Remember, stretching should be done after warm up exercising.
On 1/31/07, Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jimmy: This is a great tip... My wife joined a health club a while back and they have them do those stretching exercises before they are allowed on any of the weight machines, treadmills, anything.... It does help, cause while back when I found out I had high cholesterol and I started a walking program, and I did NOT warm up, and I pulled the muscle on the side of my knee, and It hurt BAD for a month.. I could not even do my walking for a month, which defeated the purpose,. Hope your wife gets fully well real soon, Chuck ----- Original Message ----- *From:* Jimmy D. Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *To:* [email protected] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:50 AM *Subject:* [VFB] Stretching before Wading, etc. Just a little tidbit to pass along. Saturday a week ago, Jody was doing the simple task of putting on her slacks. Had one leg in, and was putting the other in when something popped behind the knee of her leg that was supporting her. She went to the floor, hollering for me to come!. I was at the back of the house and by the time I got to her she couldn't even get up. Called our orthopedic doc at home and he said it sounded like a hamstring or the tiny muscle directly behind her knee cap. Said to bring her to his office first thing Monday. (It's nice to have a doc who'll give you his home number.) Took her in Monday. It was pulled muscles, hamstring and the other little muscle, but no torn ligaments, thank God. She went through that in 94 when we went on our first and last ski trip to Col. That same doc met us at home the night we arrived back in Woodway, checked her out, called the hospital and operated on her next morning. What a great doc! Wound up getting a wheelchair Sat afternoon, the company brought it to our house, then on Tuesday I got her a walker. Two days on it and then she was able to walk using a single crutch. Just about well now and has a follow up appointment with our doc tomorrow. After examining Jody last week, he made a statement that I've since taken to heart. "As we get older, it is much easier to pull a muscle. This can be remedied by simple 'stretching' excercises when we first get up in the morning." Doesn't take long and can save wear and tear on our muscles." I've noticed my neighbor next door does that at the mailbox every morning before she goes walking. She's in her 50's. My youngest daughter does this before running each day. *I pass this along because it can definitely benefit us WADE FISHERMEN.* Think about it, runners stretch before a race, professional golfers stretch before a round. weight lifters stretch. Even drummers in bands stretch before playing the drums. The list goes on and on. A word of caution. *Take it easy when stretching. Do it slowly, for you sure don't want to pull muscles while trying to prevent muscle pulls.* :-P GO TO GOOGLE AND TYPE IN "Stretching Exercises." Cheers, JIMMY D -- ************************ ><((((((((º> ******************************* Byard Miller, owner of the VFB also owns LINES END Online Fly Shop so, for all your Fly Tying/fishing needs click on http://linesend.com Byard gives a 5% discount to all dues paying VFB members. Top quality fly tying stuff at great prices and super great service. I speak from experience. _________________________________________________________________ Jimmy D's Fly Fishing site http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/ _________________________________________________________________ "Being able to read trout streams is just as valuable to a fly fisherman as the ability to read a defense is to an NFL Quarterback." Jimmy D. Moore - (c) [2004] ************************ <º))))))))>< ******************************
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