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You might try ice 3xday. I had a bad case of Lateral Epicondylitis that took more than 6 months to heal and ice was the only thing that helped. I tried several different anti-inflammatories, and the pain would go away for a few days but come back as soon as I started using the arm again. After a regiment of ice 3xday for about a month, the pain started to fade. The elbow feels about 95 % now, and I’m climbing again, but not as intense as before. I’m planning to slowly increase the intensity. I always ice it after I get home from climbing.

Meadows wrote:I've read something similar or was told I need an ungodly high amount of protein when training for a 1/2 marathon.

Check this out:

http://vanderbiltowc.wellsource.com/dh/ ... sp?ID=1288

It will calculate your needs for you.

so I'm not an avg adult and I'm not necessarily an athlete in training...

being an avg adult i would need just 47g
being an athlete in training i would need 71g - 95g

I guess I should just pick in the middle...my goal has been 63g which is about half my body weight...it's hard to reach unless you have a supplement..to reach this everyday or even every other day...

another problem with protein is that when you get too much...it just ends up being stored as fat...but never heard the calcium one...

Yas...I've read 2 diff recent mag articles that have said about the same thing with the half the body weight and I've read a little online...and consulted a couple of trainers...but no one knows it all so...

oh and...didn't Wes talk about supplements in another thread not too long ago...I think I even asked him where to get some...I still haven't bought any cause I was trying to up it myself with foods...but most of the foods that contain more protein also contain a lot of other crap like too much sodium etc

longlegsrule wrote:
another problem with protein is that when you get too much...it just ends up being stored as fat...but never heard the calcium one...

Unless you're eliminating carbs, then you're on the Atkins diet.

Being an "athlete" is vague as well.

Anytime your intake exceeds your output the excess will be stored as fat. It doesn't matter what you're eating, carbs, proteins, fats or any combination thereof. Your body has no way to rid itself of excess calories so it stores them for later.

What's this thing about calcium? It's totally new to me. So far as I know the two mechanisms are totally separate.

SCIN wrote: I used a bike tire intertube on a door handle to do light exercises with it.

Good advice Ray... I too have wondered how to get off the couch when people come over.

Roll onto the floor.

But don't spill your drink!

Maybe a tipsy cup would be a good idea.

Just hook up a beer IV and a Foley cath. Then you won't have to get up!