the hansenator
Level 6 Valued Member
First I want to mention that I’m not looking for medical advice, just general “is this how muscles work?”
I’ve seen a physical therapist for foot and back pain and he helped get my glutes and adductors working again. I’ve made great progress and he turned me loose but it’s still a work in progress. Looking back, this is a problem that goes back at least 20 years so I figure there might be some catching up to do.
Everything could be going well but it seems like if I do too much the glutes go off-line again and it takes days to recover. Last Thursday for example – Everything had been going great all week but I must have done too much on Thursday, basically just spending more time on my feet than I’m used to. The next morning, it’s like my glutes were numb. I didn’t have as much feeling and there was decreased muscle tone on the bad side. It’s like there was less of a connection and it was harder to tense the muscle. This was accompanied by a return of my back and foot pain. So I took it easy for the next three days and this morning I feel achy like I had a big workout yesterday. But I feel the “connection” again. The muscle is more active and the symptoms have decreased but I can tell it’s going to take a few more days with my PT exercises to get everything back to normal.
It’s like I have to do enough work to make progress but if I do too much the muscles just go offline. Does this sound right, is it just a matter of building endurance? It’s been a very slow process and I get frustrated sometimes.
I’ve seen a physical therapist for foot and back pain and he helped get my glutes and adductors working again. I’ve made great progress and he turned me loose but it’s still a work in progress. Looking back, this is a problem that goes back at least 20 years so I figure there might be some catching up to do.
Everything could be going well but it seems like if I do too much the glutes go off-line again and it takes days to recover. Last Thursday for example – Everything had been going great all week but I must have done too much on Thursday, basically just spending more time on my feet than I’m used to. The next morning, it’s like my glutes were numb. I didn’t have as much feeling and there was decreased muscle tone on the bad side. It’s like there was less of a connection and it was harder to tense the muscle. This was accompanied by a return of my back and foot pain. So I took it easy for the next three days and this morning I feel achy like I had a big workout yesterday. But I feel the “connection” again. The muscle is more active and the symptoms have decreased but I can tell it’s going to take a few more days with my PT exercises to get everything back to normal.
It’s like I have to do enough work to make progress but if I do too much the muscles just go offline. Does this sound right, is it just a matter of building endurance? It’s been a very slow process and I get frustrated sometimes.