As I have been saying for a while now, I feel keenly the lack of exercise.
The other day I was reading about how grip strength is a marker of health, so I took Lee’s exercise squeeze ball, which they gave him in the hospital, and proceeded to use it for a while.
Well, I evidently squeezed for too long and for far too hard.
Bottom line–I gave myself a nice case of tendonitis in my right hand. The right hand, of course–the good old dominant hand.
Now (and probably for the next 2 weeks or so) I have to pick up my coffee cup with both hands, cannot grip a pen normally, have pain getting my arm into my coat and have rendered myself quite useless. Nice going, Pat. What’s your next trick? Falling down the stairs, maybe?
Last night, when I made chili for supper, I had a great time opening the can of tomatoes and the can of beans. It was really excruciatingly painful to turn that can opener.
So the next time I attempt some form of self improvement, I have to remember – moderation is the key. Life is always teaching us lessons–sometimes quite painfully.
Pray for our troops.
God bless everybody.
Patty
I feel your pain! My grip strength has been getting so bad, lately.
I don’t have a squeeze ball, but I do have a pair of baoding balls. I use them when my arthritic stiffens my hands up a lot. You’ve reminded me that I should dig them out again!
https://chinamarketadvisor.com/baoding-balls-history-benefits-how-to-use/
I just watched the video. That is fascinating. I may consider them. I woke up this morning and the hand was completely fine. I was sure I was in for a siege, but it went away overnight.
That’s good news.
The most important thing with exercise is doing it regularly. It doesn’t have to be profound, involve a high degree of exertion, or anything like that, but just a little each day, even slightly above the normal level of day to day activity. A brisk walk, swinging your arms can do wonders.
I spent some time this morning, cleaning up mesquite twigs and collecting them into a wheelbarrow. Lots of up and down, reaching to the ground and then picking up, mostly, small branches. After a while, I felt it, but the tiredness you get from exertion feels great.
Post exercise is usually a very good feeling.
Ot really is. I’ve had some serious yard work of late, and when I finish, I feel fantastic. Exercise helps the body to clean out toxins.
I am eager for some exercise. Today was so windy I had to put a brick on the lid of the garbage can to hold it down. No walking today.
It was strangely windy here today, also. I was able to take a bike ride, but the wind was definitely a factor.
Like the old nursery rhyme says March winds doth blow…
I can handle cold, I can handle precipitation and I can handle heat, but wind gets old, in a hurry.
Yes it does.
When I was in my teens, I did some construction work, in Colorado. Rain, snow, heat and cold were just part of everyday life, but when the winds came in from the west, we were completely shut down.