Mike Reed
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If only; most of the time I need to breathe through my mouth (makes your mouth dry after a while)., esp. at night. Narrow nasal passages and chronic allergy.
Amazing that you lived for 20 years without lungs
What are your tips for injury prevention and good health for the over 50s?
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James
Lord of the Erg\o/s
I had enlarged nasal turbinates (inferior ones), which forced mouth-breathing for as long as I could remember. About 20 years ago, I underwent Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, which solved the problem. I only wished I did not view YouTube videos about the procedure before I had it. Otherwise, FESS is the best thing ever for constantly blocked noses. I continue to nose-breathe freely today.
Mike Reed
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'Turbinates' is underlined here (as an error) and 'snot in my N.O.E.D. as a noun. Can you elaborate, James,? 'Inferior' being lower in the nose, I hope, rather than being lower class.
My blockage is within the bridge, exacerbated, I guess, by wearing glasses for 75+ years and not helped, I think, by a course of radio-therapy on the lower flabby bit a few years ago because of basal cell carcinoma. I may not breathe easily but at least I still can! A doctor suggested this could be remedied by an op. to enlarge the passages but I politely declined. My phobia for operations and procedures is greater than the discomfort as I haven't had a good one yet.
When lockdown closed the gyms and I couldn't access a barbell and rack to squat or do stiff legged deadlifts conventionally I bought a sand sack for use in the house (see Amazon, you buy your own sand from a builder merchant and fill the sack). This weighs 25kg. I now perform one legged squats and stiff legged deadlifts with the sack on my shoulder. I use a chair for lateral support with my free hand gripping it.
Barbell squat: 100kg on barbell + 80kg bodyweight, divided by number of legs that I use (2) = 90kg/leg.
Sand bag squat: 25kg + 80kg bodyweight, divided by number of legs used (1) = 105kg/leg
See what I mean? One legged versions of the exercises are just as tough without needing big heavy equipment. The sand bag is the size of a small duffle bag and stores away in a cupboard.
Since switching to one legged versions the number of minor back injuries picked up when doing these exercises has dropped dramatically. I won't ever go back to barbells now.
Touching upon what gez said about exercise form: Don't think that because you didn't get injured whilst using bad form you got away with it. Bad form also causes long term wear that will one day catch up with you.
Barbell squat: 100kg on barbell + 80kg bodyweight, divided by number of legs that I use (2) = 90kg/leg.
Sand bag squat: 25kg + 80kg bodyweight, divided by number of legs used (1) = 105kg/leg
See what I mean? One legged versions of the exercises are just as tough without needing big heavy equipment. The sand bag is the size of a small duffle bag and stores away in a cupboard.
Since switching to one legged versions the number of minor back injuries picked up when doing these exercises has dropped dramatically. I won't ever go back to barbells now.
Touching upon what gez said about exercise form: Don't think that because you didn't get injured whilst using bad form you got away with it. Bad form also causes long term wear that will one day catch up with you.
Boadly similar here.
I have had allergic rhinitus and anosmia for well over 20 years.
Rhinitus (spelling???) was fixed pretty much instantly once the quack suggested anti-histamines (after years of fancy drugs being tried). I take loratidine and cetrazine alternate days (one makes me sleepy, the other gives me a sore throat if I take them every day). I buy 6 months' supply of each at a time, for peanuts.
Anosmia fix took seeing a specialist. One puff each nostril once per day of Dymista. - POM this one.
The specialist said to continue with the anti-histamines as well.
Mike Reed
pfm Member
Oddly, I've never appended medical labels to mine; 'bloody nuisance' is as far as I've got!
Citirizine has been my panacea for years, though as I'm anti-pill, I halve a 10 ml tab. every 2 or 3 days; doesn't stop sneezing, mucus and coughing but reduces the frequency until thing get really bad again. Always worse early mornings. Was given a spray years ago but couldn't get on with it. After a medicinal phone call from a doc. recently, a 5 day course of tab's is now on my list but for the life of me, I can't see what the difference would be. Yes, Citirizine does assist sleep but a half tab. never affects my head in the morning.
Absolutely.
I did get thoroughly sick of it long before I got drugs to fix things, so despite being "anti-pill" as you are, I was more than thankful. I have been free of both for 10 years or so, YAHOOOOOOO.
My intolerance/impatience far outweighed the anti-pill sentiment.
My rhinitis was/is mostly in response to dust/house mite and the like, so could flare up at the drop of a hat, even in a dusty shed/garage if anything was moved, or worse, tidying was attempted. In a worst case, my nose would be a torrent and I'd be sneezing every few seconds with few breaks. Until I got out in fresh air.
Anosmia was in response to who knows what in detail/chemically. The guaranteed thing was for me to cook a roast dinner and taste absolutely nothing when it was cooked, so something from the inevitable smoke from burning fat splutters in the oven probably killed my sense of smell/taste. It REALLY, seriously p'd me off several Christmases..................
@Mike Reed et al
It is a man thing -our nearest and dearest, the NHS and even common-sense tell us all that we should all be far more aware of our health and willing to seek advice.
Sometimes our reluctance to admit that something is not right, physically, leads to far more serious things than simply extended periods of discomfort.
