Ever since I had that scalenectomy 20 years ago, looking down causes me terrible pain. Not just at the time, but for a long while afterwards. It wasn't this way before the surgery, it got much worse after surgery.

Holding a book, or paper, and trying to read it is almost impossible. It just gets too painful. Also, a computer page that can't be scrolled will cause me pain, if I have to look down at the bottom of the computer screen to read it.

I was hoping this was something that would improve with all my joint mobility exercises, but so far it's not. I've improved in a lot of other areas but not here. I'm not really very confident that this will ever get much better.

It's been a little over 17 months now since I started this stuff. I'm still gradually improving. My flexibility is gradually getting better and my pain levels are not quite as bad. I still have pain, but there's no way I'd want to go back to where I started.

This is a very slow process. It's definitely a marathon. I've spent hundreds of hours stretching and working on joint mobility. Everyday I just keep working at it. My wife thinks I'm a bit obsessed with it, but I'm not getting any younger, more work means faster progress.

Intu-flow is a good gauge of where my problem areas are. If certain exercises are hard, those are the ones I need to work on. The easy ones don't do me as much good. I constantly change my routine to keep my body progressing and to keep myself from getting bored.