Calling all Creaky old Matures

[breeches]

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Helloo to you all, i dont know about you , but im getting creaky , im sure it is an age thing, or rather i hope it is...

I believe that there is a human version of Cortaflex, so ive been told.

Does anyone take it as i think the time has come for Breeches to get some suppliments attached. im not an old crock , by any stetch of the imaginantion, some would say quite fit :cool: but some days the old bones take a while to warm up.

Also, apart from cod liver oil (which makes me beltch) is there anything else to be recomended??????

[poohsmate]

Euthanasia is always an option lol:D :D :D :D

[colettybetty]

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Also, apart from cod liver oil (which makes me beltch) is there anything else to be recomended??????

Careful with the cod liver oil - has been known for overdue ladies to give birth with the speed of greased lightening.Sure thats just a beer belly ?:D :D

[NoviceNic]

Euthanasia is always an option lol:D :D :D :D


:D :D :p

[Stella2]

Can't suggest anything, I just embrace my creakiness :D

[breeches]

Euthanasia is always an option lol:D :D :D :D

i cant work out why the youth in asia would be able to help???

Taken your advice re Rosie and shes coming on really well, must send you a photo when i see her in daylight again, hope you are well.

[Iron Maiden]

I am a mature creaky person, the biggest issue for me is my knee - I broke the joint surface a few of years ago & had some screws & a plate put in, the opinion of the medical profession seems to be that it'll go prematurely arthritic. I have been taking quite a high dose of glucosamine & high strength cod liver oil for a while now & it has definitely helped, I recently had an x-ray which showed no sign of arthritis - result! The doctor was actually very surprised. You can also get joint supplements containing chondroitin & MSM which apparently are beneficial, but they can a bit expensive so I've never bothered with them. All these supplements are quite widely available now, I get mine from a company called Healthspan who seem to be good value. I also give them to the dog, who is doing OK for an old guy! As well as riding I cycle & play badminton, creaky joints seem to benefit greatly from being kept active & keeping your bodyweight under control certainly helps.

Hopefully it will be a while before I consider euthanasia...

[breeches]

Careful with the cod liver oil - has been known for overdue ladies to give birth with the speed of greased lightening.Sure thats just a beer belly ?:D :D

now youve got me worried, ive been snoring, miserable, buying loose fitting dungarees, impatient , eating olives.......... best i do a test.

[poohsmate]

i cant work out why the youth in asia would be able to help???

have you not seen them on tv they can pull about ten ton on a hand cart, and if they can do that they must be taking something!!!:D


Taken your advice re Rosie and shes coming on really well, must send you a photo when i see her in daylight again, hope you are well.

glad to hear rosie is coming on good news:D :D

[Skib]

Yes i did take Cortaflex. Pippa Funnell had promoted it and they were selling it at the Natural Horse gathering a year or two ago.

I don't know if it made any difference. I am very bad a taking pills regularly. Unless it is antibiotic or something where it is vital I must.

I think one does stiffen up in winter or if one goes a long time without riding (due to injury etc). 2 hours hack or a lesson doing dressage style all sitting makes it harder for me to dismount at the end.

I gave up Cortaflex when I discovered it had beef cells in it. OH and I stopped eating beef in the UK at the first BSE scare and haven't eaten it since, so I wasn't pleased to find I had been consuming it in pills. I also wondered (also ref to BSE) whether it was wise to feed horses an animal based preparation?

However I find rising trot is the best remedy there is. And I have felt very creaky with no riding these last ten days. I hadn't thought of resuming Cortaflex. Although I believe that a rival brand is based on shell fish?

I'd be interested in what anyone else has to say.