Get to the quack ASARP.
(Preaching over - I am as bad as anyone at admitting things.)
It is a man thing -our nearest and dearest, the NHS and even common-sense tell us all that we should all be far more aware of our health and willing to seek advice.
Sometimes our reluctance to admit that something is not right, physically, leads to far more serious things than simply extended periods of discomfort.
Get to the quack ASARP.
(Preaching over - I am as bad as anyone at admitting things.)
mikemusic
pfm Member
A friend sent me a link to a YouTube clipIf only; most of the time I need to breathe through my mouth (makes your mouth dry after a while)., esp. at night. Narrow nasal passages and chronic allergy.
Amazing that you lived for 20 years without lungs
Convinced enough to try it and assumed I would be rubbish as I was definitely a mouth breather
Worked
Nasal breathing produces nitric oxide - a good thing
To my amazement I was even able to breathe only through my nose on my bike ride
Mike Reed
pfm Member
What was the general remedial action in the clip which you found helpful? Breathing exercises, snorting coke or inhaling laughing gas (nitrous oxide????? surely not!) ? Just being nosey as it were !
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOL
I would love to see the biochemistry behind that claim.
For a start, nitric oxide is as reactive as a very reactive thing and only exists in the abscence of air/oxygen.. When it does react with air, it forms nitrogen dioxide and that forms various nitrous acids in the prescence of water.
Jakob
pfm Member
What an interesting acronym ASARP turned out to be.
James
Lord of the Erg\o/s
Yes, the inferior turbinates are the lower pair of three sets.
mikemusic
pfm Member
Here's a short clip from the Nestor.What was the general remedial action in the clip which you found helpful? Breathing exercises, snorting coke or inhaling laughing gas (nitrous oxide????? surely not!) ? Just being nosey as it were !
He said enough in the 30 minute clip I first saw for me to try it out
NitrIC Oxide
mikemusic
pfm Member
I was convinced to try it by all the plusses he talks about
Nitric Oxide was part of the mix
Nasal breathing works well for me and I recommend everyone try it
Darren
So gentle when he tries to understand.
Loads of good advice on this thread. Currently in my mid fifties and have faced down a few health challenges of late. Just a couple of things to add.
I saw a YouTube fitness channel belonging to a Canadian woman called Cheryl Coulombe. She's a little over fifty and is ripped to shreds. Honestly, she looks fab She works out mostly at home using only dumbells - The channel has inspired me and I'm making great gains in my home work outs - being sensible and just doing thirty mins at a time and I feel so much better. Not only a little more muscular but sexual function is improving and so has my posture. I take creatine to help my post work out recovery and magnesium for my heart (well worth doing - one of the factors that have largely banished my palpitations)
Finally, I saw an interview with Noel Gallagher and he said that his health was fine until he hit fifty then its been
"..... One f#cking thing after another."
Amen.
I saw a YouTube fitness channel belonging to a Canadian woman called Cheryl Coulombe. She's a little over fifty and is ripped to shreds. Honestly, she looks fab She works out mostly at home using only dumbells - The channel has inspired me and I'm making great gains in my home work outs - being sensible and just doing thirty mins at a time and I feel so much better. Not only a little more muscular but sexual function is improving and so has my posture. I take creatine to help my post work out recovery and magnesium for my heart (well worth doing - one of the factors that have largely banished my palpitations)
Finally, I saw an interview with Noel Gallagher and he said that his health was fine until he hit fifty then its been
"..... One f#cking thing after another."
Amen.
Heckyman
pfm Member
Not sure about not lifting heavy as we lose bone density with age and high rep stuff isn't as effective to prevent this.
It's more about selecting safer variations and not exceeding safe ranges of motion, not doing too much too fast etc.
The only time I've ever hurt myself lifting was under instruction in a gym, hahaha.
It's more about selecting safer variations and not exceeding safe ranges of motion, not doing too much too fast etc.
The only time I've ever hurt myself lifting was under instruction in a gym, hahaha.
Sean Regan
pfm Member
If you do stuff in the garden where a lot of strained arms, back or legs can occur, apart from wheelbarrows and the like, the most handy thing I have is a sack truck.
Ideal for moving big rocks around and similar, particularly if you're on your own. Too easy to over-estimate your capabilities, resulting in an accident.
In my case, a 71kg stone Masserelli fountain I'd bought.
I was able to position it close enough to where I wanted it, to be able to drag it into position.
Ideal for moving big rocks around and similar, particularly if you're on your own. Too easy to over-estimate your capabilities, resulting in an accident.
In my case, a 71kg stone Masserelli fountain I'd bought.
I was able to position it close enough to where I wanted it, to be able to drag it into position.
There's a fitness book written by a guy who spent time inside and developed a prison fitness regime. The strapline is "If I can get fit in a prison cell for so many years then you have no excuse, this book shows you how to do it with no equipment, no special facilities etc". It's all bodyweight related and uses things like chairs and the side of the bed for support.
Sean Regan
pfm Member
Not being able to afford weights in my teens, I used to do a handstand against the bedroom wall then lower myself down until my head touched the floor and then push up again. A dozen of these a day was my usual routine. I wouldn't attempt one now!