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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 71231" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>A good pain specialist is worth his weight in gold. Mind you, I always said TENS would work so much better if the electrodes came in a body suit formation!</p><p></p><p>With good pain management, comes better management of your daily activity, and much better quality of life. As you recover, you will also need someone to recognise that you are ready to begin stepping down the pain medications, so you're not unnecessarily overloading your system. You may find yourself doing this automatically - great, if it works that way.</p><p></p><p>With pain under control you will be tempted to overdo things - use this time to develop the necessary fine feel for what your body can do. It IS getting better. You ARE getting stronger. If you gently build your body up you will ensure your progress is more generally upward, instead of up, down, up, down.</p><p></p><p>Walking is really good to build yourself up gently and to also measure your progress. Pick a distance you can do easily on most days and count how many times you walk it. And when you consistently walk it enough times, then pick a more distant goal. And so on.</p><p></p><p>My goal is to walk a certain number of houses away from ours. If I get tired, I sit down in the gutter. Or in summer, when swimming - I can't do laps because it's really tricky to do laps at the beach when I can barely do a few metres. So I swim breaststroke and count strokes. When I get tired I stop and rest. When I get a little energy back, I swim a few more. I do find that when I get back to it I've never fully recharged, I can only add a few more to my quota. But even a few is good. Plus I always program in rest breaks into my day. These are an important part of the schedule, as important as the exercise. Never feel guilty about the rest breaks. However, you will get more skilled at using every opportunity more effectively.</p><p></p><p>You're maybe at the most frustrating stage - life is opening up again, you want to dive in, but you're simply not ready. yet. But you'll get there.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 71231, member: 1991"] A good pain specialist is worth his weight in gold. Mind you, I always said TENS would work so much better if the electrodes came in a body suit formation! With good pain management, comes better management of your daily activity, and much better quality of life. As you recover, you will also need someone to recognise that you are ready to begin stepping down the pain medications, so you're not unnecessarily overloading your system. You may find yourself doing this automatically - great, if it works that way. With pain under control you will be tempted to overdo things - use this time to develop the necessary fine feel for what your body can do. It IS getting better. You ARE getting stronger. If you gently build your body up you will ensure your progress is more generally upward, instead of up, down, up, down. Walking is really good to build yourself up gently and to also measure your progress. Pick a distance you can do easily on most days and count how many times you walk it. And when you consistently walk it enough times, then pick a more distant goal. And so on. My goal is to walk a certain number of houses away from ours. If I get tired, I sit down in the gutter. Or in summer, when swimming - I can't do laps because it's really tricky to do laps at the beach when I can barely do a few metres. So I swim breaststroke and count strokes. When I get tired I stop and rest. When I get a little energy back, I swim a few more. I do find that when I get back to it I've never fully recharged, I can only add a few more to my quota. But even a few is good. Plus I always program in rest breaks into my day. These are an important part of the schedule, as important as the exercise. Never feel guilty about the rest breaks. However, you will get more skilled at using every opportunity more effectively. You're maybe at the most frustrating stage - life is opening up again, you want to dive in, but you're simply not ready. yet. But you'll get there. Marg [/QUOTE]
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