Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 In message <b5ef34040710110413r3df5101cjee74993bfae724d9@...> you wrote: > Hi all, > > I just tasted my first batch tue, have started a new batch and have all > sorts of bottles and containers full with the other four liters..but its > rapidly going down. It just tastes fantastic. IF everything that was good > for me tasted this well i'd be a very healthy woman! lol. > > So far the stomach hasn't complained too badly and certainly no worse than > i've had on some nights, but i've gone through...about a liter and a half in > the last two days. > > Am I in danger of overdoing it? Yes, Caitilin, quite likely. Make sure you are drinking plenty of water as well - VERY important. You could get bad detox symptoms if you don't. When you first drink KT it is advised to drink smaller amounts and to build up from there ....and don't forget your water ;-) Glad you love your glorified tea so much! Off to having some myself! Margret on a sunny warm October adternoon ;-) -- +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ <)))<>< http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk <)))<>< http://www.AnswersInGenesis.com +----------------- http://www.Gotquestions.org ------------------+ In a consecrated life there are no accidents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 In message <b5ef34040710110413r3df5101cjee74993bfae724d9@...> you wrote: > Hi all, > > I just tasted my first batch tue, have started a new batch and have all > sorts of bottles and containers full with the other four liters..but its > rapidly going down. It just tastes fantastic. IF everything that was good > for me tasted this well i'd be a very healthy woman! lol. > > So far the stomach hasn't complained too badly and certainly no worse than > i've had on some nights, but i've gone through...about a liter and a half in > the last two days. > > Am I in danger of overdoing it? Yes, Caitilin, quite likely. Make sure you are drinking plenty of water as well - VERY important. You could get bad detox symptoms if you don't. When you first drink KT it is advised to drink smaller amounts and to build up from there ....and don't forget your water ;-) Glad you love your glorified tea so much! Off to having some myself! Margret on a sunny warm October adternoon ;-) -- +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ <)))<>< http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk <)))<>< http://www.AnswersInGenesis.com +----------------- http://www.Gotquestions.org ------------------+ In a consecrated life there are no accidents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 oops... i'll go drink water instead.;..but thats boring...;-( Caitilin On 10/11/07, Margret Pegg <Minstrel@...> wrote: > > In message <b5ef34040710110413r3df5101cjee74993bfae724d9@...<b5ef34040710110413r\ 3df5101cjee74993bfae724d9%40mail.gmail.com>> > you wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I just tasted my first batch tue, have started a new batch and have all > > sorts of bottles and containers full with the other four liters..but its > > rapidly going down. It just tastes fantastic. IF everything that was > good > > for me tasted this well i'd be a very healthy woman! lol. > > > > So far the stomach hasn't complained too badly and certainly no worse > than > > i've had on some nights, but i've gone through...about a liter and a > half in > > the last two days. > > > > Am I in danger of overdoing it? > > Yes, Caitilin, quite likely. > Make sure you are drinking plenty of water as well - VERY important. > You could get bad detox symptoms if you don't. > > When you first drink KT it is advised to drink smaller amounts and to > build > up from there ....and don't forget your water ;-) > > Glad you love your glorified tea so much! > > Off to having some myself! > > Margret on a sunny warm October adternoon ;-) > -- > +------------------ Minstrel@... <Minstrel%40therpc.f9.co.uk>--------------------+ > <)))<>< http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk <)))<>< > http://www.AnswersInGenesis.com <http://www.answersingenesis.com/> > +----------------- http://www.Gotquestions.org<http://www.gotquestions.org/>------------------+ > > In a consecrated life there are no accidents. > > -- livejournal: http://wildchildcait.livejournal.com St drove the snakes out of Ireland. Caitilin drove them back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 oops... i'll go drink water instead.;..but thats boring...;-( Caitilin On 10/11/07, Margret Pegg <Minstrel@...> wrote: > > In message <b5ef34040710110413r3df5101cjee74993bfae724d9@...