Posted by raybakes on November 21, 2004, at 5:58:31
In reply to Re: arthritis » raybakes, posted by tealady on November 20, 2004, at 20:50:19
> Hi Ray,
> Just reading thru thread.. re your dad's arthritis.
> Not sure if this will help but I had arthritis about 10 years ago. I got rid of it by exercise...rode bike at gym and held knees...arthritis in knees and fingers mainly.
> It hurt but after about 9 months it went away. Comes back a little if I slack off too much...and have to up the exercise egain...I should do more consistently :-)
> I walked down Snowdon with a couple of 76 yr old men.
> One had arthritis when he was 70 was supposed to go in for an operation of knee joint.
> He pleaded with his doc if their was any alternative and luckily his doc told him..yeah, get a bike and ride it.
> This guy hadn't been on a bike since he was a kid, but was prepared to do anything to avoid surgery and the steady decline from then... so he did that.
> Said it killed him for about 2 years..but he planning the next week on cycling around Europe..starting in Holland. His arthritis was entirely gone..we practically jogged down Mt Snowdon:). I let them goahead about 2/3 way down. He said not only that but his lung function had improved so much that the bit that was working was as good as a full lung of a normal person's (he'd had TB).
> No signs of depression either :)
> Just to put exercise in the picture. ..fits in there somewhere.
> I've met quite a few people(lost count) in the past 10 years that have successfully reversed arthritis with bike riding.
> Jan
>
>Thanks Jan,
He's had his knees replaced now...never liked excercise, but he is walking much mor than he ever used to since the op - think it is helping the rest of his joints, even if it's too late for his knees!
Ray
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