When I told my now ex-neurologist that whenever I walked too much, sat at the computer too much, or stood on tiptoes, my back muscles spasmed, locked up, and I couldn't walk until it subsided, he essentially said, well, don't do that any more, then. Huh? Passive is so NOT my style. So I asked him for a referral to physical therapy, which has helped in the past. I had my first appointment for evaluation on Thursday afternoon.
Best news for me - the therapist does NOT believe there has been significant nerve degeneration. She did a convincing demonstration, she had me sit in a chair and she did leg-strength measurements. Then she used a special lumbar support pillow to change spine curvature, and re-measured. On the second test I was noticeably stronger. That, she said, showed that the problem wasn't nerve damage - if it was, strength would have been the same either way. Instead, she attributes a lot to pressure from the bulging disk -- and that, she can address. I'll be 3x/wk for a couple of months. It's fantastic to work with someone who believes I will get well!!
6 comments:
Hi jaye - glad to see and read that youre feeling better... I noticed that you'd popped in via your blog so now that I have the addy thought I'd pop in to see you!!! I am a huge believer in physio - its always worked for me and that back of mine!!
Hi Krissie, thanx for the stopping by! Well, I'm still not up to marathons but it's vastly better! Now the next trick will be to reorient my own priorities, as I'll have to continue doing these exercises 3x/week for the rest of my life, and self-discipline isn't exactly my strong suit!
Hello Jaye! Saw you dropped a line and figured I'd pop in while the one babe is sleeping and the other immersed in pretending...
Good to see you on board, and glad to hear the PT is working for you.
Loved your post about working at home... that's how I feel. Right now, I'm sitting in the dinning room, typing away, listening to the symphony of crickets and feeling the breeze through the window. Ah... bliss!
Hi jaye - excersise is one of the most annoying things ever and doing it regularly is boring and when the doctor says do this or that 3x a week or what ever... and then theres other stuff one has to do, well now is there enought time in a week or a day to fit all this stuff in? And as I get older there seems to be more of this type of routine stuff to do! Hey is there a chance of increasing the amount of hours in a day or days in a week..lol!! Good to hear form you!!
ps are you still simplifying? I found the most web/blog ever I am so excited about it! if you want the link let me know! hugs krissie
Playful Grace - yes, working at home rocks. Even better when Dan's also working at home. Sometimes we end of sitting me on port, him on starboard. If we're both writing we do "dueling laptops."
Krissie, your Q am I still simplifying is too long to answer here - you've inspired another post!
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