<b5ef34040710110413r\ 3df5101cjee74993bfae724d9%40mail.gmail.com>> > you wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I just tasted my first batch tue, have started a new batch and have all > > sorts of bottles and containers full with the other four liters..but its > > rapidly going down. It just tastes fantastic. IF everything that was > good > > for me tasted this well i'd be a very healthy woman! lol. > > > > So far the stomach hasn't complained too badly and certainly no worse > than > > i've had on some nights, but i've gone through...about a liter and a > half in > > the last two days. > > > > Am I in danger of overdoing it? > > Yes, Caitilin, quite likely. > Make sure you are drinking plenty of water as well - VERY important. > You could get bad detox symptoms if you don't. > > When you first drink KT it is advised to drink smaller amounts and to > build > up from there ....and don't forget your water ;-) > > Glad you love your glorified tea so much! > > Off to having some myself! > > Margret on a sunny warm October adternoon ;-) > -- > +------------------ Minstrel@... <Minstrel%40therpc.f9.co.uk>--------------------+ > <)))<>< http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk <)))<>< > http://www.AnswersInGenesis.com <http://www.answersingenesis.com/> > +----------------- http://www.Gotquestions.org<http://www.gotquestions.org/>------------------+ > > In a consecrated life there are no accidents. > > -- livejournal: http://wildchildcait.livejournal.com St drove the snakes out of Ireland. Caitilin drove them back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 In message <b5ef34040710110813n3e1d334brbc39472083b985fb@...> you wrote: > oops... > > i'll go drink water instead.;..but thats boring...;-( > Yep, Caitilin, I agree ;-) Psychologically, I fix it this way: I down my glass of water, pat myself on the shoulder for being a good girl, and then give myself as reward a glass of Kombucha. I, too am not the greatest water drinker in the world .... Margret:-) -- +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ <)))<>< http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk <)))<>< http://www.AnswersInGenesis.com +----------------- http://www.Gotquestions.org ------------------+ Not liking someone is no excuse for not loving them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 In message <b5ef34040710110813n3e1d334brbc39472083b985fb@...> you wrote: > oops... > > i'll go drink water instead.;..but thats boring...;-( > Yep, Caitilin, I agree ;-) Psychologically, I fix it this way: I down my glass of water, pat myself on the shoulder for being a good girl, and then give myself as reward a glass of Kombucha. I, too am not the greatest water drinker in the world .... Margret:-) -- +------------------ Minstrel@... --------------------+ <)))<>< http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk <)))<>< http://www.AnswersInGenesis.com +----------------- http://www.Gotquestions.org ------------------+ Not liking someone is no excuse for not loving them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 lol, i tend to line up glasses of water at work, or a few sucky bottles and that is my daily quota I have to drink. and then I try and sip as i'm working, so i notice it least. it sometimes works ;-) On 10/11/07, Margret Pegg <Minstrel@...> wrote: > > In message <b5ef34040710110813n3e1d334brbc39472083b985fb@...<b5ef34040710110813n\ 3e1d334brbc39472083b985fb%40mail.gmail.com>> > you wrote: > > > oops... > > > > i'll go drink water instead.;..but thats boring...;-( > > > Yep, Caitilin, I agree ;-) > > Psychologically, I fix it this way: > > I down my glass of water, pat myself on the shoulder for being a good > girl, and then give myself as reward a glass of Kombucha. > > I, too am not the greatest water drinker in the world .... > > Margret:-) > > -- > +------------------ Minstrel@... <Minstrel%40therpc.f9.co.uk>--------------------+ > <)))<>< http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk <)))<>< > http://www.AnswersInGenesis.com > +----------------- http://www.Gotquestions.org ------------------+ > > Not liking someone is no excuse for not loving them. > > -- livejournal: http://wildchildcait.livejournal.com St drove the snakes out of Ireland. Caitilin drove them back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 lol, i tend to line up glasses of water at work, or a few sucky bottles and that is my daily quota I have to drink. and then I try and sip as i'm working, so i notice it least. it sometimes works ;-) On 10/11/07, Margret Pegg <Minstrel@...> wrote: > > In message <b5ef34040710110813n3e1d334brbc39472083b985fb@...