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Trevor
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Possibly the most important (to me), posting I've ever made.
A few years ago (2/3) I was happily walking 20-30 miles per day in
mountainous terrain (I am 54).
I have had a lower back problem since 30 when there was a sharp click which
laid me out on the floor.
Now I can only manage 8 miles (I had been looking forward to LEJOG when I
retired).
I develop a discomfort in the joint where my right leg meets the hip.
Back in 1978 on the Pennine Way, after a stenuous day (Once brewed to
Alston), there was a patch of numb skin on the front of my right thigh. A
doctor said it would probably disappear in time. It didn't.
Now after around 3 miles the skin between my hip and my right knee cap
becomes partially numb. A two minute rest gets it going again, though there
is additionally the discomfort in the joint which limits me to around 7/9
miles. Sometimes there is also lower back pain as well.
Here's a strange thing though. I go to the Pyrenees a lot, and recently did
2 x 8 miles walks in the Yorkshire Wolds (relatively flat) followed the next
week with 3 x 8-10 mile walks + 2000ft ascent in the Pyrenees, followed the
next week by 3 x 7 mile walks in the Yorkshire Wolds.
Result was no problems at all in the Pyrenees, but the same problem before
and after in the wolds. I don't believe it's anything to do with the climate
BTW as before I discovered this I had one very good day walking in the wolds
and looking back it had been an extremely hilly section. So I can walk
uphill for 3 hours without a twinge but get problems after 1-1.5 hours on
flat terrain. The right leg also stiffens up when sat at a desk for more
than 10 mins.
I am seeing a physio at a sports injuries clinic, doing multifidous muscle
exercises and taking Glucosamine_Chondroitin and Cod Liver Oil.
Any advice top get me back up and walking (on the level) would be EXTREMELY
GRATEFULLY appreciated.
Trevor
East Yorkshire
sorry for length of post.
A few years ago (2/3) I was happily walking 20-30 miles per day in
mountainous terrain (I am 54).
I have had a lower back problem since 30 when there was a sharp click which
laid me out on the floor.
Now I can only manage 8 miles (I had been looking forward to LEJOG when I
retired).
I develop a discomfort in the joint where my right leg meets the hip.
Back in 1978 on the Pennine Way, after a stenuous day (Once brewed to
Alston), there was a patch of numb skin on the front of my right thigh. A
doctor said it would probably disappear in time. It didn't.
Now after around 3 miles the skin between my hip and my right knee cap
becomes partially numb. A two minute rest gets it going again, though there
is additionally the discomfort in the joint which limits me to around 7/9
miles. Sometimes there is also lower back pain as well.
Here's a strange thing though. I go to the Pyrenees a lot, and recently did
2 x 8 miles walks in the Yorkshire Wolds (relatively flat) followed the next
week with 3 x 8-10 mile walks + 2000ft ascent in the Pyrenees, followed the
next week by 3 x 7 mile walks in the Yorkshire Wolds.
Result was no problems at all in the Pyrenees, but the same problem before
and after in the wolds. I don't believe it's anything to do with the climate
BTW as before I discovered this I had one very good day walking in the wolds
and looking back it had been an extremely hilly section. So I can walk
uphill for 3 hours without a twinge but get problems after 1-1.5 hours on
flat terrain. The right leg also stiffens up when sat at a desk for more
than 10 mins.
I am seeing a physio at a sports injuries clinic, doing multifidous muscle
exercises and taking Glucosamine_Chondroitin and Cod Liver Oil.
Any advice top get me back up and walking (on the level) would be EXTREMELY
GRATEFULLY appreciated.
Trevor
East Yorkshire
sorry for length of post.