Neurogenic claudication (pain in the glute/leg upon walking a certain distance that is derived from a nerve impingement) ..takes a very long time to recover from; progress is measured in tenths of a mile in a month. Really.
So, today, I tried something slightly different: I mixed PT, stretching, and pull ups…walked my first mile treating it as a PT exercise, then did more PT, push ups, walked 2 more miles (very sticky so the walk was slower), then took it downstairs for weights.
And both walks were as about as pain free as they’ve been since all of this nonsense started 1.5 years ago or so. Not perfect, put the pain was negligible …well within the upper 1-5 percent of all my walks.
If I could do this *without* the long PT/push up break in between, I’d declare myself “healed” and then transition to “conservative training.” But I don’t think that I can, just yet. Maybe with some weight loss? That is trending well also.
Note: slight residual soreness in the leg/glute later in the day, but not much…just enough to let me know it is there.
Pull ups: (with PT in between sets..a LOT of it) 5-5-5-5-10=10-5-5-5-5 with the last 4 sets being chins, chins, mixed grip, mixed grip.
Push ups: 30 incline, 30 decline, 30 incline, 10 deficit
Bench presses: 156: 5, 5, 5, 161: 4 reps My feet in the air makes me use less weight.
Curls: 3 sets of 10 x 50
rows: 3 sets of 10 x 22 (trying to use the back)
high incline: 3 sets of 10 x 94 (getting better depth)
Life of an old goat 