<b5ef34040710110813n\ 3e1d334brbc39472083b985fb%40mail.gmail.com>> > you wrote: > > > oops... > > > > i'll go drink water instead.;..but thats boring...;-( > > > Yep, Caitilin, I agree ;-) > > Psychologically, I fix it this way: > > I down my glass of water, pat myself on the shoulder for being a good > girl, and then give myself as reward a glass of Kombucha. > > I, too am not the greatest water drinker in the world .... > > Margret:-) > > -- > +------------------ Minstrel@... <Minstrel%40therpc.f9.co.uk>--------------------+ > <)))<>< http://www.therpc.f9.co.uk <)))<>< > http://www.AnswersInGenesis.com > +----------------- http://www.Gotquestions.org ------------------+ > > Not liking someone is no excuse for not loving them. > > -- livejournal: http://wildchildcait.livejournal.com St drove the snakes out of Ireland. Caitilin drove them back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Hi Same here.. I KNOW that I must drink a lot of water... I sincerely KNOW , I " grok " it but ...water is so boring, I have found however that using a water bottle, does wonder for me, a liter one, I refill it at least 4 times a day sometimes more... which is wonderful.. I still do not like water .. I do ingest at least half a liter of KT everyday, often a whole liter... What a treat!! Especially when drunk in a wine glass.. and this thing is good for you?? A true blessing!! Frantz Caitilin <just.caitilin@...> wrote: lol, i tend to line up glasses of water at work, or a few sucky bottles and that is my daily quota I have to drink. and then I try and sip as i'm working, so i notice it least. it sometimes works ;-) On 10/11/07, Margret Pegg <Minstrel@...> wrote: > >> > > oops... > > > > i'll go drink water instead.;..but thats boring...;-( > > > Yep, Caitilin, I agree ;-) > > Psychologically, I fix it this way: > > I down my glass of water, pat myself on the shoulder for being a good > girl, and then give myself as reward a glass of Kombucha. > > I, too am not the greatest water drinker in the world .... > > Margret:-) > > -- --------------------------------- Shape in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 Hi Same here.. I KNOW that I must drink a lot of water... I sincerely KNOW , I " grok " it but ...water is so boring, I have found however that using a water bottle, does wonder for me, a liter one, I refill it at least 4 times a day sometimes more... which is wonderful.. I still do not like water .. I do ingest at least half a liter of KT everyday, often a whole liter... What a treat!! Especially when drunk in a wine glass.. and this thing is good for you?? A true blessing!! Frantz Caitilin <just.caitilin@...> wrote: lol, i tend to line up glasses of water at work, or a few sucky bottles and that is my daily quota I have to drink. and then I try and sip as i'm working, so i notice it least. it sometimes works ;-) On 10/11/07, Margret Pegg <Minstrel@...> wrote: > >> > > oops... > > > > i'll go drink water instead.;..but thats boring...;-( > > > Yep, Caitilin, I agree ;-) > > Psychologically, I fix it this way: > > I down my glass of water, pat myself on the shoulder for being a good > girl, and then give myself as reward a glass of Kombucha. > > I, too am not the greatest water drinker in the world .... > > Margret:-) > > -- --------------------------------- Shape in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 I've read the magic formula for water consumption is a minumum of 1/2 oz /per pd (or about 20ml/kilo) of body weight. I drink about a gallon of water a day and about 32oz of water kefir a day. Now, with that in mind, can I drink all the kombucha I want? lol. I'm drinking my second batch and loving the stuff. My wish list for Christmas is going to be a container big enough to do continuous brew Patty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 I've read the magic formula for water consumption is a minumum of 1/2 oz /per pd (or about 20ml/kilo) of body weight. I drink about a gallon of water a day and about 32oz of water kefir a day. Now, with that in mind, can I drink all the kombucha I want? lol. I'm drinking my second batch and loving the stuff. My wish list for Christmas is going to be a container big enough to do continuous brew Patty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 I've read the magic formula for water consumption is a minumum of 1/2 oz /per pd (or about 20ml/kilo) of body weight. I drink about a gallon of water a day and about 32oz of water kefir a day. Now, with that in mind, can I drink all the kombucha I want? lol. I'm drinking my second batch and loving the stuff. My wish list for Christmas is going to be a container big enough to do continuous brew Patty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 Hi... All I know is that if I drink the right amount of water with my KTea that everything works much better,,, must be a synergeisting thing... A lot easier for me nice I started doing the Distilled water thingie.... But the thing I remember most is that dehydration causes more problems than anything else you can do to your body.. HippeeSandee Patty <mellowsong@...