I am not engaging my core

Cloud · 04-29-2009, 08:49 PM

Okay, this is very odd. At 3 wks post-hysterectomy, I am beginning to cautiously do some exercising. I have to move, or I'll congeal!

And, before you guys yell at me, I'm talking, very, very gentle exercising, very very cautiously! It's not hard if you are used to listening to your body and feeling it move, like I am. Gentle exercise is my specialty.

Anyway, it's just odd, after so many years of focusing on "the core" when doing exercises, to deliberately exercise without engaging the core. With most exercises, you are either actively working your core muscles, or providing stability and support to the rest of your body with them. But I can't do that. I have to make sure I'm supporting my body properly in other ways. (kneeling, using a cushion)

Right now, I'm mostly concentrating on the upper body, isolating the levers (bicep, tricep, shoulders); and doing graceful belly dance arms. I can't do too much lower body stuff other than simple extensions and calf raises.

If anyone has some clever suggestions for exercises to do, I'd be grateful. Nothing with the tummy, pelvis, or lower back for a few more weeks.

Cloud · 05-01-2009, 07:20 AM

well, okay then

Pie · 05-01-2009, 07:44 AM

We're stuuupid...

And we don't exercise.

Cloud · 05-01-2009, 08:51 AM

nah, you just got better things to do. I understand.

(sob!)

Pie · 05-01-2009, 11:50 AM

No, exercise is definitely a "better thing to do"... I'm just a lazy-assed coward.

That said, I'm still doing the 10k steps per day (thought I only got to 8.5 yesterday. I was over 10k the day before and at 12.5k the previous day!)

In this case, it really is "little steps"!

Could a physical therapist help you out with some suggestions?

Cloud · 05-01-2009, 12:00 PM

Maybe, but I guess I trust my own intuition more.

TheMercenary · 05-02-2009, 02:22 PM

It is ok to add a few household weights like a book in each hand. Sit while you do it and you will not stress your "core". You still have another 3 or 4 weeks before you are going to feel closer to 100%. Take it slow. You will come around.

04-29-2009, 08:49 PM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I am not engaging my core Okay, this is very odd. At 3 wks post-hysterectomy, I am beginning to cautiously do some exercising. I have to move, or I'll congeal! And, before you guys yell at me, I'm talking, *very, very gentle exercising, very very cautiously! It's not hard if you are used to listening to your body and feeling it move, like I am. Gentle exercise is my specialty. Anyway, it's just odd, after so many years of focusing on "the core" when doing exercises, to deliberately exercise without engaging the core. With most exercises, you are either actively working your core muscles, or providing stability and support to the rest of your body with them. But I can't do that. I have to make sure I'm supporting my body properly in other ways. (kneeling, using a cushion) Right now, I'm mostly concentrating on the upper body, isolating the levers (bicep, tricep, shoulders); and doing graceful belly dance arms. I can't do too much lower body stuff other than simple extensions and calf raises. If anyone has some clever suggestions for exercises to do, I'd be grateful. Nothing with the tummy, pelvis, or lower back for a few more weeks. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"*

05-01-2009, 07:20 AM	#2
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	well, okay then __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-01-2009, 07:44 AM	#3
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	We're stuuupid... And we don't exercise. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-01-2009, 08:51 AM	#4
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	nah, you just got better things to do. I understand. (sob!) __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-01-2009, 11:50 AM	#5
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	No, exercise is definitely a "better thing to do"... I'm just a lazy-assed coward. That said, I'm still doing the 10k steps per day (thought I only got to 8.5 yesterday. I was over 10k the day before and at 12.5k the previous day!) In this case, it really is "little steps"! Could a physical therapist help you out with some suggestions? __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-01-2009, 12:00 PM	#6
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Maybe, but I guess I trust my own intuition more. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-02-2009, 02:22 PM	#7
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	It is ok to add a few household weights like a book in each hand. Sit while you do it and you will not stress your "core". You still have another 3 or 4 weeks before you are going to feel closer to 100%. Take it slow. You will come around. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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