walking for pain
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walking for pain
I have back injury and it seems the only thing which helps is walking. When I get up in morning or even from a chair it is an extremely difficult and painful process. However I force myself to walk 5-15 miles a day and despite the pain it is helping. When I first start walking I can only take small baby steps but after 1/2 hour or more I can take large strides and walk almost normally. After I walk I can tie shoelaces and do other things I cannot do in morning. Unfortunately after I sleep I have to get up and start all over again. I have walking stick and sometimes I need it and sometimes I don't. But I have been making progress every day and have even lost a little weight.
Chiang Mai and Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
Re: walking for pain
Have you seen someone about it? That amount of pain could be something like a pinched nerve that could be helped a lot by appropriate stretching exercises.
chiangmaiboss wrote:I have back injury and it seems the only thing which helps is walking. When I get up in morning or even from a chair it is an extremely difficult and painful process. However I force myself to walk 5-15 miles a day and despite the pain it is helping. When I first start walking I can only take small baby steps but after 1/2 hour or more I can take large strides and walk almost normally. After I walk I can tie shoelaces and do other things I cannot do in morning. Unfortunately after I sleep I have to get up and start all over again. I have walking stick and sometimes I need it and sometimes I don't. But I have been making progress every day and have even lost a little weight.
Kevin
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Thanks Kevin. I am actually planning to go to hospital today. Yesterday I walked for about 2 hours and for the first time since injury this did not help at all and it was very slow and painful, plus I now seem to have some kind of stomach problem which is very common in Thailand. It happens from time to time and is usually no big deal but does present extra problems when going long distances, as you can imagine.
Chiang Mai and Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
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I went to doctor and found I had herniated disk. Doctor was not impressed that despite herniated disk, I had still been walking up to 15 miles a day and doing 100 push ups and 300 squats. He told me to stay in bed and do nothing. It is over a month later and I am much better. I never did stay in bed but I did quit walking for a couple of days and did not do exercise of any kind. After a week or so I started walking again with walking stick and doing isometric exercises that did not use back muscles. I found a book of Chinese medicine and did tai chi and chi kung exercises for my back. Now I walk 40-60 minutes a day with no walking stick. I go at fast pace and there is no pain. However, I still have sciatica and my legs ache a lot especially at night. However, I am grateful to be somewhat normal again and rangering around Chiang Mai.
Chiang Mai and Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
I'm glad you are at least a bit better.
chiangmaiboss wrote:I went to doctor and found I had herniated disk. Doctor was not impressed that despite herniated disk, I had still been walking up to 15 miles a day and doing 100 push ups and 300 squats. He told me to stay in bed and do nothing. It is over a month later and I am much better. I never did stay in bed but I did quit walking for a couple of days and did not do exercise of any kind. After a week or so I started walking again with walking stick and doing isometric exercises that did not use back muscles. I found a book of Chinese medicine and did tai chi and chi kung exercises for my back. Now I walk 40-60 minutes a day with no walking stick. I go at fast pace and there is no pain. However, I still have sciatica and my legs ache a lot especially at night. However, I am grateful to be somewhat normal again and rangering around Chiang Mai.
Kevin
1/13/2011-189# :: 4/21/2011-177# :: Goal-165#
"Respecting the 4th S: sometimes."
1/13/2011-189# :: 4/21/2011-177# :: Goal-165#
"Respecting the 4th S: sometimes."
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