I'm sorry, your right I was vague in what my condition is. I have a spinal fusion which does not allow me to bend, twist nor put any lateral movement on my spine. It also makes it to where I can stand for very limited times and spend a few hours a day, if I overdue, in a wheelchair. I found that the simplest movement causes pain in disks that are on the verge of collapse, hence my neuro surgeon has told me not to do the excersises at all. But the excersises are an integral part of Qigong and I don't think I will gain any advancement by not doing them.

Dennis J Staley