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(09-12-2025, 10:58 AM)Drunk Monk Wrote: Ya know, one of my specialties is Shaolin cane. I've practiced it for decades. With all my swordwork background, I'm fairly proficient. As a youth, I looked forward to the day when I could walk with a cane, so I could walk around armed all the time. Not there yet. Not quite.
But I think you need to srsly consider a cane, brother.
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(09-12-2025, 10:58 AM)Drunk Monk Wrote: But I think you need to srsly consider a cane, brother.
The only cane I am considering is candy.
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The dumb thing about Shaolin cane is that it requires a 540 tornado kick towards then end of the set. Hard to do if you need a cane. A 360 is hard to do. Can you do a 360 tornado kick Greg? If not, you need a cane.
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The other Candy I would consider would be John.
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Well, that was the last rehab visit. I guess I'm fixed? Except for the part where I can only reach about 60% above my head with my left arm. It was explained to me during the visit the only thing I can do is keep exercising the shoulder. I can add weights at some point. But Kaiser has taken me as far as they can.
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Yeah. Thanks, Kaiser
I’m a month into PT for my knees & wrists & weak leg. So far it is making a significant difference. Stairs are not as painful, I’m a little livelier when getting stabbed. The bad news is that the weak leg is permanent, but strengthening the muscles helps.
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I did a lot of PT for my neck when I was first diagnosed with cervical arthritis. My fav was when they put me in this machine that stretched my neck. I was to lie in that contraption for like a half hour as it pulled on my head and all I could think about was that someone designed it and then someone built it and then someone sold it to Kaiser…
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Colonoscopy today...hopefully it won't be a shitty day.
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You should have gotten the shitty part done yesterday.
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Speaking of stretching, I started doing a new exercise, and the other day it apparently stretched my spine somehow causing it to crack in five places rapidly, one after the other. Self chiropractic?
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I get those chiro cracks when I do certain twists in yoga & qigong. It partly why I do it.
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I've opted to punish the recalcitrant shoulder with weights and more resistance.
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Yes, I tested my shoulder today by using a pickaxe on a pile of gravel. No,I'm not that bright.
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(11-09-2025, 11:36 AM)Greg Wrote: No,I'm not that bright.
'nuf said...
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For a foot that is numb, it sure causes me a lot of pain.
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