"Exercise" Class

Well, that class was definitely interesting. It's not at all what I expected. The whole premise of the series of classes is to retrain your body to correct posture, and breathing, so that you can exercise without pain, and eventually move to more heavy workouts without pain. I don't know that I'll go to the next classes, but, if the guy teaching the class can really do what he says he can do, it's intriguing, especially for someone with a bum knee (when my husband and I were hiking in the Smokies a few years ago, I slipped, crossing a stream, and managed to injure my knee. I've had trouble with it ever since).

Two of the stories he told of his previous students were a lady who completely destroyed her ankle in an accident. Her husband, a retired orthopedic surgeon, wanted her to get an ankle replacement. She, however, did not want to do that. So, she turned to my instructor, and he was able to get her walking, and even biking, without pain at all. The other story, was a 60 year old woman who was in the same boat I'm in. Bad knees, overweight, health problems, that joined the bariatric program. Her goal was to go to Yosemite and hike the hard trail, not the easy trail. She worked in the program for 15 years, and the instructor said he has a picture of her in his office, hiking the hard trail at Yosemite... crossing one of the log bridges across a gorge... with NO rails. He said the impressive thing is not that. It's the 75 year old woman goofing off as she crosses the log bridge while two 20-somethings behind her are crawling across it.

I love to hike. I knew I loved to walk, but, that hiking trip to the Smokies (injury not withstanding), taught me that I love to hike. But, with my knee the way it is, I don't know if I could do that right now. If he can really retrain my body so that I can walk without pain, or without my knee "clicking" (yes, it makes a clicking noise sometimes) when I walk, I'm totally considering taking his classes. The best part? Pre-op, the classes are free to me.... well, not free, but, they're wrapped into the surgery fee. Post-op, there is a fee, however. The instructor said that the program they do can be done for up to six months before the procedure, and three months after. Then I assume, you need to move to more strenuous workouts. While I'm not decided either way yet, it's definitely something to think about.

~♥~
Lady D