Hey gang, This post is part rant (to relieve frustration) with a a question to anyone who is familiar with what has happened to me for useful advice.
Sooo...Three weeks ago I decided it was time to take a week or so off of training at the gym (Continued with my TKD and BBT practice)...let my body recover. I also decided to schedule a wellness visit with my doctor to get some advice on nutrition (and perhaps a referrall to a good nutritionist) and talk some about my fitness and training goals for the year. At the end of the week, I found myself with a rare situation where I had a Saturday morning without anything scheduled. It was such a luxury that I chose to sleep in an extra coupel of hours and just chill.
When I woke up, I had a bit of a crick in my neck. Didn;t think much of it. However, the crick got worse and I started feeling some numbness in my thumb and some loss of grip strength in my hand. I knew at that point I had a muscle spasm pinching a nerve. As I had the doctor's visit scheduled in a couple of days I figured he could look at it then. Over the course of that time, my range of motion in my nek steadily decreased until I was practically looking at my feet all the time. IT was bad.
Anyway, the doctor prescribed a muscle relaxer and sent me for x-rays. He also had me schedule with a eprsonal trainer/physical therapist (to work on fitness/nutrition) and a chiropractor to check out what was going on with my neck/shoulder.
So, according to the x-rays, my neck is severely out of alignment (causing the muscle spasms and nerve pinch). The curvature is literally reversed from what it should be. I am now on the don't do anything, 3x a week chiro adjustments with physical therapy and massage therapy follow up in a month plan. Currently, I have my range of motion back but the thumb is still numb and the arm is still a little weak.
I'm being good. Following Dr's orders but am really frustrated with my inability to train.
Can any of you relate?
Thanks for letting me vent.
Peace,
Erik
Sooo...Three weeks ago I decided it was time to take a week or so off of training at the gym (Continued with my TKD and BBT practice)...let my body recover. I also decided to schedule a wellness visit with my doctor to get some advice on nutrition (and perhaps a referrall to a good nutritionist) and talk some about my fitness and training goals for the year. At the end of the week, I found myself with a rare situation where I had a Saturday morning without anything scheduled. It was such a luxury that I chose to sleep in an extra coupel of hours and just chill.
When I woke up, I had a bit of a crick in my neck. Didn;t think much of it. However, the crick got worse and I started feeling some numbness in my thumb and some loss of grip strength in my hand. I knew at that point I had a muscle spasm pinching a nerve. As I had the doctor's visit scheduled in a couple of days I figured he could look at it then. Over the course of that time, my range of motion in my nek steadily decreased until I was practically looking at my feet all the time. IT was bad.
Anyway, the doctor prescribed a muscle relaxer and sent me for x-rays. He also had me schedule with a eprsonal trainer/physical therapist (to work on fitness/nutrition) and a chiropractor to check out what was going on with my neck/shoulder.
So, according to the x-rays, my neck is severely out of alignment (causing the muscle spasms and nerve pinch). The curvature is literally reversed from what it should be. I am now on the don't do anything, 3x a week chiro adjustments with physical therapy and massage therapy follow up in a month plan. Currently, I have my range of motion back but the thumb is still numb and the arm is still a little weak.
I'm being good. Following Dr's orders but am really frustrated with my inability to train.
Can any of you relate?
Thanks for letting me vent.
Peace,
Erik