naughtoj
Cathlete
Hi everyone!!
My name is Janice and you may remember my post a while back about my scoliotic back pain ...about my desk job making it unbearable..and i was going to see a spinal specialist..
Well, the specialist wasn't impressed. It is official!! I am a medical mystery. He couldn't even come up with a reason for my back hurting!! Even with my desk job, I am out of my chair every 15 min. or so..stretching and walking..and on my lunch hours I work out to Cathe and sometimes bike or run in the AM. He was bewildered, but not really concerned..he didn't know me and I am so young and healthy that he kind of blew me off. However, as a last resort, I will be going in on Fri for a bone scan. Don't think this will reveal anything.
Anyway, I have resolved that muscular tightness really must be it. For the past 6 months I have been trying to stretch after my cardio and weight workouts, but it really seems like it is getting me nowhere. I never see significant increases in flexibility.
Just for kicks...to find out how truly inflexible I am, I asked my sedentary co-workers to do some stretches so that i could see how "normal" people are regarding flexibility. They all could do the stretches much better than me..all except touching their toes (I have gotten good at that one
Many of the stretches it even HURTS to get into. So I am pissed at how I ended up so inflexible and all these people that don't even exercise and don't even know what a stretch is are more flexible than me!!! I have only been lifting weights for around a year, and if anything, my flexibility has gotten better since then!! All I ever used to do is Cardio, so where did all this incredible tightness come from?? Especially in my upper body?? I know I obviously still don't stretch as much as a should, but I sure stretch a hell of a lot more than anyone else I know!!
I have a book with some flexibility tests in it and I miserably fail all of them. You know that stretch where you clasp your hands behind your back and lift up?? It stretches the pectorals and let me tell you....my arms BARELY MOVE UP AT ALL!! I mean, it feels like something is physically in the way of me being able to raise my arms!!! And the more I do the stretch, the less it ever seems to change!!
I am sorry this is so long but I am just really frustrated that I am so tight despite all my work. Do I really have to go to yoga 3 times a week and do stretching on my own as well just to be normal??
Please, if anyone can share their experience or give me an idea of how long it takes to see appreciable changes in flexibility, please tell me!! This is my last resort and if I can't improve in this area, I am going to live a life of pain...Thanks guys...Janice
My name is Janice and you may remember my post a while back about my scoliotic back pain ...about my desk job making it unbearable..and i was going to see a spinal specialist..
Well, the specialist wasn't impressed. It is official!! I am a medical mystery. He couldn't even come up with a reason for my back hurting!! Even with my desk job, I am out of my chair every 15 min. or so..stretching and walking..and on my lunch hours I work out to Cathe and sometimes bike or run in the AM. He was bewildered, but not really concerned..he didn't know me and I am so young and healthy that he kind of blew me off. However, as a last resort, I will be going in on Fri for a bone scan. Don't think this will reveal anything.
Anyway, I have resolved that muscular tightness really must be it. For the past 6 months I have been trying to stretch after my cardio and weight workouts, but it really seems like it is getting me nowhere. I never see significant increases in flexibility.
Just for kicks...to find out how truly inflexible I am, I asked my sedentary co-workers to do some stretches so that i could see how "normal" people are regarding flexibility. They all could do the stretches much better than me..all except touching their toes (I have gotten good at that one
Many of the stretches it even HURTS to get into. So I am pissed at how I ended up so inflexible and all these people that don't even exercise and don't even know what a stretch is are more flexible than me!!! I have only been lifting weights for around a year, and if anything, my flexibility has gotten better since then!! All I ever used to do is Cardio, so where did all this incredible tightness come from?? Especially in my upper body?? I know I obviously still don't stretch as much as a should, but I sure stretch a hell of a lot more than anyone else I know!!
I have a book with some flexibility tests in it and I miserably fail all of them. You know that stretch where you clasp your hands behind your back and lift up?? It stretches the pectorals and let me tell you....my arms BARELY MOVE UP AT ALL!! I mean, it feels like something is physically in the way of me being able to raise my arms!!! And the more I do the stretch, the less it ever seems to change!!
I am sorry this is so long but I am just really frustrated that I am so tight despite all my work. Do I really have to go to yoga 3 times a week and do stretching on my own as well just to be normal??
Please, if anyone can share their experience or give me an idea of how long it takes to see appreciable changes in flexibility, please tell me!! This is my last resort and if I can't improve in this area, I am going to live a life of pain...Thanks guys...Janice