[Chinarider]

The youth in asia must refer to those young ladies down in Pattaya, they certainly give those old guys a spring in their step :p Not something I would recommend though. best stick to Glucosamine, its easier on the bank balance !!:rolleyes:

[breeches]

The youth in asia must refer to those young ladies down in Pattaya, they certainly give those old guys a spring in their step :p Not something I would recommend though. best stick to Glucosamine, its easier on the bank balance !!:rolleyes:

i take your advice on the Glucosamine, but the other seems more interesting as it is a spring that i am after, best Pm me with the details.:rolleyes:

[Trewsers]

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Also, apart from cod liver oil (which makes me beltch) is there anything else to be recomended??????



lol:D :D I thought sardines were full of that special stuff thats good for joints etc???! Ooooh, sardines on toast...........:p :D

[Mehitabel]

i had good results initially with cortaflex (broken wrist, healed badly, and arthritic neck after breaking that too) but when i ran out and forgot to get any more i didn't regress again. my mum found the same - she has arthritic hands and it improved them a lot to begin with but they ahve stayed 'good' since she stopped taking it.

with animals i have always noticed regression once it has been stopped.

[Chinarider]

No need to pm you, just walk into any bar in Asia with your W..allet visible in your pocket and youll see for your self, but be warned, they hunt in packs here in Shanghai :eek:

[Kazzie]

I take Cortaflex - I started about 6 weeks ago I also roped my partner Trev in on it. After about a week I thought I felt a definite improvement and after comparing notes it appears that Trev did too.

I've broken four bones over the past year and also have quite severe back pain - all have improved on it. It's expensive though. It costs £27 for about a month's supply. Or does anyone know of a cheaper 'dealer'!!! :cool:

[fuglyjowls]

Glucosamine has worked for my OH who is a lot older and creakier than me - he takes it daily and has found a marked improvement.

As for the youth in asia - I believe you have to be careful because some of the ladies are not what they seem ;)

[domane]

We have a Honda plant in Swindon who have recently been offering BIG £££s per hour for working a night shift on the production line. I was contemplating working nights to free up my days for my hoss and mentioned in passing to OH who snorted into his cuppa! Indignantly I asked him what was so funny? he replied "You need to be physically fit!" When I reminded him that I am, he snorted again and replied "Apart from your dodgy foot, dodgy knee, bad back, bad elbow, bad wrist, and knackered finger, you mean!"

Oh yes.... I had forgotten about those... :o :o :o

Thumbs up to the creaky old mature label!!! :p

[Colonel]

I have naproxen prescribed by the doctor. Not sure if you can get it or similar from anywhere but does work wonders on my arthritic knee, feet, ankle neck and back - and I am only 41:eek: I had a hard life as a groom in my twenties - anything a male groom could lift so could I - stooooopid.

Very often I would unload a trailer of straw on my own. Normally in an hour or so. That explains it.

As for the youth in asia apparently we have some thing like that in Newport docks:eek:

[Lusitanolou]

Hi I had a really bad fall a few years ago and my backand kneck suffered badly. I had loads of physio etc. Xrays showed that I had some arthritus. I then started with a chronic kneck pain and locking. I have had to have surgury on it as I had completely damaged my cartelidge ( sorry rubbish at spelling) After that I was recommended to take glucosamine and have felt brill in both areas. Would highly recommend it. Not sure if it that or the fact I have just turned 40 but I feel like a new woman!!:D :D :D

[breeches]

but I feel like a new woman!!:D :D :D

so do i !!!!!;)

[Faerie Rider]

I have naproxen prescribed by the doctor.

Me too! Arthritis since 21..now at 37 much better..take the occasional Co-codamol when things get painful and back it up with a naprosyn if it stays.

Can't recommend any herbals I afraid was never very good at taking them on a regular enough basis.:confused:

lol FR

Do like those herbal pillows that are filled with lavendar and wheat that you heat in the micro...you can put them on any sore bits..or use them as a hot water bottle..bit of a passion killer as far as DH is concerned though:D

[galadriel]

I had some real joint problems, so I had them take out the joint ;) Things work much better now, but the titanium implant they stuck in there cost more than a Lexus.

I had some decent results with "Synthovial 7," oral hyaluranic acid supplement. (That was before they took the joint away, o'course.) They make it for horses too, under the name "Hyalun."

