Nordic Walking - Confidence Booster

Nordic Walking is really helping my brain injury recovery. It gives me more confidence and really lifts my mood. I so recommend it.

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Nordic walking sounds just up my street and suitable for me with having poor balance

I've Just read your profile to see where you are......Nottinghamshire, not that far away

I'm in Doncaster but, too far for me to join a class. 😃

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Hi Hannah, the nearest class that I deliver is at Sherwood Pines NG21 9JL. I have just checked the Doncaster area for your nearest Instructor and it came up with my details. Its still 30 miles tho! Let me know if you want to know more x

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I find the poles more help than a walking stick but very cumbersome to carry even when retracted. Plus I get such strange looks coz I'm in a very built up area and you tend to only see people with these in the countryside or on walks round parks and green areas 😟

But they are good, worth a tryxxxx Janet

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Yey, you can use them around pathways in the urban style. I know what you mean about strange looks tho. I wear a T Shirt that states Nordic Walking and that seems to help folk understand. xx Pip xx

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Pip, what days do you walk at Sherwood Pines.....thanks Joanne (Jo)

(HannahS is my headway log on name)

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Hi Jo, I walk at Sherwood Pines on Tuesdays. The first class (Induction) is the only one that has to be booked in advance and that starts at 5:15pm. You complete a Health Questionnaire and I teach you the first steps to Nordic Walking. The rest of the group turn up for the 6 - 7pm walk. The cost is £6 including poles. Once you have completed your Induction you simply turn up to the classes you can make. With your permission, I include your email address in my Nordic Walking Newsgroup and this keeps you posted of changes / cancelled classes. Sherwood Pines is a beautiful venue with perfect terrain for Nordic Walking.

This class will run until Autumn brings darker earlier evenings. I am so new to HealthUnlocked that I don't know how to 'message' you privately and send you more information. Let me know the secret if you can. Pip x

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Am I the only one having developed BAD joint distortions since ABI and now MEGA pain walking?

My left big toe joint hurt really bad 2006, showed GP and yet again told him I was walking lopsided/jerky since my bungled op but as usual he ignored it and did nothing - his examination of my foot and the pain I reported doesn't appear anywhere in the GP notes I've been given, nor almost ALL the symptoms I repeatedly told him and questions I asked. Did he CHOOSE to not note and if so why? BAD practice but he's still a GP, working and respected (apparently).

I walked WAY too far some time ago (for stupid pointless errand = I'm SO thick & stupid) and ever since this toe joint's hurt SO bad and at mo really hurts to walk. Ca't get my old shoes on coz lump on joint so big now, but docs all ignore this too.

Damaged right foot in 2010 and hurts LOADS, worse since that mega walk (that was unnecessary). I'd never ever had foot problems coz had never worn heels and had looked after my feet with proper comfy shoes and often barefoot at home.

Neck, hips and lumbar BAD. But I can walk, must and do but as little as possible coz so obvious NOT good for me and walking too much has injured me yet more. But NO help or advice or info or choices = just tablets which DON'T work and it's how I walk that's wrong,I try to do right but forget and some times better than others but I need INFO/HELP with this,like all the rest, STILL, over 9 and a half years now. NEGLECT, CRUELTY, HELL.

Oh but the psychiatric nurse said I'd feel much better if I went for a walk every day. The same one who said 'it's like a broken leg' = would he advise going for a walk to fix that? What a nasty nutter he was and what DANGEROUS advice - PLUS pushing antidepressants when I TOLD him why v down and what I needed: the TRUTH about what happened to me, what they did wrong and ACCEPTANCE by THEM and HELP to adapt/live with my serious injuries = same as everyone needs/wants. But refused, STILL.

VERY low today coz WIDE awake 4.30am (had already woken/been woken? 3 times before this ((STRESS?FEAR?where I live etc. SO awful for me & how I am)- weird loud noises in loft overhead). Slept bit this pm but not enough. Eyes, neck/throat SO bad and sight worse. but nobody cares and STILL pretending I'm imagining it = or WHAT???

I can't be the ONLY one who walks bit lop-sided and developed over the years BAD joint problems = can I??? Am I?

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Pip, sent you a private message Jo😃