Fascia & the Splits

Finding that working on my fascia helps knee and hip pain and my plantar fasciitis.  I have knots most noticeably in my calves and bottom of feet, when I work on them with the roller thing that my heels don't hurt as much in the morning.  Some days almost no pain.  Been forgetting to work on them on a daily basis and I can tell when I don't.  Thinking about getting a foam roller so I can work on my hips and back.   I think if I can work on getting the knots and tightness out of my muscles that the knee and hip pain will go away.

Also been trying to stretch more, my goal is to be able to do the splits.  I can tell there's tightness in my hips so I know eventually the stretching will help that. Been working on both the side splits and the vertical splits.  Could take months but I think I can do it.

Effects of long-term treatment with metoprolol and hydrochlorothiazide on plasma lipids and lipoproteins.

In order to evaluate the effects of one-year antihypertensive treatment on plasma lipids and lipoproteins, 65 patients whose diastolic blood pressure was in the range 95-120 mmHg were randomly allocated to groups that received either hydrochlorothiazide or metoprolol, or both drugs when the response to one of them was insufficient to control blood pressure. Blood pressure was effectively reduced in all groups. Patients on hydrochlorothiazide showed a significant increase (P less than 0.01) in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) after 3 months of treatment. A significant increase in triglycerides was observed after 6 and 12 months, together with a decrease in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) after 12 months (P less than 0.05) of treatment in patients on metoprolol. In patients treated with both hydrochlorothiazide and metoprolol, total cholesterol increased after 3 (P less than 0.001) and 6 months (P less than 0.05), triglycerides increased after 6 (P less than 0.01) and 12 months (P less than 0.01), and LDL-C increased after 3 (P less than 0.05), 6 (P less than 0.001) and 12 months (P less than 0.01) of treatment, respectively. In 61% of the patients, three or more lipid parameters were affected during the study period. We conclude that long-term antihypertensive treatment with hydrochlorothiazide, metoprolol, and particularly with both drugs, can induce lipid effects that deserve recognition, because in some cases these might counteract the possible benefit of a reduction in blood pressure on the prevention of coronary heart disease.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2266340

Five Years

This year marks 5 years for my stroke, car accident, and Jiji.  I'm glad i'm not part of the 25%, though lately I've had scares with my BP being real high, like 175/110.  Started systemic enzymes about a week ago and also started a food log.   The food log points out what i'm lacking, most noticeably calcium.  Been trying to eat a fruit a day, lately its been either an apple, banana, or grapes.  The recent batch of green grapes have been really good.  Bananas been giving me a mild tingly feeling on my tongue.  Don't know why.  Not a fan of apples but I know its good for me.  Actually feel healthy eating one.  Avoiding baked goods and bread, and sweets except for a piece of dark chocolate few times a week.  The last few readings have been making its way back down to 135/95 range.  Been taking my meds daily too, tho last few days just the metroprolol since BP coming down.  Systemic enzymes are supposed to clean my blood and lower BP, they say noticeable as soon as 2-4 weeks but could take months, but once it starts working, it works.  It just has to be taken on empty stomach, most days I remember to take first thing in morning but the second dose sometimes gets forgotten.  Been taking 2pill/2x day.  Something called Megazymes which is both digestive and systemic enzymes.  I'm hoping this'll work.

Went to get mail the other day, got in my car and didn't have my keys.  Looked around in the pile of mail, then I realized I may have left it in the keyhole.  So I went back, there it was, I hadn't even closed the door to my box.  Getting old dementia? or brain farts coming back?  Was a bit scared this happened, first time I forgot my keys in the PO box!