[poohsmate]

No need to pm you, just walk into any bar in Asia with your W..allet visible in your pocket and youll see for your self, but be warned, they hunt in packs here in Shanghai :eek:

exactly where is that CH:D :D :D research puposes only of course!!!!:D

[em23]

Expensive but I take Aloe Vera with glucosamine and chondroitin from Forever freedom. It is so good that I get really het up if I run out!

Em

[Hallmarked]

lol:D :D I thought sardines were full of that special stuff thats good for joints etc???! Ooooh, sardines on toast...........:p :D

Omega 3 - I buy it in capsule form from Tescos, just chuck it in the trolly during the weekly shop for about £2 or £3 for 30. Just take them with my breakfast so I don't forget. Some days I do get a fishy taste in the mouth an hour or so later:rolleyes: I think it depends on how quickly the capsule bursts in the stomach:)

Certainly loosened up an old stiffy like me - or is that the Pilates.

Talking of fishing (and youth in Asia) would it be impolite to suggest careful you don't catch anything nasty:eek:

[Tots N Dots]

Do you have a local JTF Wholesale place? they do glucosamine and chondroitin very cheaply, (I have a trade card so if anyone interested and doesnt have one local I would be prepared to buy and post for you), other than that I take a supplement called 5-HTP (available from www.agestop.co.uk ) excellent for banishing winter blues and funnily enough I dont notice my creakyness so much :D
I do belive agestop sell glucosamine and chondroitin dont know if its any cheaper than anyone here is getting for though, although delivery can take a while I have used them a bit and would recommend them.

[RustyMary]

Nice to see you back breeches, it's been quiet down here without you! As for being creaky, stretch every day for 10-20 min, it makes a huge difference. When we were in Britain in the summer we couldn't get any exercise and so I didn't stretch, and ended up feeling very creaky and sore - realised that women my age who don't ride/cycle/run/whatever must feel like that all the time :(

[Tots N Dots]

or maybe get Poohsmate out for a Bowen session, I wish he was closer to me, this changeable weather is playing havoc with my back and making me feel about 70 years old :eek:

[Imp]

I've taken MSM, yup, the same stuff horses take but for humans: I buy it here http://www.a1msm.co.uk/msm-on-line-uk.htm
I have creaking and pain in my hip joint (broken pelvis in the past) and it's the only thing that touches it! I must confess I haven't got any in but plan to buy some as I'm riding again and I could do with a boost.

It's used by many people who suffer from arthritis too so must have some use.

[Skib]

I am wary of taking stuff. But someone mentioned sardines. I dont much like sardines but I eat them twice a week for the calcium in the back bone, as I cant eat cheese.
I know fish oil is good for the brain - but how come they loosen ones joints?

Does anyone else eat anything (preferably delicious) to ward off old age?

[oldbushy]

Heh Heh Heh Heh. Sorry to laugh Breeches. I don't know what to suggest.
Seriously maybe you should get your soreness checked out. At your age I was riding a crazy arab daily, swimming, bikeriding etc. Over the last 10 years however ( I am 53)I have developed painful stiffness in both my hands and it is extending up to my elbows. Even people at work have noticed and commented to me
my clumsy hand action and of course I always lose grip of the reins just when I need it the most. Damm don't u hate that. One day I'll go and see the Doc anyway the point I am going to make after my ramble (probably an old age thing) is that if I don't ride I become worse. I think riding helps keep you fitter than you'd otherwise be. But maybe have a medical checkup first
Kindest Regards Oldbushy.
Oh. PS If I go on a walk for about one and a half hours for a few days I start to feel a lot less creaky. But it;s finding the time isn't it?:)

[oldbushy]

