Hi Linda,
I know that my self-experiment sounds a little crazy. But it's no
crazier than accupunture, where a technician sticks needles in
certain parts of the body to deal with a problem in another part
of the body.

I also do squats every day on my Total Gym 1000. Although they
are helpful, squats are not a 'silver bullet'.

Diet is another approach. It's been said that food plants in the
Nightshade family--potato, tomato, pineapple, eggplant, green
and red peppers--are bad for people with arthritis. I try to
minimize these also. That approach is not a silver bullet for me
either.

Fish oil supplements may be helpful. The ?-3's are supposed to
be anti-inflammatory. If they don't decrease the arthritis, they
will probably be healthful for the arteries. This is a kind of 'no-
regrets' approach.


--- In SelfExperimenters@yahoogroups.com, Linda Doty <lkdoty2002@...> wrote:
>
> HI Larry,
> I'm not so sure... maybe exercises on your hip would be better? I had a
rotator cuff
problem and exercise absolutely cured that... I wish I could find something
similar for
hips too. Let me know if you come into anything that works. I have tried
exercising more
and less but nothing seems to work. I was about to try something in the
supplements -
but some say they don't work either... hey - I'll race you to the hip
replacement ward!
>
> Larry <wimpehiker@...> wrote:
> I am experimenting with my exercise routine to see if I can do
> something about the arthritis in my hip that's been bothering me
> since October. I've had an intuition that exercising my serratus
> anterior muscles--the ones that allow you to shrug your shoulders
> forward--would be helpful. I hope that I can get on top of the
> situation in time for the Summer hiking season.
>
> Am I on to something? Or am I full of beans? I'll know within the
> next two months.
>
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