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Rain last night here, and cooler temps this morning. Glad you made it through your day as well as could be hoped. Which is more intimate Sleeping with Someone, or Really Sleeping with Them Want to Meet me for Coffee, on HNW Getting It Done on CL [post 3312759] My Private Blog – Tell me All your Secrets
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Sounds like sciatica. Sorry you're having to deal with it. I've finally managed to get my arthritic knees and hip stable enough to resume my walking program. I go about 4 1/2 miles a day. The first 1.37 miles is my dog's walk. It's a slow pace. The walk is for her. For me, it's a warmup. After I drop her off, I go out on my own for 3.15 miles. I do 18-18 1/2 minute-miles ... nothing too fast. I'm in week 9 of the program. My goal is to drop a pound a week. I'm ahead of that; I've lost 12 pounds, so far. Haven't done anything drastic with my diet; just trying to eat less bad, and I've cut way back on my beloved Mountain Dew. I don't know if this will help with your hip, but when my hip and knees were killing me last year, my Dr. had me take 800mg of ibuprofin, 3 x per day. He said I'd been using it like a painkiller, not an anti-inflammatory. Instead of taking it only when I hurt, he had me keep that dosage constant. Within a week, I saw a big improvement. Within a month, I was cutting back on the dosage until I eventually wasn't taking any. Since my knees and hip stabilized, I've been parking my car on the top floor of the parking garage at work, and climbing 5 flights of steps a day. Over the past 9 months, it has made a huge difference! My knees and hips haven't felt this good in a decade. Maybe there's some relief for you in that information. Good luck!
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Thanks for the encouragement. Sorry the ibuprofin isn't an option for you. It's been a Godsend for me. So, regarding the sciatica .... I have it, too. It's just well managed. 35 years ago, I fractured L5, and had severe sciatica for years. Constant, terrible pain. I couldn't go more than 5, or 10 minutes in the car without having to pull over and get out. When they started talking about fusing L3, L4, and L5, I started looking around for another solution. Two things have helped me manage my sciatica. Today, my back is always stiff, and a little painful, but I haven't had a major flare-up, or that pain running down the outside of my leg, all the way to my toes in well over two decades. The YMCA used to have a free program called "The Y's Way To A Healthy Back". A co-worker of mine had back problems, had joined it, and experienced great relief. She invited me to go with her. By that time, I was willing to try anything. Besides, she was hot, and although those wonderful, amazing, incredible, totally AWESOME yoga pants had yet to be invented, she looked really good in spandex, so I went. I got relief very quickly, and incorporating elements of that program into my daily life has helped me tremendously. The first thing I took from it was body mechanics. The program shows you how to get in and out of chairs, on and off of couches, in, and out of bed, down on, and up off of the floor, and how to lift things is a manner that doesn't stress your back. Those make a huge difference, and once you've taught yourself those methods, they become natural. I don't think about them at all any more. I just do them. The other is a simple floor exercise. Much of the pain from sciatica comes from the muscles in the lower back being in a state of constant spasm, which puts additional pressure on the sciatic nerve. The floor exercise (more like floor meditation) helps tremendously with that. It's very easy. Get a pillow, and lie on the floor, on your back. Place the pillow under your head. Now keeping your heels flat on the floor, slowly bend you legs, bringing your heels as close to your butt as you comfortably can. If you feel any pain, or "pulling" in your back or your knees, move your feet back out a bit until you no longer feel it. The idea here is relaxation, not trying to see how far you go. Now, just lie there quietly, and relax. Your lower back will be arched off of the floor. Just think about it relaxing. Actually visualize your lower back slowly flattening out until it rests on the floor, too. Don't try to press it down. No effort, or "help" on your part. Just relax. This has more in common with meditation than it does with exercise. After a few minutes, see if you can comfortably bring your heels up a little closer to your butt. Again, any pain, or even pressure, and back off. Do this for 15-20 minutes a session. At my worst, I did this 2-3 time a day. Today, I do it every morning when I first get up. I've noticed that if I don't do it for a week, or so, I'll begin to feel a little bit of "pulling" in my lower back, and my left glute, but going back to the daily routine always resolves it quickly. I showed this to a friend of mine a few weeks back, and she says she's doing much better. I have high hopes both for an improvement in her back pain, and a tangible show of appreciation from her regarding this, if you know what I mean. I googled "y's way to a healthy back", and the companion booklet I bought back in 1986 is available on Amazon, and there are even youtube videos. There's also a program called "Say Goodbye To Back Pain" that is based on the YMCA program. I strongly recommend you look in to this program, and start the floor exercise I described immediately. The quicker you do so, the quicker you'll begin feeling relief, and perhaps be moved to offer me a tangibly show of your gratitude. ; ) I hope you feel better soon.
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