So I haven't posted a lot in the training logs. With the injury I've had I've trained grippers and been to the gym maybe 3x in the last 6 weeks. Last week (Friday) I trained close grip bench here at home. Yesterday it was Lat Pulldowns at Powerhouse. I also try to do my physio suggested exercises everyday. I'm miles better than I was just two weeks ago but it's still a ways to go before I'll be 100% (doc signed me off sick until the end of October). In other news my job has finished as of the 14th of this month (as did everyone else's in South Wales in the same company) but as I was laid up and continue to be somewhat it's not too big of an issue.
Background on the injury / issue
Ok. So I get a tweak, noted in my diary, about two weeks before the Leeds event doing Deadlifts. Then, about 6 weeks or so ago, it came on gang busters. Big time sciatic nerve issues. Some pain in the lumber back, more in the right glute and LOTS into the right thigh, knee, calf and foot. At times so bad I crawled around the house (to the point my skin has thickened on my knuckles - they look like a Gorilla's) and needed to lay face down on the floor three times while I was washing dishes. I hadn't been to the docs for 2 years and ended up going 4-6 times in two weeks just to get the meds right. Walking was hell and a couple of times I could be seen hanging off posts and bus stops in agony. As it is I'm using a stick to get about. But, as I say, I've made some progress. I'm still waiting on an MRI and to see an Orthopedic surgeon. The current diagnosis is wear and tear on L1, 2, 4 and 5 of the Lumber Spine and a bulging disc irritating the sciatic nerve. I also have pins and needles in my right outer two fingers and numbness in the palm area below (although this might be my 270+lbs BW leaning on the stick annoying those nerves).
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