Celebrating Positives (offset of the Gripes Thread)

[Jerry_Atrick]

10 hours ago, octave said:

This is the "nerve test"

 

 

My brother has done that.. I couldn't bring myself to even try.. 

[octave]

This thread is supposed to be about celebrating positives.

 

We did not just decide one day to go on a strenuous bush walk. Since retiring 4 years ago we have done about 3 bush walks a week.  There are many walks we would not do. Known bush walks are very easy to research in terms of difficulties.

As far as age goes one of the greatest threats to health is inactivity. This is a threat both physical health and mental health. Depression is not uncommon amongst the aging.  Whilst bush walking we do cross paths with older bush walkers who are older than us and obviously very fit.  I do in fact have a cardiac condition.  I do yearly stress echocardiograms.  The last one whilst noting my abnormalities pronounced me to be much fitter than the average for my age (63). If we're not fit I would be having symptoms,  I do not. My cardiologist advises me to keep up the exercise 

It is important that as we age we don't give up.

 

[facthunter]

Injuries when you are older are harder to recover from.  You have to keep moving, but don't overdo it.  I've had 4 hamstring tears and 3 desiccated Lower back discs (From lifting Ford V8 engines when young) which have, by doing carefully programmed exercises, become freely Moving. Specific exercises keep the Joints firmer and less likely to be damaged. Be careful HOW you LIFT things. Prolonged effort gets the Heart working It is another "Muscle" after all but you need a check out before heavy exercise. I've not been in favour of doing stress ECG's. It's like testing a Bridge by driving a BIG truck over it. There are safer tests that can be done, and diet and stress avoidance considerations etc How much Plaque is in your Carotid arteries?   Nev

[nomadpete]

Nev  An echo cardiogram is not an ECG.

Different thing entirely.

[red750]

Echo Cardiogram  -  Ultrasound -  Gooey stuff on a wand pressed against the skin. Image of the beating heart on a screen.

 

 

Electrocardiogram  -  a dozen wires to contacts stuck over the body. Wired up like an astronaut. This is an ECG.

 

[octave]

Jeez the post was supposed to be joyous.

Fir the record I about a year ago an stress echo where you have an echo at rest and you go on the treadmill and when you heart gets above a predetermined maximum safe rate they very quickly do another echo to observe how your heart works under stress. This test has a good rate of detecting blockages. Normally I would post a link but I am on my phone in a park after another highly dangerous walk.

It feels like some of these posts are kind of condescending. We use an App called All Trails which gives accurate information about trails and their conditions, elevations etc ass well as currant track and weather.

We would average about 3 walks a week although the last few days we have been in the Grampians so multiple walks a day

Are usual regime includes a daily short exercise session guided by an app. We alternate between cardio, muscle building and flexibility. So we are not naive idiots wandering off until the bush.

We are just sitting in a picnic ground after climbing down and up which if course was a little more arduous to see a magnificent waterfall

My heart rate hovered between 90 and 100bpm

[facthunter]

I specifically said Stress ECG . The type Avmed love is called Bruce's Protocol.  To survive is to my way of thinking, a POSITIVE. Nev