[Magdalen] Spine appt.

[Jay Weigel]

I know physical therapy is probably the best thing, but if Medicare won't
pay, then it won't. My dear friend Polly has osteoporosis and she swears
that if she did NOT go to her yoga class twice a week she would be unable
to move. My friend and fellow artist Alyce had a hip replacement a year and
a half ago and said that yoga helped her defer that, and has helped her
recover. I'm having issues with hips and lower back and also finding that a
series of yoga poses which I learned in a Restorative Yoga class (no longer
being held because the teacher has left the area) are an absolute life
saver. You might look into a Restorative or Gentle Yoga class....just a
thought. Some are not expensive.

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 4:08 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thinking sturdy, stable thoughts for your spine and the rest of you.
>
> When I broke my back, I was amazed how little I could do without immediate
> pain, a la "DANG! BOY!!  DIDN'T I TELL YOU NOT TO DO THAT!?!?!?!?!"
>
> Cried getting into and out of the car.  Oh yeah, I can chortle about it
> now, but then ....
>
> Getting into the car was especially awful, 'cause you knew the pain gremlin
> was just sittin back there til you had to get out, and then DANG, BOY!!
> DIDN'T I ... etc.
>
> Such a pleasant memory of my youth.
>
> I hope you can get some good relief ! ! !
>
>
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 8:00 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Off to the Spine Center at UVA, where I hope to get the results of that
> > MRI from last week. Hopefully it won't be as bad as the shoulder!
>