ned guttman on tue 20 feb 07
Hi Everyone,
Can anyone comment on wheel throwing effects on a pinched nerve in
the back? Potting seems to irritate the condition, and I am trying to
isolate which positions, etc. are the culprits. Sitting and
bending? Standing? Wheel height? Any thoughts will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Ned in Asheville
ned guttman on wed 21 feb 07
Marek, thanks for the offer. I normally pot sittting down, leaning
forward, and often twisting my body to the right to see what I am
doing. The back problems probably started a year or two ago, and I
ignored it, but lately it has gotten much worse so standing and
walking is painful (radial pain down the legs). Getting older is no
fun. Dr. says it's a pinched nerve, told me to do stretching
exercises and take Aleve. MRI is the next step to pinpoint what is
going on. The stretching helps some. Any advice on what calisthenics
to do would certainly be appreciated.
Cheers,
Ned
On 2/20/07, Marek & Pauline Drzazga-Donaldson wrote:
> Ned,
> I have mentioned on several occasions about how one can help oneself over this common, and easily sorted, complaint. It is all to do with calisthenics which is what I use to alleviate all my aches and pains. Please email me direct and we can talk it through and get you sorted.
> Throwing is a full body experience so the answer to your question is yes to all. All positions wil give you gyp at some time. Best cure is to do things in a relaxed manner, not tensing your muscles, and definately do some warming up excercises - the best being clay preparation of course.
>
> happy and safe potting Marek
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Marek & Pauline Drzazga-Donaldson on wed 21 feb 07
Ned,
I have mentioned on several occasions about how one can help oneself =
over this common, and easily sorted, complaint. It is all to do with =
calisthenics which is what I use to alleviate all my aches and pains. =
Please email me direct and we can talk it through and get you sorted.
Throwing is a full body experience so the answer to your question is yes =
to all. All positions wil give you gyp at some time. Best cure is to do =
things in a relaxed manner, not tensing your muscles, and definately do =
some warming up excercises - the best being clay preparation of course.
happy and safe potting Marek
Hand made Architectural Ceramics from No9 Studio UK www.no9uk.com
Fully Residential Pottery Courses and more at Mole Cottage =
www.moleys.com
"Tips and Time Travel from a Vernacular Potter" reviews on =
www.keramix.com
an irreverent point of view after 35 years in the game Marek =
Drzazga-Donaldson =20
Assemble a dragon finial at www.dragonfinials.co.uk
Free Works and Mole Cottage DVD's and Video content on all the sites
Drzazga Video Promotions at www.drzazga.co.uk Submit address for DVD
marci Boskie's Mama =^..^= on thu 22 feb 07
> ned guttman said:
>Subject: Re: pinched nerve
> The back problems probably started a year or two ago, and I
>ignored it, but lately it has gotten much worse so standing and
>walking is painful (radial pain down the legs). Getting older is no
>fun. Dr. says it's a pinched nerve, told me to do stretching
>exercises and take Aleve.
Hey Ned,
You might want to make sure the doctor checks EVERYTHING.. or get a
2nd opinion just to make sure.. It may be a compressed disk pressing on
a nerve causing the problem.. but it can be something else...
I had what my (ex) doctor called sciatia for years... Shooting
pains down the backs of my legs, weird sensations up and down
the legs, transient numbness and tingling , pain in my knees.. and it
was constantly changing. The location of the sensations and pain and
the type of pain constantly shifting ..... It got to the point where
I started limping, then limping worse, then I couldnt stand
up straight and put both feet flat on the ground ( felt like one leg
was shorter than the other.. had to stand on tiptoe on one leg) ....All
this while, dr is STILL saying sciatica ...
I finally progressed to needing a cane...then a walker... got to
where I couldnt bend over ... the hip would lock up ..
This was more than 3 years like this... ( meds , exercises, etc
didnt do crap )
Finally , one day at work ( at the time I was teaching preschool...
chasing 4 year olds with a walker... FUN !) when one of my past student's
mom came in . She is a physical therapist . She said:" What's up with YOU
?" When I told her sciatica, she say :" Nope!" and grabbed my hip...
YEOW! ... ( `oddly , I had not really had pain in the hip joint ...
because it radiates to other places) ...
Anyway , she recommended my current doctor.. and as soon as I walked
into the office, he had me scheduled for a visit with a neurosurgeon and
an orthopedic surgeon ... Turns out one hip joint was
so destroyed that the ball part was flat ( and that leg actually was
shorter because of it ..he lengthened it in surgery ) ...the other hip was
also bad but not as bad ... and I also had spinal stenosis in
4 vertebrae in the lower lumbar spine... ( The original guy kept saying
" there is nothing wrong with your back" ... and he totally missed the
hip.. How, I dont know!)
Now, I was expecting arthritis at some point in my life since
it runs in the family on both sides ( knees mostly ) but I wasnt
expecting it at 55!! And also since there wasnt really pain in the hips
( except when trying to roll over in bed ) , and the original jackass
took Xrays ( of the wrong hip, it turned out) , I didnt even think in
terms of arthritis.... but there it was...
Anyway , within 6 months , I had replacement surgery on both hips
and a spinal laminectomy and decompression .. ( A friend described it
as " two hip surgeries with a back surgery chaser " ) and now , a year and
a few months later, I am walking normally ... no cane...
minor muscle thigh pain from everything being so out of whack for so
long...
The funniest part of the whole ordeal is that the otho guy put
in porcelain hip replacements ( more expensive but lasts twice as
long) instead of the normal plastic/metal because Im so young so it
is such a zen thing. I am literally " one" with porcelain LOL !!!
All of that was a longwinded way to say , make sure
your guy checks out ALL the possibilities...AN MRI will show if there is
any compression in your spine ( an X-ray wont) ...but pain can transfer
to places other than where the actual problem is...
The other thing is that I didnt really appreciate how great it is to
be able to stand up and walk until I couldnt do it... Sure makes it a
lot sweeter this time around ...
Hope you get everything squared away quickly
and relatively painlessly ...
Marci Blattenberger Boskie's Mama =^..^=
http://www.marciblattenberger.com
marci@ppio.com
Porcelain Painters International Online http://www.ppio.com
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