and arteries were scanned any everything is clear. I thank a lifetime habit of waking and hiking for that.
Nature is preparing us for the drain, but we don't have to speed the way!
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Hope I won't be in a pine box by that time. That's the reason trying to move around again. Try to get off my butt and do something. Harder to do anything longer I wait.
Fell pretty good. But the pads were doing their job. Including the helmet.
Good luck...I'm sticking with my treadmill. My skatboarding days ended somewhere around 1978.
Those 187 pads are about the best you can get - I wore out a few pairs in my day. For what it’s worth I think some nice soft wheels may make learning a lot more fun- a lot less vibration.
I took a pretty good fall after work today. I stepped on a rubber ducky barefooted, tripped over a bottle of Wild Turkey, and then rolled my ankle on a can of Miller Lite. I wasn't wearing a helmet either, I'm just glad that I didn't pack my pipe yet or land on it. Hope you're alright...
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Mr. Bullet ---
If you're in the mood for some AAA Prime grade off-the-deep-end-ness, keep in mind that the world downhill speed record on a skateboard is a mere 91 mph, and beating it would be super easy. You could be rich and famous next week, in fact.
If you're in the mood for some AAA Prime grade off-the-deep-end-ness, keep in mind that the world downhill speed record on a skateboard is a mere 91 mph, and beating it would be super easy. You could be rich and famous next week, in fact.
I am 72, and I am here to tell you 70 is the new 90, (at least that how it feels lately)!
My mother passed at 92 and my dad will be 94 in December.
I think I need some more bionic parts before I get that old!
No way am I getting on a skateboard I have few Enough original parts as it is!
My mother passed at 92 and my dad will be 94 in December.
I think I need some more bionic parts before I get that old!
No way am I getting on a skateboard I have few Enough original parts as it is!
Long drive yesterday. Not that it was longer than usual, I was falling asleep on the wheel. Had my son take over. Passed out some time last night and got up this morning. Had a cuppa, rode skateboard, and on the way to lunch. It's not too bad being a passenger.
