Guest guest Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Our first dog had 'mild dysplasia' in that what the vet explained was that his hip socket wasn't as deep and well formed as it should have been. The vet rated his level at 4-5 on a 1-10 scale. We never saw him limp or suffer from pain on this account so maybe your involvement is more slight than deep? This isn't to minimize your condition, but better understand its real implications for you. We found the dysplasia as a result of immobilizing pain. I can not stand for long, walk for long, and have problems bending at the hip to pick things up, stand, sit, or walk up or down stairs. It cracks me up how many 'conditions' have an immediate "lose weight" mandate tagged onto them! Certainly excess weight can have in impact on our structures but if you lost weight Patti, your dysplasia would NOT go away, only be lessened pain wise? If your weight causes your mobility to be effected (rolling or limping gait?), I can see how you would be encouraged to focus on that. You mentioned that your weight has become stable since IE, has the dysplasia (related issues) remained constant too? Or has there been a new change that could be factored onto another causing reason? If you find that your weight is now a serious concern for you, perhaps this could be an encouragement for you to take another deeper and more serious go at IE - more focusing on mindfulness, hunger signals etc.?It is affecting my spine and neck as well and I have severe arthritis in my neck. I am about 40 pounds less than my highest weight. I could try working on my hunger responses more. The issue is that the heavier you are, the more stress on the joint and the more likely you'll need sx but the less likely you are to have a successful outcome. Blagh. I hate this. I am an active person. Patti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Our first dog had 'mild dysplasia' in that what the vet explained was that his hip socket wasn't as deep and well formed as it should have been. The vet rated his level at 4-5 on a 1-10 scale. We never saw him limp or suffer from pain on this account so maybe your involvement is more slight than deep? This isn't to minimize your condition, but better understand its real implications for you. We found the dysplasia as a result of immobilizing pain. I can not stand for long, walk for long, and have problems bending at the hip to pick things up, stand, sit, or walk up or down stairs. It cracks me up how many 'conditions' have an immediate "lose weight" mandate tagged onto them! Certainly excess weight can have in impact on our structures but if you lost weight Patti, your dysplasia would NOT go away, only be lessened pain wise? If your weight causes your mobility to be effected (rolling or limping gait?), I can see how you would be encouraged to focus on that. You mentioned that your weight has become stable since IE, has the dysplasia (related issues) remained constant too? Or has there been a new change that could be factored onto another causing reason? If you find that your weight is now a serious concern for you, perhaps this could be an encouragement for you to take another deeper and more serious go at IE - more focusing on mindfulness, hunger signals etc.?It is affecting my spine and neck as well and I have severe arthritis in my neck. I am about 40 pounds less than my highest weight. I could try working on my hunger responses more. The issue is that the heavier you are, the more stress on the joint and the more likely you'll need sx but the less likely you are to have a successful outcome. Blagh. I hate this. I am an active person. Patti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Thanks for the suggestions. I will ask. Patti There are lots of body therapy modalities that work on correcting misalignments. You might start with a search on them... Feldenkrais comes to mind, also Traeger (spelling?) and various structural re-integration... I can't think of my favorite right now - brain freeze... Just a thought. Sandarah > > > I was just dxed with developmental hip dysplasia. I'm kind of old for the dx as I'm in my 40's but I think it's in part due to my ignoring my body and pain. Anyway, the one thing I'm supposed to do to avoid major surgery is to (you guessed it) lose weight. This is stressing me out and I'm struggling. My weight has been 100 percent stable since I reatarted IE. Now what? I'm not permitted to walk or run (two things I enjoy). > > And to lighten this up, yes, this is exactly the same thing dogs get. It made me laugh at first because I do behavior consulting with dogs. My PA joked I spend too much time with my dog friends. > > Patti > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I agree with Katcha that the "mandate" to lose weight from your doctor does not necessarily mean that one must give up IE and start food restriction. Although the idea that weight is the problem may be an insidious one and cause the cycle of guilt/restriction/binge that we all know and hate. We know where that road leads, and it's not to either weight loss or peace with food. Instead I think going deeper into IE and mindfulness will help with both issues. Once food and eating no longer have moral implications, I think