Hi Guys,
I am State-side to visit with my Dad and have been strictly following my exercise routine to try to bring an end to all of the awful, mindblowing back pain...well...for now, the 3 pronged attack seems to be helping but will I be able to maintain it once I get back home?
I am swimming for 2 hrs every morning doing about 1hr of aqua-gym, mostly leg movements while using a floaty so that there is absolutely no pressure on my spine (leg scissors: virtical & horizontal, done frontwards and backwards, push ups & pull ups off of the pool steps & stairs, twists etc) plus 1 hr of laps using a modified breast stroke (I kick the leg but do the normal arm movement).
I also do tons of ab work in the water with the floaty trying to reinforce my abs to support my spine.
I lowered and modified my pouch input to keep it mostly empty and fight inflation and I had started taking Lyrica 1xs/day for perifiral pain.
By last week I noticed that 85% of my pain was gone and that I even had some pain-free days!!!!!
Hubby was over the moon when he arrived to find a wife who could sit down or stand up without tears rolling down her face...I even managed to turn over in bed without screaming! (not the good way).
I have to taper off of the Lyrica because I only had a 2 month script and want to see if it is part of the improvement or not...for now the pain is back a bit (still on 1 every other day) but not sure if it is the stress of my dad being in hospital or the movements that I do to lift him up in the bed or the meds.
Will keep you posted.
I only have a short time left here so I am doubling up on the swims, trying to get some night sessions in while I can and avoiding too many carbs or bulking foods.
I have long suspected that my pouch is part of the problem considering where it sit (really low down on the abdomen, crushing my uterus and pushing on the sacro-iliac) so keeping it inflamation-free and light is a great thing.
The only negative/positive is the fact that I am driving here (can't in France) so I am pulling on the sciatic but it isn't effecting me as badly as usual and I am being very careful.
Let's see if I can maintain this...drugs or exercise or both?
Sharon
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