Once my back got better last autumn, I started doing Pilates again but quickly found that it was aggravating the disc problem again so I stopped. The physiotherapist told me that I shouldn't be doing any exercises which were based on a sit-up or crunch as it would continue to cause problems. He recommended some Swiss Ball exercises and I have finally started doing them along with some other exercises specifically for cyclists which I have read about along the way.
So far so good, I can feel that there is an improvement in my balance whilst I am doing the exercises and I am hurting a bit less the days after doing them than I did last week. I hope that I can make some difference to my comfort whilst cycling and also help with general core strength and help accelerate my weight loss all at the same time.
Maybe I'm becoming a bit obsessed with this stuff...
Swiss balls seem to be bigger than average balls.
ReplyDeleteWhen I looked out the bedroom window this morning on the lawn was a towel, a T-shirt and a pair of underpants, I would have liked to have seen who left them ! aj
It wasn't me!
ReplyDeleteAre these the big balls that you sit on/roll about on in pregnancy, or smaller ones that you kick?
You certainly have no eyesight problems if you can read the poster.
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What a load of balls!
ReplyDeleteObsessed? Who's obsessed!
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