My wobbling walk is getting difficult.

Every senior needs to move, and optimally to do productive exercises.
Squats are good for the legs, full squats, half squats, split squats, whatever you can do.
Getting down on the floor, turning over a few times and getting back up is a good exercise.
Swinging your legs in a doorway is good too. Start from where you are and progress from there.
Walking around in the house is good, walking in the driveway, around the block, around the neighborhood.

Pharma's petroleum-chemical drugs don't help anyone.
They destroy your body, kill your nerves and eventually kill your brain.
 

palides2021 said:
It is possible the statin drug is causing muscle weakness. It happens to my mother and now she doesn't take statins every day but every other day or three times a week. They still work but are not so debilitating.
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Oh, well that crossed my mind and thought that would be the cause. I just got 3 months worth of them. Now they might just last me all year.
 
Amanda76 said:
I also read your, other thread, ... regarding Chiropractor, ... I went for about six months for my pain issue and my BCBS paid all for four months' sessions, twice per a week and after that, I needed to pay $50 per session, but my chiropractor didn't send any bills at all. It's nice, but in my eperience as to Chiropractor, it didn't much help. Along the way, I also went to Physical Therapy for about four months twice per a week. Both didn't much help. In my guess tho', both would help if your condition is milder form of pain, like 'pinched-nerve' and the like.
Through the years's pain management ... it's a best course is to seek for the doctor. The ortho.doc or neurologist who accept Medicare must have all states, including the place where you live. All of my bills are paid by Medicare and BCBS and medications is much cheaper in comparison with any OTC pain meds., i.e. I pay just $5.00 for two tubes of 'rx'ed Voltaren Arthritis Pain Gel' and all other pain meds are the same, only $3.00 to $5.00 per med. So, after all, I can save a lot of money and first of all I get 'peace of mind' rx'ed by the doctor, rather looking for pain meds. all by myself.
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Thank you for the insight.
 
fancicoffee13 said:
Thank you for the insight.
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One more thing is that a difference between Ortho'dr and Neurologist is Ortho'dr rx'ed medication for your condition, but Neurologist is a kind of 'assessment/test' to rule out your condition, ... not medications. So, if you'd plan to seek for Dr. for your condition, you need to seek for Ortho'dr., not Neurologist.
In my experience on Neurologist was test after test, even dementia-related test which performs my brain in detail, even though I told him any of my family has no brain-related illnesses. It was quite expensive and all of tests took for two days. Medicare and BCBS paid all of the bills, but it was very disappointed to say the least. On the otherhand, Ortho.dr. focuses for the pain with which you're dealing. Just X-ray is enough. Any questions, let's us know. Hopefully, your condition is actually related with a medication you've been on, no need to look for Ortho.dr.
 
Hi, I hope everyone does well with their therapies. I am 69.

Just chiming in to say I injured myself doing some gardening 2 months ago, lol. All I did was jump in the air, onto a shovel, to get it into the hard soil. It's something I've done a million times, without a problem.

This time I heard and felt a snap in my right knee. No pain, so I kept using it, although no more jumping. It started hurting the next day.

That was 2 months ago. It is finally getting 'better' I hope. I had to help my mother move for 2 weeks after the snap, which aggravated it.

I found some knee exercises online that I do every day. Just started them yesterday.
Going down stairs in the most painful part of it, but I can do that now without a huge amount of pain. Going upstairs is not painful. Walking is a tiny bit painful, and I probably look like I am in pain.

I just hope I didn't do some permanent damage.

I have been to PT before for frozen shoulder, and it helped. I am hoping just doing the online knee exercises will get it back to normal. I am not planning to see physical therapist at this point.

Best of luck to me, and to everyone !
 
