Had the same thing a couple of years ago, spent the whole winter in PT. Praying for you bud.
I hope mine doesn't take too long. Insurance is good but it only pays for 4 weeks.
I had something similar. The orthopedic guy sent me in for some vigorous PT. It hurt, but I really worked at it .....and I only got worse! After about a month and some steep copays, I quit and just tried very gentle movements on my own. It continued to get worse for a while, then just stayed stiff for a long time before gradually, over many months, getting somewhat better. The doc didn't give me a name for the condition, but the whole cycle of getting worse, then staying very stiff but hurting less, and then finally improving, followed the descriptions I found online for "frozen shoulder"...if that's even a real thing.
My doctor told me everybody gets prostate cancer if they live long enough. My PSA is at the lower level of detectable, so at 63 I'm good so far. Glad your dad's hanging in there. I lost my dad 20 years ago.
Your issues sound like mine. I have calves that burn like fury sometimes. I definitely can't walk around the block without pain. Stretching and exercise makes it worse. It comes and goes. Stops hurting the minute I sit down. Doctor shrugs it off. Sometimes I limp, sometimes I don't, but I short step and walk slowly. Don't trust my balance.
as far as I know...getting old, although it ain't for the timid, is better than the alternative
While, it does beat the alternatives...
My last year in the service I was managing a room full of young people and they loved to joke around about my reading glasses and how the VA gave me some hearing aides. I used to tell them, you will be here too one day, if you are lucky.
I told a 26 year old, new IT guy, pretty much the same thing for pretty much the same reason, about 2 weeks ago
It was always a joy when I got to do PT with the young guys. I loved the look on their face when they realized that they couldn’t hang with the old man!
Last time I went to PT, the first office before I changed, I am pretty sure the person had a degree as a medieval dungeon master
Being a sadist is a job requirement for any physical therapist.
Had to laugh at that, but how true it is.
I went through a police academy decades ago. I was in my later 30's and could smoke everyone except the PT instructor who was a former Marine trainer who ran like a Gazelle.
I thought that I was a real tough guy when I first enlisted. I remember really pushing myself on our first RPFT run and was on track to finish my 2 miles in under 11 minutes. My RI was running with me and turned around and started running backwards and yelling at me! Really took the wind out of my sails!
