12-year-old boy who knows who rosie o’donell is

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[zestoflemon]

#mytashi

[notreallykachi]

winchesters

[violetsandshrikes]

Saw this on Pinterest but wanted to share bc actually I have had a physio recommend this to me and it’s been amazing!

Walking backwards strengths the muscles around your knee (esp the quadriceps, which you will definitely feel if you do this) but doesn’t put the same strain on the joint as forward walking or running. It’s very good for your balance, coordination and patellar tracking, all important to reduce knee pain, support your knees and can help rehab knee injuries.

I do it on a gym treadmill, usually at 1.2 km/h (but I’ve seen anywhere from 0.8-1.6 km/h recommended, which is like 0.5-1.0 mph for the Americans). You can start with a very slight incline and then slowly increase it 5% as you get more comfortable, and to help engage the muscles. I usually do this for 5 to 10 minutes, 3-4 times a week. My understanding is that you can also do it outside, either on flat or sloped ground, because just walking backwards itself is useful as hell (the incline is just useful to engage muscles more as you get more used to it)

If you have even a spare 20 minutes a week, this is seriously useful to support your knees, because there is nothing worse than injuring one

[violetsandshrikes]

Bc I know there are many people on this website dealing with chronic pain and disability, I will add some studies below the cut on backwards walking (retro walking) as well. It's been investigated for quite a few things including knee osteoarthritis, lower back pain/instability and also balance improvement for people with hearing impairments, to name a few

Effect of 6-week retro or forward walking program on pain, functional disability, quadriceps muscle strength, and performance in individuals

Background Previous studies reported the beneficial effects of walking in individual with mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis (OA). The cur

Increased external knee adduction moment during walking alters the joint biomechanics; which causes symptoms in chronic knee osteoarthritis

Effect of retro walking versus balance training on pain and disability in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized controlled

Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic, degenerative, inflammatory musculoskeletal dysfunction. It is associated with pain, reduced fun

(PDF) Effect of Retro-walking Versus Core-stability Exercise on Pain and Function in Mechanical Low Back Pain: A Comparative Study

PDF | Background: Low back pain is the fifth most common reason for physician visits, which affects nearly 60-80% of people throughout their

The Effect of Retro Walking Training on Dynamic Balance in Sedentary Individuals with Hearing Impairment

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i was so-so on the odyssey movie but someone NEEDS to edit it to once in a lifetime by the talking heads

[therealrizzo]

LIKE CMONNN

[therealrizzo]

i was so-so on the odyssey movie but someone NEEDS to edit it to once in a lifetime by the talking heads

[angelicguy]

guy left at work today and someone replied to his goodbye email with this

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Doreen Fletcher (British b.1952), Carlyle Hotel, Bayswater, London, ca.1981, Oil on canvas

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Ursula K. Le Guin

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Sergei Chudanov (Russian b.1987), The Sweetness of Doing Nothing, 2022, Oil on canvas

[vitariesocks]

just received the best text message I’ve ever had. from my mom

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2 pics. no caption

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Um

[tranthony]

grout white shark

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[meidotan]

drifted off briefly and had a dream which mentioned the concept of 'killing someone ascyter' in which 'ascyter' was an adjective meaning 'in concord with the landscape' hmmm

[darkcomedies]

you would have an avoidant attachment style too if you were in my situation

[shetheyslain]

It’s actually so misogynistic to assume hetero Jessica doesn’t also jerk it to twinks in panties