Project: Squat Dodger/no More Curling Like A Bro/get Ankle Better

[No Crust Racing]

I've had dry needling twice and it helped.

I went to my physio on Friday (not the myo) and he agreed that it's nerve pain, likely from lower back impingement.

I'm back into the nerve glide movements and stretching.

Edited September 28, 2013 by ActionDan

[No Crust Racing]

Brief update, after a very busy weekend my leg nerve/hammy was really giving me grief last night, really twinging hard everytime I got up/moved around.

Had a really good stretch and did some nerve glide exercises (feet pointing and head tilting to move nerves through the sheath) which helped a biut but it's still unhappy today.

Pretty confident it's coming from my lower back too.

[rev210]

My guess is you have hurt your back (lower spine) or it may be piriformis sydrome, this can occur 'without' the knot in the muscle. The sciatic nerve is responsible for what you have either way and it's being messed with.

[L33SH]

Sorry to hear, Dan Are you going to see someone or just try to leave it alone?

[No Crust Racing]

I'll keep working on it, you just keep sloggin away til you find the root cause then change whatever you need to to avoid it. We've all had enough injuries to know how this goes.

Just annoyed that there was no "clear" cause or instant where I can think of. May just be poor technique squatting or bad mechanics in my pelvis from bad rom in various joints.

[-FIGJAM-]

surely you can get scans or whatever to find out 100%

i am all through pushing past a ningaling injury, but if that is not what it is then you need to sort it asap dude

[No Crust Racing]

I'll make that call soon.

It probably sounds worse than it is, it's a nerve pain in the lower hammy area, above the knee that comes and goes with movement.

Physio has just given me new exercises specifically for nerve issues, glides, leg raises, etc so we'll see if that helps or aggravates it.

[No Crust Racing]

I'm convinced my leg issue is actually a lower back issue, like right down low above my butt crack.

I've been paying close attention while doing the work the Physio asked for and I'm really noticing some tightness and discomfort in there.

[No Crust Racing]

I should say related rather, may not be the cause but definitely related.

[No Crust Racing]

Off to the Chiro at 10:15, we'll see what they say.

Edited October 1, 2013 by ActionDan

[L33SH]

Off to the Chiro at 10:15, we'll see what they say.

Good luck Dan, I really hope you can get some answers

[No Crust Racing]

IF I have no success there, I'll see a podiatrist and have a proper gait analysis done to check out my mechanics.

I've never had back or pelvis issues in my life until busting my leg.

But to be fair, I'd never done squats or DLs either, only ever running and lunges.

[L33SH]

fair enough

[-FIGJAM-]

let me know how you go mate.

interested to see if it helps or not.

[No Crust Racing]

Back, no immediate relief.

She took xrays to examine and said I had a functional leg length difference (only notable when not standing/loaded up) which implies soft tissue discrepancies - no surprises there. Also my pelvis is tilted forward, putting pressure on the lower disc(s) which she feels may be impinging the nerve, she also showed me that the second lower disc when looking from the front is not sitting even, so there are other imbalances in my pelvis. Also noted that my bad foot wants to rotate outwards and roll inwards, which could be a cause or a symptom of pelvis issues.

She made some "adjustments" on some special contraption of a table but I didn't feel much going on. The table raises up in sections then she pushes down and the table drops down and resets.

Keep stretching, keep walking, jogging if I want and can tolerate, no weights for now (as in squats/DL), do light core work, planking etc.

Going back in a week to see if there's any difference, if not she concurred with my plan of attack of seeing a podiatrist next.

[No Crust Racing]

Rev: Was going to do some benching today, it's been a week. Would you expect to see an improvement in the continuous reps part?

[rev210]

this is a rest week in terms of stress. So , you can do what you would like to do. why not try for 9 or 10?

[No Crust Racing]

I don't follow the first part?

I've had a full week off gym as of today, done nothing since that last session.

I didn't make 8 last time so I'll see if I can at least get 8-9.

After that though?

I'm in two minds now, have lost a lot of momentum and interest in gym in general not being able to do squats/DLs and trying not to do anything that upsets my back/leg.

So I'll see how I go tonight with the bench, if I can get 8-9 continuous then good, but after that I might drop back to a weight where I can get out 3x8s and settle on that.

[No Crust Racing]

That said, if I was "going for it" tonight, regardless of if I do or don't make 8+ continuous reps, would the total reps normally go up?

That is, when you were doing it, did you just keep adding reps to the total until you started seeing improvements in the continuous phase or were you just adding more and more weight every time.

[rev210]

To keep it simple Dan. Pick what you 'want' to do for Bench for tonight. You might do what you used to do , you might try something else.. But, pick something you 'want'. You can challenge yourself if you 'want' or you can make it comfortable. You choose this time for yourself.