Been a while

Hello, my friend, hello......




Been a while but hopefully I'm back




How's everyone been keeping ?

Doing fine, where you back from,,, a Neil Diamond concert...

Hi Blyth, same old same old here, Nice to hear from you,

What have you been up to then BS, I haven´t had any notifications that you have been writing on your blog, so have you just been a lazy wotzit these past few months.  Or have you been swanning around on your travels.  Don´t say it has all been work as we won't believe you. -   

I think Blythe was not well, hopefully all good and will be back again very soon

welcome back

  
Please to see everything as normal, seen LR still knocking out the great photos on FB and Gypsy's blog as enthralling as ever & D the devoted father as ever 
could murder a sausage sarnie, anybody know where to buy a good sausage !.


Unfortunately havent been on travels, family holiday booked for September, initially stupid pop ups was killing me every time I logged in but hopefully sorted now and loads of family stuff going on you know what its like and TD not far off the to mark, inevitable looking more and more likely, look after your joints because once they go its murder not even middle age yet and stairs are becoming an effort, arthritis its a bugger

anyway its good to be back
 

Good lad, had a lot of probs with my knees as an ex runner and boxer, moved here and almost back to youth, they are still painful at times but nowt liike they were.

Good to have you back Blyth

Likewise.  Way ay mon. 

My OH swears by Glucosamine he take a tablet every day and he is as fit as a butchers dog.  Me on the other hand I took them for 3 months and noticed no difference so stopped as I dont do tablets, or anything to do with illness, old age and all that malarky.

I did all the development for Glucosamine in the initial stages of tablet and capsule form in the UK. Glucosamine hydrochloride msm and chondroitin is the very best. It is also good to get some woodstock, you can get this from chinese doctor or on ebay.

Tried them and Cod Liver oil for years but the arthritis at point where injection into knee only worked for 2 weeks before it wore off

Now on 500mg of Naproxen and they work make the knee so much more free less stiff and improved the mobility of it but really don't like taking tablets 

As mentioned the heat abroad works wonders living in a warmer climate would undoubtedly work but that won't happen

Try Woodstock BS, honestly it is fantastic

Watching the famed 60's festival will help my knees  

You'll get by with a little help from your friends!

Blyth Spirit wrote:Tried them and Cod Liver oil for years but the arthritis at point where injection into knee only worked for 2 weeks before it wore off

Now on 500mg of Naproxen and they work make the knee so much more free less stiff and improved the mobility of it but really don't like taking tablets 

As mentioned the heat abroad works wonders living in a warmer climate would undoubtedly work but that won't happen

Hubby had same problem with knee and it was a lot easier when in the sun in Tenerife, but as you say that isnt always possible. Anyway rather than have an operation he has tried the Apos therapy, which fortunately he is covered for by Bupa as they recognise it as a valid alternative to a knee op.
It has worked very well for him, he had to be assessed at clinic in Manchester and is then given special shoes to wear which are gradually adjusted to eventually realign the way he walks. He is now almost pain free so can recommend it.

Did that not give him a lot of back pain by realigning the way he walked??

3rdforum wrote:Did that not give him a lot of back pain by realigning the way he walked??

No, not at all. He had to re-visit clinic a few times as there are sort of two discs on base of each shoe that are adjusted gradually on each visit. They then assess his gait by computer whilst he walks apparently so they can tell how he is improving.
When he first went there they said his whole posture was out of alignment as he was walking differently to avoid causing pain in his knees,so slow re-alignment was necessary

Its amazing how something so simple can make such a difference especially when you consider that there is no medication involved!

3rdforum wrote:Its amazing how something so simple can make such a difference especially when you consider that there is no medication involved!

Yes, I am usually a bit cynical I'm afraid, but it has worked for him. The clinic say they have an 85% success rate with this treatment. Obviously you are assessed first to check you are suitable for this treatment but it has certainly saved him an operation.
Last winter in Tenerife he could only walk a few hundred yards without having to sit for a while due to his pain.
Sorry dont mean it to sound like an ad.

Don't worry. There are a few here with different maladies at the moment. The reason I asked is that I've arthritis of the spine so if i have the wrong footwear, I can be in agony.

A very clever form of traction

3rdforum wrote:Don't worry. There are a few here with different maladies at the moment. The reason I asked is that I've arthritis of the spine so if i have the wrong footwear, I can be in agony.

You could ask the question on the Apos therapy facebook page whether anything they do could help you?