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    Default Quilting sedentary !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    cause i have bad trouble with my back and spine,, doctor decided to send me to physio at hospital,, i hasten to say i will not be going back,
    she asked me what i could do, I do walk for about an hour with my dog twice a day,, when i said i did some quilting, the answer was a Sedentary hobby then,,
    now i think you can get quite a bit of exercise what with standing up measuring and cutting, sitting down making sure you are sewing the right side ,,, ok you aint running a marathon but you brain works overtime,, so i smiled sweetly and said try it, Cassie,,

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    Wow - you'd think she would be happy with walking your dog for an hour 2 times a day. That's way more than what I get!
    My idea of exercise is working in the garden and housecleaning (only when necessary). I've heard people say that neither one is any kind of exercise. It's better than sitting on my butt all day eating bon-bons and watchine nothing on the tube.
    Quilting is exercise - it is keeping our brains from getting jellied up. I know I sure do lots of over-thinking when working a pattern.

    Hope you can find someone to help you with your back and spine problems.

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    Default Re: Quilting sedentary !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I have read articles about exercising while unloading the dishwasher, cleaning house, cooking . . . yes, and even dog-walking. Anyone who visits me in my sewing room knows that I am getting exercise - stooping over to pick up dropped items from the floor, jumping up to press a seam, running to turn off the TV if the phone rings, jumping up to square up blocks, moving furniture, refolding fabric, running upstairs to refill my iced tea glass, swinging from the balcony, chasing grandkids,

    I see no reason to waste my time lifting weights one after another for 30 minutes a day - until you have lived in my shoes you have no reason to criticize me.

    Quilting sedentary? I wish!
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    Default Re: Quilting sedentary !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by cassie a newbiequilter View Post
    cause i have bad trouble with my back and spine,, doctor decided to send me to physio at hospital,, i hasten to say i will not be going back,
    she asked me what i could do, I do walk for about an hour with my dog twice a day,, when i said i did some quilting, the answer was a Sedentary hobby then,,
    now i think you can get quite a bit of exercise what with standing up measuring and cutting, sitting down making sure you are sewing the right side ,,, ok you aint running a marathon but you brain works overtime,, so i smiled sweetly and said try it, Cassie,,
    With you walking your dog every day you both get much more exercise then I do...All I'm getting is a bigger bottom...
    TODAY IS A GOOD DAY...TO HAVE A GOOD DAY...Genny

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    blinks........... huh? I must quilt very oddly because I work up a real sweat quilting! Besides all that Sandy described (par the iced tea! Yuckkkkkk Why DO people drink cold tea?) I am up and down from my seat and walking the legnth of the house and back several times an hour anddddddd when quilting...... Well a king sized quilt is ****ed heavy and bulky. The phsio should try shoving and pulling and manipulating one of those through a sewing machine for 4 hours see how sweaty she gets.

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    I agree with you Ms. Daisy...when I am finished quilting a quilt I am sore! Sedentery(sp) my A*S!

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    I agree with Sandy or I have been doing it wrong all these years. NOT a sedentary thing for me!

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    I had months of physical therapy over the last ten years for various reasons, and each time it helped me a lot. One thing is, however, that where you get your therapy, you must work each visit with a true physical therapist and not just do exercises led by a technician. The small town clinic here only has one P.T. who only sees you on your first visit. Bigger cities have it the other way. I wouldn't give up on P.T. It can really help your back and spine. Just ignore remarks like the sedentary one, and go forward. Good luck on relieving your pain!
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    Quilting is anything but sedentary. By the time I have jumped up and down, ironed, sewed, cut, all the while using various muscles. I have had quite a work out. And the thing with my condition is that the more I do, the more I hurt. So for me personally, excercise is highly over rated, lol
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    I keep my ironing board two rooms away from my sewing machine simply to get a little more movement in my day. Some days my feet get sore from all the walking back and forth!
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