So I've been doing yoga for the last 6 years or so and I believe it has helped tremendously as I've coped with the advancing problem of osteoarthritis. It has helped maintain some strength and flexibility in my right hip so that I've been able to mostly function ok. Constant pain for sure, but I could mostly do what I need to do. Drive, work, walk, even take some 10-20 mile bike rides. But everything gets harder. And the pain increases - haven't had a full night of sleep in many years.
The deciding events for me came around Christmas of 06. I went to Cancun with a couple of my sisters and their kids - same as last year ('05). But last year I did Scuba. This time - I knew I couldn't carry a heavy air tank onto a rocking boat - my hip was just too weak and unstable. And even hiking into the village became difficult. Finally, while at a company event at Lake Tahoe (Google's annual snow day) I hit a point where I couldn't walk back to my hotel room and had to be helped by my co-workers.
Time to act.
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