> wrote: I've read the magic formula for water consumption is a minumum of 1/2 oz /per pd (or about 20ml/kilo) of body weight. I drink about a gallon of water a day and about 32oz of water kefir a day. Now, with that in mind, can I drink all the kombucha I want? lol. I'm drinking my second batch and loving the stuff. My wish list for Christmas is going to be a container big enough to do continuous brew Patty ~~PEACE~~ HippeeSandee HippeeSandee's Endless Mountains Realm --------------------------------- Catch up on fall's hot new shows on TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 Hi... All I know is that if I drink the right amount of water with my KTea that everything works much better,,, must be a synergeisting thing... A lot easier for me nice I started doing the Distilled water thingie.... But the thing I remember most is that dehydration causes more problems than anything else you can do to your body.. HippeeSandee Patty <mellowsong@...> wrote: I've read the magic formula for water consumption is a minumum of 1/2 oz /per pd (or about 20ml/kilo) of body weight. I drink about a gallon of water a day and about 32oz of water kefir a day. Now, with that in mind, can I drink all the kombucha I want? lol. I'm drinking my second batch and loving the stuff. My wish list for Christmas is going to be a container big enough to do continuous brew Patty ~~PEACE~~ HippeeSandee HippeeSandee's Endless Mountains Realm --------------------------------- Catch up on fall's hot new shows on TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Greetings, So. I'm doing the Doug Kelsey method of improving knee cartilage and I've hit a low point and I wanted to ask some of you joint-motion folks out there for advice. A couple of weeks ago my knees were feeling pretty good (for them, not for a normal person). I had been doing the total gym every day (and his other exercises) and it seemed to be helping. Then I think I overdid it on some stuff--thought I could handle it-- then my knees started to feel not-so-good again. We're not talking a lot of overdoing, just a slightly longer walk that included a few very small hills, plus trying a couple of exercises that I don't think I was ready for in his phase two. So I lowered one rung on the total gym and just kept on but my left knee in particular is just aggravated. It seems like new pains are cropping up. It's weird. I took a day off a few days ago. The past couple of days I tried adding some stationary bike stuff (20 min, lowest resistance), which feels pretty good while doing it, but ... I don't know, overall it seems like my left knee is simply aggravated. Those of you who have made progress... can you speak to this? Thanks all, Jenni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Jenni, Sorry to hear of your setback ... a few thoughts: 1. There will always be setbacks, even if you're on the best path to healing. I'm convinced of this after my own experience. The key thing is not to chuck the baby with the bathwater. You may have to make a few adjustments (I did that a lot). One of my regrets in writing my book: I never felt I adequately conveyed the up-and-down nature of healing; there are frustrating periods (that can last a few days or weeks) where you think you've backslid and aren't getting better. Just remember: healing isn't linear; every day (or week) isn't necessarily better than the preceding one. 2. You do the total gym every day, you say. I don't know what your program is, but I hope you're building in easy days. You sound a bit like me: " I want to heal, and I want to heal as soon as I can, and I'll do whatever it takes. " A great attitude, but: you have to pace yourself. One of the hardest things for me was taking " off " days -- dialing it back a little and not pushing myself all the time. 3. Be careful of overdoing -- it's very, very easy. Remember your knee cartilage doesn't have nerve endings, so you're not getting good, timely signaling when you're pushing a bit too hard. I found that I tended to get delayed signaling -- knee will be achy later that day, or the next day. Ideally, I think knee pain patients should be on the program where they're a little too conservative -- where they think, " Gosh, I can do these exercises