even eating to lose a bit of weight can be compatible with IE principles. Really paying attention to those hunger and fullness signals and making choices of food that are in line with both what the body wants and future health considerations I think are possible. I am trying to go deeper into IE myself. For a few weeks now I've worked on separating my sense of self from how much I eat. I've come to the point where food no longer has moral underpinnings for me and eating is much less emotionally charged. Now I really want to focus on fullness signals because sometimes I find that I become careless and eat to a level I would rather not. A big challenge is trying to listen to fullness signals while assuring myself that food will always be available and therefore panic and loading up are not necessary. It gets easier with practice. Mimi Subject: Re: Help?To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Friday, October 7, 2011, 11:09 AM Our first dog had 'mild dysplasia' in that what the vet explained was that his hip socket wasn't as deep and well formed as it should have been. The vet rated his level at 4-5 on a 1-10 scale. We never saw him limp or suffer from pain on this account so maybe your involvement is more slight than deep? This isn't to minimize your condition, but better understand its real implications for you. It cracks me up how many 'conditions' have an immediate "lose weight" mandate tagged onto them! Certainly excess weight can have in impact on our structures but if you lost weight Patti, your dysplasia would NOT go away, only be lessened pain wise? If your weight causes your mobility to be effected (rolling or limping gait?), I can see how you would be encouraged to focus on that. You mentioned that your weight has become stable since IE, has the dysplasia (related issues) remained constant too? Or has there been a new change that could be factored onto another causing reason? If you find that your weight is now a serious concern for you, perhaps this could be an encouragement for you to take another deeper and more serious go at IE - more focusing on mindfulness, hunger signals etc.?Just some thoughts. Wishing you all the best and a more comfortable outcome too.Katcha (who has [age related?] spinal compaction issues too)IEing since March 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 I agree with Katcha that the "mandate" to lose weight from your doctor does not necessarily mean that one must give up IE and start food restriction. Although the idea that weight is the problem may be an insidious one and cause the cycle of guilt/restriction/binge that we all know and hate. We know where that road leads, and it's not to either weight loss or peace with food. Instead I think going deeper into IE and mindfulness will help with both issues. Once food and eating no longer have moral implications, I think even eating to lose a bit of weight can be compatible with IE principles. Really paying attention to those hunger and fullness signals and making choices of food that are in line with both what the body wants and future health considerations I think are possible. I am trying to go deeper into IE myself. For a few weeks now I've worked on separating my sense of self from how much I eat. I've come to the point where food no longer has moral underpinnings for me and eating is much less emotionally charged. Now I really want to focus on fullness signals because sometimes I find that I become careless and eat to a level I would rather not. A big challenge is trying to listen to fullness signals while assuring myself that food will always be available and therefore panic and loading up are not necessary. It gets easier with practice. Mimi Subject: Re: Help?To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Friday, October 7, 2011, 11:09 AM Our first dog had 'mild dysplasia' in that what the vet explained was that his hip socket wasn't as deep and well formed as it should have been. The vet rated his level at 4-5 on a 1-10 scale. We never saw him limp or suffer from pain on this account so maybe your involvement is more slight than deep? This isn't to minimize your condition, but better understand its real implications for you. It cracks me up how many 'conditions' have an immediate "lose weight" mandate tagged onto them! Certainly excess weight can have in impact on our structures but if you lost weight Patti, your dysplasia would NOT go away, only be lessened pain wise? If your weight causes your mobility to be effected (rolling or limping gait?), I can see how you would be encouraged to focus on that. You mentioned that your weight has become stable since IE, has the dysplasia (related issues) remained constant too? Or has there been a new change that could be factored onto another causing reason? If you find that your weight is now a serious concern for you, perhaps this could be an encouragement for you to take another deeper and more serious go at IE - more focusing on mindfulness, hunger signals etc.?Just some thoughts. Wishing you all the best and a more comfortable outcome too.Katcha (who has [age related?] spinal compaction issues too)IEing since March 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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