Medical Issues

[ChalkRocker]

See a PT. It's kind of amazing how they can watch you walk and identify sources of weakness in your lower extremities. I'll wager you haven't emphasized ankle-strengthening in your workouts any more than I once did.

Using straps to perform inversion, eversion and dorsiflexion exercises has made a huge diff following an achilles strain*.


*it was no joke; a real impediment and pretty frickin' tender.

[TDub]

damn rich people with all their fancy insurance that allows them to go to doctors for non life threatening emergencies anyway.....

[jfish26]

See a PT. It's kind of amazing how they can watch you walk and identify sources of weakness in your lower extremities. I'll wager you haven't emphasized ankle-strengthening in your workouts any more than I once did.

Using straps to perform inversion, eversion and dorsiflexion exercises has made a huge diff following an achilles strain*.


*it was no joke; a real impediment and pretty frickin' tender.

Oh I'm with you. I've sprained/strained pretty much everything you can sprain/strain, have broken and torn and dislocated a number of things as well, and only a broken rib has had as much post-acute pain/hindrance as a stupid minor Achilles strain.

[defixione]

I've had three weeks straight of sciatica pain and I don't see it ending in the near future. I'm averaging about 3 hours of sleep per night . I'm in Colorado now and I'm supposed to be working on my place but it's difficult. I did go to the local hospital in del Norte and they prescribed some cosmetic prescriptions that "kind of" help. We're leaving for Kansas on Friday and my scripts run out Thursday evening-- I'm not looking forward to the 10 and 1/2 hour drive . I won't be able to see my PCP until sometime next week. I would not wish this sciatica pain on my worst enemy.

[KUTradition]

I've had three weeks straight of sciatica pain and I don't see it ending in the near future. I'm averaging about 3 hours of sleep per night . I'm in Colorado now and I'm supposed to be working on my place but it's difficult. I did go to the local hospital in del Norte and they prescribed some cosmetic prescriptions that "kind of" help. We're leaving for Kansas on Friday and my scripts run out Thursday evening-- I'm not looking forward to the 10 and 1/2 hour drive . I won't be able to see my PCP until sometime next week. I would not wish this sciatica pain on my worst enemy.

ever considered chiropractic?

there are obviously good and bad (snap crackle pop) ones, but i’m admittedly an advocate for the good ones

[defixione]

I've never been to a chiropractor but I have an appointment with a holistic chiropractor upon my return.

[KUTradition]

I've never been to a chiropractor but I have an appointment with a holistic chiropractor upon my return.

if you’re “interested” when in Larryville, Stuart Chiropractic: https://www.stuartchirohealth.com/

great patient care, and Dr. Stuart is just a really good guy…helped us out when i was a broke grad student

pm me if you go, and you can name drop for primo service lol

[defixione]

Thanks, Trad! He's not a bone snapper, is he?

[KUTradition]

no, he’s not

[DCHawk1]

Millennials. Sheesh.

Don't quote me on it, but I agree with Feral. I'll give you the same answer I give my kids: I'll get the saw.

[Shirley]

Millennials. Sheesh.

Don't quote me on it, but I agree with Feral. I'll give you the same answer I give my kids: I'll get the saw.

^^^

Grab something leather for him to bite down on, too.

[TDub]

when my kids get hurt I usually ask then if they're gonna make it....if they think they're gonna live...


they hate it...absolutely hate it. but...usually gets them to come back to reality a little bit.

[Shirley]

I've had three weeks straight of sciatica pain and I don't see it ending in the near future. I'm averaging about 3 hours of sleep per night . I'm in Colorado now and I'm supposed to be working on my place but it's difficult. I did go to the local hospital in del Norte and they prescribed some cosmetic prescriptions that "kind of" help. We're leaving for Kansas on Friday and my scripts run out Thursday evening-- I'm not looking forward to the 10 and 1/2 hour drive . I won't be able to see my PCP until sometime next week. I would not wish this sciatica pain on my worst enemy.

So sorry to hear that defix. Often, after 6-12 weeks, it will resolve spontaneously, except when it doesn't. Having back pain decreases the quality of your life immensely. I hope you get better real soon.

After a fishing trip on very rough water down in the Gulf by Marco Island between Christmas and New Years, I felt like I'd been playing tackle football. Then, a couple of days later, I had the onset of lower back pain and sciatica, and wasn't able to walk on my treadmill again for > 5 months, until ~ 2 weeks ago, after I finally got an epidural shot.

I gave it ~ 11 weeks to go away on its own before trying to get in to see a neurosurgeon, and it took me 2 months to get in to see him. I went from walking 2 miles nearly every day on a treadmill to not walking > ½ block for over 3 months. Couldn't stand at the counter and chop vegetables, or anything else that required standing for any length of time.

A couple of weeks ago the neurosurgeon looked at my MRI before coming into the exam room to see me, and based on the MRI was sure he was going to be scheduling me for surgery...

Neuro: "The question isn't if you're going to have back surgery, the only question is when. I give you 3-4 years, max. Do you play golf? I wouldn't. Same with snow or water skiing."

No golf!? WTAF? You can't live where I do without joining the golf club! I love to snow ski, too.

Neuro: "if you are going to play golf, I wouldn't swing hard."

Oh, OK. Wouldn't you know, driving is the best part of my game...

Thankfully, the epidural was beginning to work when I saw him so we held off, and now I'm much better and starting to act like a human being again.

Good luck defix, let us know how you're doing.

[ChalkRocker]

when my kids get hurt I usually ask then if they're gonna make it....if they think they're gonna live...

Classic. Good man.

But my Dad wouldn't ask. He'd tell me.

We'd move on. Through the pain

[defixione]

They're only flesh wounds.

[Shirley]

They're only flesh wounds.

^^^

And, all bleeding stops.

[jhawks99]

Rub some dirt on it.

[Shirley]

Rub some camel dung on it.

^^^

[TDub]

Rub some camel dung on it.

^^^

did you misspell copenhagen?

[Shirley]

Interesting. More research needs to be done, but if true, this would be very good to know:

How soybean oil could lead to gut inflammation

A popular ingredient in the American diet has been linked to ulcerative colitis. The ingredient is soybean oil, which is very common in processed foods. In fact, U.S. per capita consumption of soybean oil increased more than 1,000-fold during the 20th century.

In a study from the University of California, Riverside, and UC Davis, published in Gut Microbes, mice fed a diet high in soybean oil were more at risk of developing colitis.

The likely culprit? Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid that composes up to 60% of soybean oil.

Small amounts of linoleic acid help maintain the body’s water balance. But Americans derive as much as 10% of their daily energy from linoleic acid, when they need only 1%-2%, the researchers say.

The findings build on earlier research linking a high-linoleic acid diet with inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, in humans. (Previous research in mice has also linked high consumption of the oil with obesity and diabetes in the rodents.)

For the new study, the researchers wanted to drill down into how linoleic acid affects the gut.

How linoleic acid may promote inflammation

In mice, the soybean oil diet upset the ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids in the gut. This led to a decrease in endocannabinoids, lipid-based molecules that help block inflammation.

Enzymes that metabolize fatty acids are “shared between two pathways,” said study coauthor Frances Sladek, PhD, professor of cell biology at UC Riverside. “If you swamp the system with linoleic acid, you’ll have less enzymes available to metabolize omega-3s into good endocannabinoids.”

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