Re: Re: Are shoes the cause of asthma and allergies?

[Guest guest]

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You wrote:

<<As for " displacements " in your hip and spine, it is possible that

excess muscle tension is

being held in some parts of your body that would release after switching

footwear. I would

recommend going very SLOWLY at first if you decide to try moccasins.

For example, start out

with your normal required routine, and see how you feel the next day.

If you are OK, then add

a SHORT extra walk (maybe even 100 feet? maybe 1000 feet?). Then wait

another extra day and

see how you feel, before deciding to repeat or extend it. By starting

out slowly, you can give

your body a chance to recover and adjust. Your body cannot heal and

adapt if you overstress it

in the beginning. >>

You are talking to someone who makes moccasins and I would love nothing

more than walking in them..

However, ORD surgery shortenend my one leg, balance is poor and the

soles of moccs are too slick for my safety right now..Safety is my

primary concern.Orthotics are necessary to have balance, being barefoot

makes me look like a drunk sailor..:)But I am working on all of that,

water walking 3 times a week and walker balance exercises..None of that

will make my leg longer again, but at least I am retaining muscle tone

and agility.

But that's me.

Big part of an Asthma 'cure' is to individually exploit whatever might

work for us as an individual, whatever way it takes us.

C-M

[Guest guest]

<<It turns out that women also suffer from more osteoporosis and

arthritis as well among many

other degenerative diseases.

What do you think about this? >>

Hormones..

Until menopause women are protected, but after that the BMD ( Bone Mass

Density) goes way down.

However, BMD is established when young and deficient diet during those

years can effect this badly.

The right ration of calcium/magnesium/ Vit.D can protect women when

taken before, during and after menopause.

Diet, such as caffeine, nicotine, pop also robbs the body of BMD.

C-M

[Guest guest]

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I tried that position, was Ok, but I can't put my left foot flat on the

floor, without wincing in pain or feeling something is over stretched.

Also can't get up without rolling over and getting up sideways via help

of my cane.

Same when trying to kneel down and getting up. My right leg has to do

double duty..

Might want to mention that I am 60 ,not exactly a spring chicken.

Working in the pool has been my easiest way, so far, to get exercises

in that are painless..

C-M

[Guest guest]

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You said: <<Now, you mentioned that " hormones " explain why women get

asthma more than men. >>

Dont' know about the asthma, seems man have as much problems with it as

women.

BUT osteoporosis is more prevalent in women, due to menopause.

However, men that drink a lot of pop, have a lifetime of nicotine habit

are also susceptible to it, but in later age than women who get

osteoporosis.

I have it, due to very insufficient diet in the postwar years in

Germany, milk allergy and that my body does not process Vit.D

properly.Those where the years my BMD formed, so to speak 'set the tone'

and I now 'pay' the price..

Reason why I broke my hip on a stupid fall on the ice.

C-M