Hello, Chreryl and the others friends.
You tell about "with me it's because of my lumbar spine collapsing, loss of disc height, you can hardly see daylight now between discs, I guess it's in the process of fusing". You are right. But there may be another element also.
A interesting physiotherapist, woman who's living in Iruñea-Pamplona (perhaps some of you knows "San Fermines", "Encierro", etc) named Nekane Ripodas told me in last March: "Over your arthritis I can't do nothing. But there is over you one mechanics problem also, and there we can improve very much".
This woman works on the Mezzieres Method. The idea is (synthesizeing): the most important muscle chain of all us is the back chain that goes from toes untill TMJn (passing by neck, all the back, the chest, hips, knees, ankles, sole of the foot, etc). When this chain shortened, there is not place enough for joints, and much pains and mechanical damages will happen. And we will lose height.
Over this logic, Ripodas (like much other physiotherapist following Mezzieres way) works and learn us to working at home over the whole chain, always streching. The exercises are very different to the standard exercises for A.S. And for me had been more effective. I'm moving better the neck without standar neck exercises, but with all back chain exercises, who are very simple. There are some books about that.
When I went to Nekane Ripodas in March with my wife, physiotherapist said: "Lengthening your muscle chain, you must increase some centimetres in one-twoo years". Who knows! Maybe I'm over the changes and surprises way of the Old George...
Besarkada bana denoi (Hugs for all).
Pello