VintageBetter said:
We're all supposed to be in yoga class. They have chair yoga at the YMCA. It will not be pretty but it must be done to keep joints moving. We're also supposed to be doing squats every day to keep our legs strong. They also make cane chairs, those 3-legged chairs that fold. I want to get one for line-standing. My back hurts so badly some days. I do all the things I can do to manage it - take pain meds, stretch, etc., but it's just worn out.
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I agree. I learned a big lesson from looking after my parents when they got older. Both of them were very fit. My dad played tennis regularly and my mom did yoga and tai chi. They travelled until they were 83 and 88. My dad lost his license and then had a knee replacement without going to physiotherapy. In fact, he stopped all activity except for necessities like grocery shopping. They’d hang on to the cart.

My mom stopped doing yoga and tai chi. They were crawling up their steps one step at a time. They both had canes but not light adjustable ones. They hadn’t considered a walker. Unfortunately they stopped exercising and their muscles deteriorated and their joints gave way.

There’s chair yoga, aquatic exercises, balance balls for those with good balance, treadmills etc…. Even if you have to walk slow, you need to keep moving.

I hope your walking improves.
 
fancicoffee13 said:
Oh, well that crossed my mind and thought that would be the cause. I just got 3 months worth of them. Now they might just last me all year.
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My wife had muscle problems from statins years ago.
I saw an old friend a week ago, he could hardly walk. He was put on statins 3 weeks ago. In less than 2 weeks he had to crawl or else he would fall. He stopped taking them 2 days before I saw him. A month ago he was walking 6 miles a day.
Some people have problems with some statins, but not with others. Talk to your doctor about it. Quality of life is everything.
Some doctors will argue that statins do not cause muscle problems. They should be slapped.
 
stretch5881 said:
My wife had muscle problems from statins years ago.
I saw an old friend a week ago, he could hardly walk. He was put on statins 3 weeks ago. In less than 2 weeks he had to crawl or else he would fall. He stopped taking them 2 days before I saw him. A month ago he was walking 6 miles a day.
Some people have problems with some statins, but not with others. Talk to your doctor about it. Quality of life is everything.
Some doctors will argue that statins do not cause muscle problems. They should be slapped.
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Thanks, I usually didn't want to go off of them because I was afraid my cholesterol would get bad. I will bring it up.
 
Amanda76 said:
One more thing is that a difference between Ortho'dr and Neurologist is Ortho'dr rx'ed medication for your condition, but Neurologist is a kind of 'assessment/test' to rule out your condition, ... not medications. So, if you'd plan to seek for Dr. for your condition, you need to seek for Ortho'dr., not Neurologist.
In my experience on Neurologist was test after test, even dementia-related test which performs my brain in detail, even though I told him any of my family has no brain-related illnesses. It was quite expensive and all of tests took for two days. Medicare and BCBS paid all of the bills, but it was very disappointed to say the least. On the otherhand, Ortho.dr. focuses for the pain with which you're dealing. Just X-ray is enough. Any questions, let's us know. Hopefully, your condition is actually related with a medication you've been on, no need to look for Ortho.dr.
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Never heard of Ortho.dr. Website or kind of doctor?
 
fancicoffee13 said:
Never heard of Ortho.dr. Website or kind of doctor?
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Ortho.doctor(Orthopaedist) is mostly dealing with Spine-related issues, like mine, Scoliosis, back-problem and all other skeletal issues. Whenever I visit my Orth.dctotor, there are younger adults with crutches,' who appears to me broken, sprain and twisted legs while older to old folks, one of them, is me, ... scoliosis which is curved spine around a waist-line, instead 'straight.' Also, those older folks are mostly using 'canes,' wheeled-walkers, even helpers/care-givers to walk around the lobby. Mostly, it appears to me 'back-problem/spine issues.'
My Ortho-dcotor was primary 'spine-surgeon' to surgically correct 'back-problem/ slipped-disk but at his age, about 73 years old, so he now mostly prescribes medications for the pain like mine and younger-folks with accidentally broken legs and similar issues.
When I first visited him, he ordered an X-ray instead MRI that seems more practical and real diagnose for my spine. Also, any imaging tools are expensive.
btw) regarding your legs, if not adverse-side effect from medication you've been on, it might be Arthritis from your back radiating from spine-area/back. My doctor told me it's very common among older folks. Arthritis-medications are not pricey as far as I know.
 
