Hans Quistorff

Will I be apple cored if I add coffee beans?  I have so many things I can use seldom do I have the same combination in a week.  Three kinds of mint outside my door.  Just finished drying huckleberry with leaves. Will be using the berry scoop on the wild rosehips tomorrow to put them in the dehydrator.  Grow a  stevia plant each year. Hawthorne berries will also come off with the berry scoop soon.

Thom Bri wrote:Some years ago I visited the chiropractor regularly. My vision sharply improved. I told him that and he was quite surprised, said he had not heard of that before.

Since that episode my eyes degenerated back to baseline. I have no idea if the chiropractic really had that effect or not.

With 20 years of chiropractic assistant experience and 31 in practice let me share some information.  
   The nerves from the eyes enter the back of the skull where they can be pressured when you have your head forward of your shoulders. Chiropractic and posture care that relieves that pressure can have significant benefits.

Sorry I haven't been monitoring this like I should.  Let me go over the  muscles involved and what they are trying to do.
      The muscles are located between the two bones of the forearm which the chiropractor may have shown you.
The portion of the muscle bending the tip is on the palm side above the wrist, close  to the wrist, because each segment is bent by a portion further up the arm.  That means  on the back side closest to wrist it may not tightening at all.  They are likely locked in what is called a counterstrain. That means the muscles do not unlock the joint until they receive the message that the task is finished. That makes the treatment counter intuitive, the tip of the finger has to be bent more and held there for up to two minutes to signal the nervous system that the emergency is over and the joint may be straightened. The cause may be the joint stretched toward the back of the finger and muscles can only pull they can not push the bone back and straighten  it.
  The  strategy is to place the back of the forearm and hand on the table.  Relax as flat as comfortable, then begin bending the tip with the other hand slowly feeling for if it needs to pull length ways slightly before bending. It may need a little side bend in some cases to feel unstained for 90 seconds.  Then gently straighten it with a slight traction.  
     Because the joint needs to be pushed forward not back the splint should go on the back of the finger.
The muscles do not need pressure but a lengthwise vibration jostling to restore even nutrition.

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My understanding is sunchokes are mostly digested by fermentation. Fermentation that produces lactic acid avoids the gas production.  So the cultivation starts with lactobacillus micro biome. Lacto Fermentation of sunchokes to introduce them into the diet is one way. Lactobacillus rich. Compost my support the availability when eaten raw.
  the more achievable goal then is to cultivate the benefits of the inulin rather the reduction of it.  

C Murphy wrote:Not a very sexy or exciting suggestion but weight bearing exercise is great for arthritis.  I know it's going to be difficult depending on how severe you are but it builds muscle to support joints and reduces inflammation. It really does need to be repeated specific exercises rather than just the 'farm gym' many of us are members of.

A lot of good science and commercial science has been done on the topic since Judith first asked. The understanding of the macro and micro nutrients need to repair has increased. But as this post and my first post indicates there is a neurophysiology  component that needs to be included.

My research and practice results indicate that exercise to increase strength can be counterproductive. Strong muscles put more pressure on the joint increasing wear and osteophyte formation. It is guided non weight-bearing or guided exercises that train the body to not put the uneven pressure on the joint. From the  first reply to this one I have discovered many more protective reflexes that remain active long after the need for them, causing stressful wear on the joints.  I am now doing video conference training with other therapists to train them to teach their clients how to do this retraining.

I am supposed to put in a bunch of steps each day for a certain duration at a certain pace.  It is working, so i am gonna keep trying.  Some days I am better than others.  

If I go to the caldera twice a day, that's about right.  

This is Hans the posture Pain Specialist guy.  I have not chatted with you about this since the Je;;y donut in you neck exploded.  That may still be involved because the middle of the neck is supposed to move side to side with each step an I expect that is limited.  However getting walking to become more efficient needs understanding to observe as you do it.  First muscles do not push they only pull. Therefore pushing yourself forward is inefficient.  We are designed to walk with utmost efficiency by letting gravity supply 90% of the power.  Walking efficiently is a controlled forward fall. With each step grip the ground with your toes and pull yourself forward.  try to go forward far enough that the ankle bends far enough to trigger the bending of the knee to pick that leg up as you put the other down.  The spine rotates at the bottom of the ribs and middle of the neck to put your head and center of gravity over the foot as you put it down to control the forward fall.  There you go walking with minimum energy expended and I know  that is important to you.

The notice for your post got lost so I got 4 pages behind on your postings which means most of the pictures aren't  available because the site they are stored on rearranged the files so that link is no longer valid.  This has happened many times when boots have used links instead of uploading to permies. I just referenced a picture on a post from 10 years ago on permies no problem. So  if you want a permanent record upload.

A whole lot of people liked this  post and it seems relevant to this so I will link it here. [url=https://permies.com/t/56106/Great-big-thread-Harvest-photos#472392]10 years ago.  stil experamenting wih these.[/url
Edit..Looking back at the post..yes that is a sudden heavy snow outside the glass. Here that means the weather has started coming from the direction of the Hawaiian Islands instead of the Aleutian Islands.

So if you are sitting in the soil it is probably also in the sunshine which is adding photons. The additional photons means that the lifeforms can use the food sources without breaking down as much for the sun energy stored in it.  I notice that when I eat a meal in the sun with my feet in the soil I get a lot more energy out of it.

Same principle but difference in shape, size, construction and desired usability for your purpose.  As with all things permaculture use the tool that fits your sercomstances.