Physio is short for physiotherapy and it’s what you guys call physical therapy – and as well as giving useful exercises and such like, it also includes use of ultrasound, TENS and even acupuncture if you’re someone that finds it works, which I’m not.

Sorry you’re so stiff – I had to look up what tylenol was – it’s paracetamol over here! Not sure that that would help with stiffness – or at least it wouldn’t help with MY stiffness, but it sure does help with the pain, and yes, it’s really relatively side-effect free, whereas ibruprophen has a lot of problems from a stomach point of view.

As to TENS, it’s a bizarre thing where you attach two (or more) pads and it pumps little electric signals into you, which somehow or other confuse the nerves (this is NOT an explanation that a medic would approve of I’m sure, and there must be much better ones out there!) and block the pain. It’s not a cure or even something that kicks your body into starting a cure like ultrasound does, but it does massively help with the pain!

Now onto the fun stuff … oh crumbs, I don’t think I can possibly pick a favourite needlework thing – I can tell you things I don’t like – most types of patchwork and cross-stitch, ’cause you just have to be too accurate and precise! I love things that are a bit more ‘free’ including free machine embroidery, needle felting (and a bit of wet felting), appliqué, and right now a big thing is crochet! I learnt to crochet a couple of years ago but didn’t have time to do much with it. I’m now discovering there is NOTHING from a textile point of view that you can’t crochet! (Well, if there is something then I’ve yet to find it!) I’ve you’re on ‘Ravelry’ then I’m ‘FrozenP’ and you can see what I’ve been up to crochet-wise.

Me i’m good accept quite stiff (where the legs hitch to the hips).. no where near as savy as you with these terms…. i need to get into a regular “tylenol” system… but i fight taking more pills… Doc did say..”take as much tlenol as you want”…. is ok… it’s the ibuprophen that’s “not so good”…i trying to keep up with the swimming and walk out the stiffness after… amazing how everything moves so well in the water, but not so much on “dry land”….

Now about the needlework shop… i’m with you there… my house is full of yarn, fabric sewing machines and thread… what’s your favorite???
Again… glad to hear your knee is “behaving”!! Barbara