HARLEYGYPSY2003

HARLEYGYPSY2003
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Saturday, December 25, 2010

ATHLETIC CROSSTRAINING

WHEN I STUDY EGYPTIAN/GYPSY /MIDDLE EASTERN DANCE,I HAVE FOUND & FELT NEW MUSCLE GROUPS POPPING UP AROUND BASE OF LEG WHERE IT MEETS THE FOOT(NEAR BROAD LIGAMENT IN FEET. STRETCHING HAS VERY HELPFUL AND WARMUPS LONGER IN COOLER TEMPERATURES. MUSCLE CAN SNAP LIKE A COLD RUBBER BAND IF REPETITIVE MOVES ARE MADE WITHOUT MY WARMUP. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN, BUT WHILE NURSING AS A CAREER, I SAW THIS FREQUENTLY AND BELIEVE ME, IT IS LONG IN HEALING,DEPENDING ON THE INDIVIDUAL,AND APPEARS PAINFUL.ONE WOULD NEVER ATTEMPT TO TAKE AN UN STRETCHED RUBBER BAND IN COLD WEATHER AND EXPECT IT TO STRETCH WITH EASE:SAME THING. BUT REPETITIVE MOVEMENTS OF A JOINT ARE WHAT TOOK ME THE LONGEST , IF HEALABLE, TO GET HORSRE WORKIN AGAIN. RIDING TENDS TO USE SAME JOINTS,FOR RIDER, THEN REPETITION OF OTHER ATHLETIC ART OR SPORT. SO, IF YOU CAN'T GET MOTIVATED WITH YOGA AND HAVE A HORSE, DO BOTH OF YOU A FAVOR AND USE DIFFERENT JOINTS/MUSCLES/TENDONS/LIGAMENTS. I HAVE FOUND THAT FOR MAN OR BEAST , GLUCOSAMINE/CHONDROITIN/MSM/SHARK CARTILAGE IS GREAT TO KEEP SUPPLE, LUBRICATED JOINTS, ESP. FOR ATHLETES AND AGING ATHLETES/FOLKS , WHO ENJOY EXERCISE OF SOME FORM.IT REALLY HELPS PTSD AND ANXIETY TO DANCE, RIDE HORSES OR WHATEVER WILL GET YOUR AEROBIC EXERCISE IN AND HELP RELEASE YOUR BRAINS' NATURAL ENDORPHINS OR ENDOMORPHINES, NATURAL FEEL GOOD,HAVE MERRYCHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY TRAILS ON YOUR BELLYDANCE QUEST!
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