already, so I should be doing something harder, working out on Level B instead of Level A. " Gradually you do need to work your joints harder, so you do need to graduate to Level B, but if you're a Type A personality (which I was, and you may be), that won't be your main problem. Your main problem will be learning to take it easy when you need to. 4. Remember whenever you introduce a new TYPE of activity, you should be prepared for knee feedback, and it may not be fun. You said you started going up hills. Well, if you haven't been going up hills, this activity will probably tax your knees in slightly different ways. I know they were small hills, but you're still early days on fixing your joints, which are probably still weak and just gradually getting stronger. 5. Agree with Larry: you may want to focus on the stationary bike for a while, if that's what your knees like. Also taking a week off every five or six weeks is a good idea -- very hard for me to do (I never took it totally " off, " but just rather made my program very easy for that week, so I was still getting in movement). Anyway, hope things improve soon! www.savingmyknees.com > > Hi , > > This type of situation has occurred many times when I was doing my rehab. > I often pushed my knee too hard. My knee had different kinds of pain after > I began the program than before. At times, my knee felt aggrivated as well. > When this happend, I eased up on the exercises > and concentrated more on the stationary bike. I would also exercise for 5-6 > weeks then take one week off. > > The PT therapy helped as well (loosening quad and IT band). > My PT has a small blue plunger (from Bed Bath and Beyond) > that he used to place on the knee cap and pull the knee cap upward. > I have one of these plungers as well. I roll my quads and IT > and use the plunger every day. > > Good luck, > Larry Terbell > > > > ________________________________ > From: Jenni Park <jennimariep@...> > chondromalacia treatment > Sent: Tue, February 15, 2011 8:14:28 PM > Subject: overdoing it? > >  > Greetings, > > So. I'm doing the Doug Kelsey method of improving knee cartilage and I've hit a > low point and I wanted to ask some of you joint-motion folks out there for > advice. > > A couple of weeks ago my knees were feeling pretty good (for them, not for a > normal person). I had been doing the total gym every day (and his other > exercises) and it seemed to be helping. Then I think I overdid it on some > stuff--thought I could handle it-- then my knees started to feel not-so-good > again. We're not talking a lot of overdoing, just a slightly longer walk that > included a few very small hills, plus trying a couple of exercises that I don't > think I was ready for in his phase two. So I lowered one rung on the total gym > and just kept on but my left knee in particular is just aggravated. It seems > like new pains are cropping up. It's weird. I took a day off a few days ago. > The past couple of days I tried adding some stationary bike stuff (20 min, > lowest resistance), which feels pretty good while doing it, but ... I don't > know, overall it seems like my left knee is simply aggravated. > > Those of you who have made progress... can you speak to this? > > Thanks all, > Jenni > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Curious how many days in a row you would go without taking a day off? Your body heals and grows muscle when you rest. Exercise is a form of stress that when done well results in more growth of muscle and capillary capacity, during rest. Too much stress and not enough rest results in loss of muscle and certainly of energy. So ideally you have regular cycles of stress rest, every couple of days, and in the macro sense, every couple of weeks. Knee or no knee problem, all people exercising should take at least one day off per week. I found short very hard pushes were good for my knees. Long steady pressure tends to make them worse. So climbing a big hill on a bike is good, pushing for 30 minutes into a head wind is bad. By the way, the bike has often aggravated my knee the most. I have been able to use the bike though for exercise by adapting somewhat. Philip - http://panmanphil.wordpress.com ________________________________ From: Jenni Park <jennimariep@...