Heart watch: Elevated triglycerides

Recently, my father-in-law was told by his orthopedic surgeon that the cause of his recurrent lower back pain was not his back but his front. By this he meant that his excess abdominal weight was placing a huge stress on his already fragile lower back. He rightly prescribed exercise on a stationary bike with the instructions to “go nuts.” In the four months since he started a routine exercise regiment of stationary biking, he has lost more than 18 pounds, and he has not needed to take pain medications for that same time period.