Yesterday I had an eval for what my family calls a limmpy walk...there is a strong family history of hip issues...and my younger siblings have already had a total of 4 hip replacements ... as well as both of my parents each having had one replacement. So with that pressure from all of them and my DH, had a gait eval. I have been saying it's not my hip..it's my knee...and leftover problems from a broken foot 8 years ago.
(One sister{only is 56 has had 3 replacements already, is the family expert on this} and is always the one to make everyone else laugh...told me in July...(You either got a bum hip sis ... or you're still walking like a fat lady...)
The Bad News- It is my hip
The Good News (not really...) I was also right about my knee...
Other news..Low Back..SI issues.
Great Physical Therapist ...he is checking out my exercise location to see what he can add to my routine and is developing some core strengthening exercises we'll be doing together at the PT site for the next 6 weeks, and thinks we can "fix the giddy-up"...as he says.
INTERESTING INFORMATION:
He said with weight loss a lot of issues surface that often require PT. The extra weight we carry around actually works as a brace for and support muscles and skeletal foundation... most people who lose a lot of weight probably have some problems afterward that PT could help. I recall a few weeks back a discussion about tail bone pain, lower back and jaw discomfort...as sources of aches that seem to have appeared as some hit goal or close to goal.
So losing the weight may bring things up that need to be, and probably CAN be taken care of. It makes sense to me. And convinces me the other problem I had was related to losing all that girth.
Any resident PT folks on here?? Weigh in on this??? (LOL)
I'd do it again tho' in a heartbeat.