Hmmmm This is my third attempt to post a reply so let's see if it works
Firstly let me clarify it's my computer that is stupid not me! Now moving right along here;;;;;
Heh Heh Heh Heh Sorry to laugh Breeches; At your age I was riding a crazy arab daily, bike riding swimming building etc No creaks or aches, so I would like to think you will have a medical checkup first please. These days (I am now 53)I have stiffness and pain in both my hands which is progressing up to the elbows. Even people at work have noticed my slowing up and dropping things etc. And one day I will go to the Docs. I always seem to drop the reins just when I need them the most. Dam don't u hate that. But what all this ramble is leading to is I find that I am better for riding. If I don;t ride i just
stiffen up inside like cement. The only other thing that helps is if I walk for about an hour and a half most days but it's finding the time isn't it. If you become sore after riding I used to find swimming really helped So no I can't really be of much help Sorry But I am glad to hear Rosie and you are going so well Kindest regards Oldbushy

[Tots N Dots]

Does anyone else eat anything (preferably delicious) to ward off old age?CHOCOLATE :D :D :D :D :D
and lots of it hee hee

[Hallmarked]

I know fish oil is good for the brain - but how come they loosen ones joints?

Does anyone else eat anything (preferably delicious) to ward off old age?

Omega 3 oil is reputed to nourish the cartlidge in your joints.

One of S*ds Laws - if it's delicious then it can't possibly be good for you:rolleyes:

As I understand it, the best cure for creaky joints is actually using the full range of movement regulary. This keeps the joints well oiled and working properly, if you don't then they tend to seize up, like an old engine left negleted for ages - which makes sence if you think about it. Regular stretching should help. Yoga, Callenetics, Pilates, dance or even the warmup/cooldown excercises from your local gym should help - look at the old lady doing the gymnastic/dance display in that "Coldplay" video - she must have been about 70!

I think I was born stiff, but since taking up Pilates I have surpised myself on how much more supple I have become. Although if you suffer from some form of joint disease then you really need qualified medical advise.

[Hallmarked]

CHOCOLATE :D :D :D :D :D
and lots of it hee hee

BUT only if it is the organic stuff. That Mars doesn't really count as health food:p If you eats lots then you will have to visit the gym - I mean do you know how many calories:eek:

I'm obviously getting old and contancorous:D

[Tots N Dots]

I'm obviously getting old and contancorous:D

:eek: just checked your profile, I am only 5 years behind you :D
sorry I am just one of those very lucky people that eats what I like and still looks like a stick insect :D :D

[Hallmarked]

:sorry I am just one of those very lucky people that eats what I like and still looks like a stick insect :D :D

Well I'm NOT - C#W:p :D :D :D

I could go off some people - honestly:rolleyes:

Goodbuy for now - I'm off to the gym

[sheryl]

Hematite bracelets are really good. Don't know how they work, but they do!!
Also magnetic bracelets, and copper bracelets. You can get hematite bracelets really cheap on Ebay. Magnetic and copper bracelets you can get from Boots, and probably Ebay too.

[Vix3n]

As a rheumatoid arthritis sufferer I have had lots of nasty drugs from the hospital. The most beneficial thing I have found is to cut wheat, caffine and alcohol from my diet. This doesn't mean i will be sipping cherryade on xmas day though.:eek:
I do treat myself periodically and cheat the diet, but do notice symptoms show themselves almost straight away.
Anyway works for me, good luck :)

[icegirl]

Another vote for Glucosamine, originally suggested by my physio. Have also had good results from regular sessions of physio and recently from a chiropractor.
Different forms of exercise is good because different muscles get a workout.
Also, us old folks are supposed to warm up gently and cool down slowly - something we didnt have to worry about when we were 20!
And those bubbly bits at the swimming pool are nice too.

[summerguest]

I'd recommend glucosomine too, I take glucosomine with chondroitin from Asda or Tesco about £4 a bottle, but I notice the difference if I forget to take it for a few days.

Being active makes a big difference....went away for lazy weekend with hubby leaving horses dogs kids at home.Sitting in the car and sleeping more hours is not good for creaky bones! Was completely siezed up when I got home!

[Afellpony]

I take Glucosamine. Have to buy some more.

[Briony]

For those who are concerned about the animal origins of glucosamine and chondroitin, Boots sell a vegetarian glucosamine tablet that I find really helps my dodgy hips.