Diary 2023-10-07

After about 4 calls, they announced "it's busy, please hang up and wait while I call you back", heh, that's one of those cases.

I got a call rather quickly and got an appointment at the nearest store in 15 minutes.

First, sit down and "try to get into what you think is the right posture."

Pelvis is not erect.

I was stretched in all sorts of ways, twisting my legs in directions that were impossible for me.

I didn't dare talk about subjective symptoms, but they were pretty much spot on.

Stiff muscles on the front side of the right thigh.

Both calves are stiff.

Especially the right side is quite stiff.

Difference from left.

The rest wasn't said verbally, but they did reorient my right knee a number of times just while they were working on my left leg.

When relaxed, only the right knee is externally rotated.

Oh, that's the left leg we're talking about.

As for the shoulders, they were not rotated back due to stiffness of the pectoral muscles, etc.

We often say "rotate your shoulders" as a shoulder stretch, but the range of motion of the shoulder is so narrow to begin with that you can't rotate it even if you tried.

Recommended Stretching

stretch (unbend) one's legs out

The common one where one leg is placed on the other knee and the upper body is collapsed

Not done correctly.

Calf Stretch

I'm not sure how well the common ones work.

Put your feet on the platform and apply force from above.

Need a platform at just the right height?

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