神頼みか、自らの足で歩き開拓か。

　
　１０月１９日、今日は地元・倉賀野神社の秋の例祭です。近くなので時々参拝に行き、お陰で、最近、素晴らしい邂逅がありました。しかし、願いは今一歩です。群馬県の今日の日の出は５時５４分、太陽高度は４３°、日の入りは１７時０３分で、昼の長さは１１時間９分と大分短くなってます。ご覧の群馬の素晴らしい自然を眺めつつ、今日も健脚をめざし、ストライドを広めに気楽に歩きたいと思います。

　「えぇ～、カッキー腰が痛いのではないの？」との声が聞こえてきそうです。実は、腰痛になった原因が分かりました。昨日、写真で示しましたように重さ３０Ｋほどあるサルスベリなどの植木鉢を庭の隅で持ち上げ、そのまま１０ｍほど歩き、更に高い台の上に持ち上げたのです。しかも、３個もです。その時は重たいと感じましたが、腰痛は起こらなかったのです。

　ところが、不思議なことに、時間が経ってから吉井の日帰り温泉に行き、浴槽に浸かり、その後、立ち上がろうとした瞬間に「ぐきっ」と強い痛みが走ったのです。ですから、腰痛の原因からかなり時間が経過してからです。昨日も貼り薬と痛み止めの錠剤を飲み続けたところ、今朝はもう大丈夫で、昨日休んだラジオ体操会に今朝は行けました。

　気はいつまでも若いつもりでいても、身体は高齢期に入っているのでしょう。実は、私は高齢になっても体重を減らしてはならないと自らに言い聞かせてます。自分とは筋肉の中で生きてると悟っているので、健康維持する基本は食事が最も大切と考え、何を食したらよいか考え実践です。そのためか「頭に白いものは殆どない」と近くの床屋さんに言われてます。

Dear my friends who are crazy about the way of recovery from lumbago and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation into English for our mutual understanding will be done after my breakfast in Japan time.

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　Today, October 19th, is the annual autumn festival of the local Kuragano-Shrine. Since it's close by, I visit occasionally, and thanks to that, I've had a wonderful encounter recently. However, my wish is still step by step. Today's sunrise in Gumma Prefecture was at 5:54 AM, the sun's altitude at noon will be 43°, and it will set at 5:03 PM, making the daylight hours quite short at 11 hours and 9 minutes. As you can see, while admiring Gumma's beautiful natural scenery, I'm going to aim for healthy legs again today, walking at a relaxed pace with a wide stride.

　I can almost hear your saying, "Oh no, doesn't Kakky's back hurt?" It turned out that the cause of my back pain. As I showed in the photo yesterday, the day before yesterday, I lifted pots of crape myrtles and other plants weighing about 30 kg each in the corner of the garden, walked about 10 meters with lifting them, and then carried them onto a higher platform near the path in front. Three of them, in fact. I felt heavy at the time, but I didn't experience any lumbago at that time.

　However, strangely enough, later, I went to a day spa in Yoshii, soaked in the bathtub, and the moment I tried to stand up, I felt a sharp, sharp pain. So it was quite some time after the cause of my back pain. after return home, I continued using the patch and painkiller tablets yesterday, as the result, this morning I felt fine, and was able to attend the radio gymnastics session held at the park, though I had skipped yesterday.

　Even if I think I am still young, my body is probably entering its old age. In fact, I tell myself that I shouldn't lose weight, even as I get older. I realize that I live inside my muscles, so I believe that the most important custom to maintain my health is food, and I think about what I should eat. Perhaps that's why the local barber tells me that I have almost no white hair on my head.