Local Doctors Warning

[Mike Hill]

Give Pilates a go mate.Its similar to Yoga and I found it helped reduce the inflexability I experianced from weight training.

 

Also try cutting out all Dairy Products and refined sugar for a couple of weeks.

 

Cut out the Milk and Cheese on week and the Sugar the next.

 

Try it,you may be well supprised with how it reduces your joint pain.

[Buzz]

Well done for starting the process to recovery and going to see the doctor mate.

 

I was taking the tops out of a row of conifers when i was about 19 and hurt my back twisting in the harness. Since then i've had periods of acute back pain which have only ever lasted a few days.

 

I just lived with it and the constant dull ache untill about two weeks ago when it went bang big time. I try and just crack on but it keeps getting worse.

Yesterday was probably the worst day of pain in my adult life, couldn't make dinner, put pants on or even go to the toilet. All great fun when you live on your own in the middle of nowhere with just a dog for company lol.

 

I have been refered to the Hospital for physio and we'll see what happens from there.

 

Look after your backs guys !

[Stephen Blair]

good info on the dairy and sugar mike, will try that one out. and i am booked in to the gym induction wednesday morning. but if that doesnt work the mini loader is getting dropped off tomorrow morning for a weeks demo:thumbup:

[Mesterh]

Apparently wheat causes loads of problems with joint and muscle pain amongst many other things.

 

I like to suffer in silence:crying:

[Stephen Blair]

i am definatley not having cheese on toast and wetabix tonight!!

[Mike Hill]

I enjoy a diet high in Protein (fish three or four times a day).Soy Milk instead of regular and so on.

 

Back before Humans were farming,we only had a consistant supply of Carbohydrates during the summer.In the Spring,Autum and winter we would have been hunting and eating Animals .Protein is what Muscles use to repair themselves from weight training or physical work.Look at your Teeth,most of them are designed to cut and tear,like a Carnivor.Molars are for crushing plant stems etc.You have more incisors than Molars for a reason.You must also have Carbohydrates as well,hoevever simple Carbs like Sugar or refined Flour cause a spike in your blood sugar levels.

 

Milk was only intended for a high nutrient diet in infacey.

 

Simple Carbs,even Brown Bread are a slow release and do not cause spikes in Blood Sugar.

 

Eat Wheatabix.Good simple Carbs.

[Stephen Blair]

my energy level is all over the place depending on what i eat mike, i am lazy though and just eat what i find in the house or just buy take away rolls

[White Noise]

Cheers I will try some of those tips out . Could do with a losing a few pounds .

[skyhuck]

My advice would be get a hiab or small loader or both, humping logs around is much worse for you than climbing.

 

I've had tennis elbow in the past, I found it passed after around three years.

 

I would not cut back on the climbing, I find the more I do the better I feel.

 

I also avoid long breaks, I find a week at the most or I tend to stiffen up or injure myself when I return to work.

 

The other problem with cutting back on climbing is the less you do the harder it gets.

 

The other thing is you will start putting on weight, we all know those great big fat ex-climbers.

 

PS, only use those long clipper for VERY short periods, they are VERY, VERY, bad on the vib front!!! IME.

Edited August 31, 2009 by skyhuck

[Buzz]

Spot on Dave, regular climbing is so beneficial for you I find. It's brash dragging and log humping that rips you apart.

I got up a beech the other day and felt a million times better for it afterwards, really losened me up.