for those of you who do a lot of high impact

[psusoccer17]

I just watched a video on PBS with JJ Virgin, she said that her gluten intolerance created a lot of inflammation in her knees. I don't know if you have any gluten intolerance or if you have looked into that. JJ Virgin has written a book about the 7 foods to avoid, I don't know that I would need to avoid all of them myself, but I just thought I would pass this along.

I have celiac disease so I have been gluten free for years.

 

[psusoccer17]

Thanks for all the feedback hopefully I can modify and get back into exercising the way I enjoy. I hate the thought of modifying but I guess I have to do this now.

 

[Cafelattee]

I was a runner on pavement and off payment for 25 years most years LOL. The pregnancy years were walking 4 miles or more a day. I'm also a nurse on cement floors for 12 hours a day. THe outside joint of my ankles blew bursa sac and now the joint area looks swollen all the time. It burns after some exercise. I was told by orthopedist keep it low impact or risk arthritis and surgery in my future. I was 41 when the ankles popped so to speak. The past 2 years have been about discovering new exercise. I started with cardio kick stuff (turbo jam and fire). I have done Cathe Low Impact stuff. I modify some of her other stuff. I"m loving the low impact xtrain stuff.

I know some of us are adrenaline junkies LOL I work the e/r for a reason. I do know seeing all the total knee and hip surgery its something I don't want in my future. I'm just wish that I would of cross trained and did things different.

Please any of you younger folks cut back on high impact, cross train so your joints get a rest, be smart cause sometimes your body give no warning after 40 and it just stops working the way we want it too LOL

 

[psusoccer17]

I was a runner on pavement and off payment for 25 years most years LOL. The pregnancy years were walking 4 miles or more a day. I'm also a nurse on cement floors for 12 hours a day. THe outside joint of my ankles blew bursa sac and now the joint area looks swollen all the time. It burns after some exercise. I was told by orthopedist keep it low impact or risk arthritis and surgery in my future. I was 41 when the ankles popped so to speak. The past 2 years have been about discovering new exercise. I started with cardio kick stuff (turbo jam and fire). I have done Cathe Low Impact stuff. I modify some of her other stuff. I"m loving the low impact xtrain stuff.

I know some of us are adrenaline junkies LOL I work the e/r for a reason. I do know seeing all the total knee and hip surgery its something I don't want in my future. I'm just wish that I would of cross trained and did things different.

Please any of you younger folks cut back on high impact, cross train so your joints get a rest, be smart cause sometimes your body give no warning after 40 and it just stops working the way we want it too LOL

This is exactly my point, I had no pain, no warning signs, I cross trained, did yoga frequently. I really think genetics plays a big role in this, but lots of high impact and working out longer than an hour play can as well.
My hope with this thread is that someone who works out more than necessary reads about osteoarthritis and realizes how crippling it can become if you don't take care of yourself. I think I did everything right, ate well, cross trained etc.. but I overdid it because I loved working out hard. Keep your workout to an hour or less and do high impact less often. My problem was that even through I had the LIS series I still did alot of the moves high impact because I could!! We all think it won't happen to us! I for one thought that the stronger I was and the more fit I was the less likely I would get arthritis etc..

 

[NinjaMom]

I could have written this post! I have just been diagnosed with moderate arthritis in my right hip and recently turned 52. There wasn't a Cathe workout or high impact move I couldn't do and loved running. The ache came on suddenly with no warning and felt like a groin pull so I treated it as a tight hip flexor/adductor with icing, foam rolling & stretching. It never seemed to get better so I went to my orthopedic doctor who ordered X-rays and an MRI which revealed the arthritis and joint damage. I even heard the words "hip replacement" and freaked out! I also had a tipped pelvis which attributed to the damage but was told the ultimate reason for the arthritis was genetics. My doctor told me I could continue doing everything but be mindful of my body and what increases my pain. I decided to hang up my running shoes and limit high impact as my main goal is to hold off on a hip replacement as long as possible. I'm in PT to train my body to stay in neutral alignment which takes pressure off my hip joint and also received a therapeutic injection in the joint to reduce inflammation. Spinning has been the best thing for me and my therapist said it helps to lubricate the joint & reduce inflammation so it is my go to cardio workout. I will still do my Cathe workouts occasionally but my main focus now is strength training and spinning. I'd be lying if I said it didn't suck because it does and makes me very sad but it is what it is.

So the purpose of my long winded response is to let you to know that you are not alone and there are other fitness enthusiasts out there dealing with similar issues. Hang in there, do what you can do, learn to accept your diagnosis and move forward. I'm not there yet either but am working on it