Thread: The frail human body, how easily it's hurt......

Originally Posted by sheerluck

I'll be here. Will keep the Iced Vovos on ice for the moment

I am not sure about Iced Vovo's on ice. I'll stick with water thanks

Mrs hh

Dragging this old thread up.....

As an update, my recovery was going beautifully, I was starting to feel normal again, and enjoying some limited exercise......until a few weeks ago.

One simple stretch (part of my daily routine that the physio gave me) and WHAM! I lose the feeling in my foot again. Like turning off a light switch....and stretch UP....and.....ooh dear, someone appears to have stolen my foot. (It was words to that effect anyway. )

In attempting to 'soldier on', I had a bit of an incident at work, whereby my foot and leg refused to answer orders from the helm and promptly gave way underneath me, though thankfully a carefully placed cupboard and it's contents broke my fall.**

So to cut a long story short, I now have a partial reoccurrence of the original injury, and an attempt to alleviate the pain with a nerve root block (a long needle containing local anaesthetic and steroid into or around the damaged nerve deep in the spine) has lead to my current predicament - lying here on my bed with half a numb arse.

So the moral of the story is - don't sit on chairs, and don't stretch, you'll knacker your back.

**No cupboard contents were harmed in the making of this post.

Well there goes my fitness plans for today. I'm going to the pub instead. Sounds much safer!

Go on Sheerluck, the Black Knight had no arms or legs and he didn't give up

Hope you continue recovering well mate, and watch out for those cupboards.

Dave! , you are a brave man or very impatient
When my L4-L5 and L5-S1 gave me trouble it took me 6 month to start having back 25% of my normal life again.
I was unable to lift 2Kg form the kitchen bench.
Give it time mate, go slow so "in good time" (like Abbott say) you will be able to function at 90%.
Perhaps you have the same problem that I have, my brain say that I am 30 years old and my body does not what to know about that nonsense

Originally Posted by Judo

Well there goes my fitness plans for today. I'm going to the pub instead. Sounds much safer!

So long as you stand at the bar, and put limited effort into lifting your beer, you'll be fine.

Yep that can happen Actually my foot, leg and back have been terrific for a while now, oh no I have jinxed myself

So all British day is off then? Still a couple of weeks away and a nice family day with picnics involved

Mrs hh

Originally Posted by The ho har's

So all British day is off then? Still a couple of weeks away and a nice family day with picnics involved

Never mind the All British day, if Dave's not at Glenreagh who will I talk nonsense with?!