Ariela, thank you for your post. I'm hoping no one thought I was advising immediate exercise for a back injury and I'm not qualified to be making suggestions re Murray's injury anyway. I see now how misleading my remarks re weight, exercise and water therapy must have been. I had "prevention" in mind and was only trying to offer encouragement for anyone who can, to do it. You can't exercise if you can't move and it certainly would exacerbate a back injury. Your suggestions sound great. Sorry for misleading remarks, Rayilyn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn