Chatty Patty's Place

This post was sponsored by  DePuy Synthes   as part of an Ambassador Program for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. I love being active.  Last year I was walking at least 10,000 steps a day.  I challenged myself daily to get in as many steps as possible each day.  I felt productive and accomplished.  This year hadn't been as good. I had found myself being side lined more often than not.  Knee and joint pain had been plaguing my daily routine and I did not like it at all.  I hadn't been able to get in my steps and I hadn't been happy about that. Knee and hip pain can be so debilitating. Knee pain use to effect the every day activities that I enjoyed doing in my life, and sometimes the pain got in the way of quality time I spend with my spouse and family.   I love taking long walks with my husband, and we often attend a lot of outdoor activities which require a lot of wa...

This post was sponsored by  DePuy Synthes   as part of an Ambassador Program for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. A few years ago, I began to experience excruciating pain in my knees.  It was so bad that it was affecting everything I did in and outside the home. My home has many stairs and I could barely get up and down them to do my routine household chores. I missed being able to enjoy many of the activities I was use to doing all of the time.  I was so active, and now I felt stagnant.  My husband and I were doing all kinds of activities together. Knee pain was slowing me down and putting a halt on many of the activities I use to enjoy doing, such as krav maga, aerobics and other outdoor activities.  I even found myself struggling to get my walking in on many days due to knee and joint pain.  I use to love gardening and that had to stop too, because I couldn't kneel to tend it. It got to the point tha...