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Kaila said:
Seems like a good idea to consider ;
To check with the doctor about the script possibly causing that , if it's a change , Fanci.
It is best to not just assume that every difficult symptom we get, is simply an unavoidable part of getting older. It could be an important warning sign, or something that can or should be addressed.
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palides2021 said:
It is possible the statin drug is causing muscle weakness. It happens to my mother and now she doesn't take statins every day but every other day or three times a week. They still work but are not so debilitating.
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fancicoffee13 said:
Oh, well that crossed my mind and thought that would be the cause. I just got 3 months worth of them. Now they might just last me all year.
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As Palides said, statins are sometimes taken every other day, instead of every day.
It might reduce the side effects and still lower the cholesterol.

Some doctors agree with that.
Other doctors prefer to have you get a different drug to try instead.

Some doctors would suggest that you try going off the statin that you are taking for a few weeks to see if your symptoms go away. Then possibly restart the statin, to see if the same symptoms return.

Just sharing some of the options.
I hope things improve for you, Fanci.
 
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Kaila said:
As Palides said, statins are sometimes taken every other day, instead of every day.
It might reduce the side effects and still lower the cholesterol.

Some doctors agree with that.
Other doctors prefer to have you get a different drug to try instead.

Some doctors would suggest that you try going off the statin that you are taking for a few weeks to see if your symptoms go away. Then possibly restart the statin, to see if the same symptoms return.

Just sharing some of the options.
I hope things improve for you, Fanci.
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I went to a chiropractor and muscles feel much better and the pain is gone. I love chiropractors and what they do!
 
We sure have stuff to deal with as we age.

But now I can't get "Yakety Sax" out of my head. That tune once used in comedies until "Benny Hill" used it to death. :LOL:
 
I have started taking powered collagen in my coffee. A co-worker said she had started using collagen and it helped one of her body ills. It's been about a week, but it does seem to be helping. Coming to a Starbucks near you? "Caramel machiatto with a collagen scoop please". No?

Is anyone else such a plain coffee drinker that you don't even know what those fancy drinks are? I see them as a whole bunch of milk, sugar and whipped cream, all of which are very bad for me.
 
Amanda76 said:
I also read your, other thread, ... regarding Chiropractor, ... I went for about six months for my pain issue and my BCBS paid all for four months' sessions, twice per a week and after that, I needed to pay $50 per session, but my chiropractor didn't send any bills at all. It's nice, but in my eperience as to Chiropractor, it didn't much help. Along the way, I also went to Physical Therapy for about four months twice per a week. Both didn't much help. In my guess tho', both would help if your condition is milder form of pain, like 'pinched-nerve' and the like.
Through the years's pain management ... it's a best course is to seek for the doctor. The ortho.doc or neurologist who accept Medicare must have all states, including the place where you live. All of my bills are paid by Medicare and BCBS and medications is much cheaper in comparison with any OTC pain meds., i.e. I pay just $5.00 for two tubes of 'rx'ed Voltaren Arthritis Pain Gel' and all other pain meds are the same, only $3.00 to $5.00 per med. So, after all, I can save a lot of money and first of all I get 'peace of mind' rx'ed by the doctor, rather looking for pain meds. all by myself.
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I have also never been convinced that a chiropractor can do much for me. Saw one once about 35 years ago. He made the back pain substantially worse. I cried when I got home. Went to another one after a car accident. I think that place might have caused shoulder pain that flares up now and again. Got physical therapy for the shoulder pain that got worse in cold weather and that actually helped.

But the best thing I got for aches and pains was a soft, memory foam mattress. Second best thing: This workout program called Aging Backwards by Miranda Esmonde-White. There are DVD sets of full episodes for sale on Ebay and here is her site: The Official Site of Classical Stretch The collagen seems to be helping too.
 

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