> chondromalacia treatment Sent: Tue, February 15, 2011 10:14:28 PM Subject: overdoing it? Greetings, So. I'm doing the Doug Kelsey method of improving knee cartilage and I've hit a low point and I wanted to ask some of you joint-motion folks out there for advice. A couple of weeks ago my knees were feeling pretty good (for them, not for a normal person). I had been doing the total gym every day (and his other exercises) and it seemed to be helping. Then I think I overdid it on some stuff--thought I could handle it-- then my knees started to feel not-so-good again. We're not talking a lot of overdoing, just a slightly longer walk that included a few very small hills, plus trying a couple of exercises that I don't think I was ready for in his phase two. So I lowered one rung on the total gym and just kept on but my left knee in particular is just aggravated. It seems like new pains are cropping up. It's weird. I took a day off a few days ago. The past couple of days I tried adding some stationary bike stuff (20 min, lowest resistance), which feels pretty good while doing it, but ... I don't know, overall it seems like my left knee is simply aggravated. Those of you who have made progress... can you speak to this? Thanks all, Jenni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 Larry, , and Philip, thank you so much for the thoughts. Yeah, I wasn't really building in easy days or days off. What do ya know, I took a day off yesterday because I had to and the irritation has calmed down a lot. I'm going to take a couple more easy days, maybe just doing the bike or total gym for 15 minutes and going home. Thank you for reminding me about this, and yes, , I don't want to take days off... but if it will help, that does change things! The best thing is hearing that you guys experienced bad times too, and that you got information from them, and then got through them! That helps me a TON. My (former) PT tried the plunger thing and freakin torturing my IT bands too. I don't know if I felt anything from it (besides a lot of pain)... but I did stop seeing him. Maybe if I had kept it up for longer it would have helped more. The thing is, I'm not really convinced that my kneecaps go over to the side that much. It doesn't seem like it. They don't visibly go to the outside when I flex my quads, and if I bend my knee and hold onto my kneecap they seem to stay in the middle. I remember my original x-ray showed them both tilted a little out, but I'm wondering if that's normal at all. Really thankful for this email group! Jenni ________________________________ From: Philip <panmanphil@...> chondromalacia treatment Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 8:27:49 AM Subject: Re: overdoing it? Curious how many days in a row you would go without taking a day off? Your body heals and grows muscle when you rest. Exercise is a form of stress that when done well results in more growth of muscle and capillary capacity, during rest. Too much stress and not enough rest results in loss of muscle and certainly of energy. So ideally you have regular cycles of stress rest, every couple of days, and in the macro sense, every couple of weeks. Knee or no knee problem, all people exercising should take at least one day off per week. I found short very hard pushes were good for my knees. Long steady pressure tends to make them worse. So climbing a big hill on a bike is good, pushing for 30 minutes into a head wind is bad. By the way, the bike has often aggravated my knee the most. I have been able to use the bike though for exercise by adapting somewhat. Philip - http://panmanphil.wordpress.com ________________________________ From: Jenni Park <jennimariep@...> chondromalacia treatment Sent: Tue, February 15, 2011 10:14:28 PM Subject: overdoing it? Greetings, So. I'm doing the Doug Kelsey method of improving knee cartilage and I've hit a low point and I wanted to ask some of you joint-motion folks out there for advice. A couple of weeks ago my knees were feeling pretty good (for them, not for a normal person). I had been doing the total gym every day (and his other exercises) and it seemed to be helping. Then I think I overdid it on some stuff--thought I could handle it-- then my knees started to feel not-so-good again. We're not talking a lot of overdoing, just a slightly longer walk that included a few very small hills, plus trying a couple of exercises that I don't think I was ready for in his phase two. So I lowered one rung on the total gym and just kept on but my left knee in particular is just aggravated. It seems like new pains are cropping up. It's weird. I took a day off a few days ago. The past couple of days I tried adding some stationary bike stuff (20 min, lowest resistance), which feels pretty good while doing it, but ... I don't know, overall it seems like my left knee is simply aggravated. Those of you who have made progress... can you speak to this? Thanks all, Jenni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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