[at-l] Feet Blew out :-(

[mathews at uga.edu (Doug Mathews)]

Chase,

My wife says that by the time I act my age, I'll be too senile to know it!

Doug


At 07:26 PM 8/4/2004, Chase Davidson wrote:
>Doug,
>         Sounds like good advice to me. I feel much better today after 
> much rest and feet propped up. I could walk 5 miles,,, and I would be in 
> much worse shape LOL.
>         OrangeBug I don't want to act my age OR my mentality! Hahaha
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>chase
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>Doug Mathews wrote:
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>>Chase,
>>If you've been hiking for 30 years, you must be 40 by now!
>>All the books I read say as you get older it takes longer to heal, and my 
>>experience seems to support that. One of the worse things you can do is 
>>to try to "walk  through" an injury that needs rest.  The Dr's always 
>>tell me to rest it, ice it periodically for a few days and gradually work 
>>back into my routine, taking it a little at a time.  Since you are at 
>>least 40 ;-), you probably have had minor aches & pains before.  So you 
>>should have a good idea how sever the injury is.  Its better to take it 
>>easy and fully recover in a shorter time than do press on and end up with 
>>a very long time of not doing the activity you want. BTDT!