I don't feel like I made much progress this month. I started out the first day of the month with a bad flare that lasted eight or nine days. It wasn't from stretching, but because my wife was driving and went around a couple of sharp turns too fast. That's all it took to set me off.

The last week or so, my lower back and legs have been flared and sore. That is my fault. I was seeing how far I could push them and obviously it was too much. So I'm not really overflowing with encouragement and enthusiasm right now. Hopefully next month I can get back on track.

Stretching like this can be kind of an emotional roller coaster. I have to try and not get too discouraged when it's not going well, and not too overly enthused when I'm doing better. I'm not seeing the message boards overflowing with old-timers who are getting better so maybe I'm just kidding myself.