Dear Barbara Yacos: Thanks for the information about your shoulder stiffness and how you have coped with it. I have thought about water but I don't really know how to swim properly and have a fear of drowning (based on a childhood experience when I nearly did). So I will have to start out with desensitization and swimming lessons. But, I guess I just need to take some resolved and do it. In the meantime, I will keep up my other exercises. Bob Newbrough Exit