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kylwalsh on April 22, 2020 at 11:07 am · in reply to: Part-time Glute Pain, Piriformis? #40739

Hi Folks, thanks to you both for the responses. Dada, I’ve been doing 2/3 of the McGill Big 3 regularly for a while, and have incorporated those exercises into a light core/hips routine. Thanks for sharing your experience.

The past week and a half have been quite a struggle. The occasional L glute pain morphed into pretty terrible low back/illiac crest/hip pain in the early morning hours. It seems exclusively to ramp up at night, and the pain can be unbearable when lying on my side – especially the R side. Within ~30min of getting up the pain is gone. I was able to get some relief a few days in a row after a lot of back flexion (forward folds and some specific yoga). I tested things out with a light 40 min. Z1 run yesterday and the pain was worse again this morning.

I went to a chiropractor twice in the past two weeks. They did not think I had a herniated disc or any specific injury, and thought that the pain in early morning hours at night was due to a lack of blood flow overnight. They’ve been very helpful in identifying my functional issues and weak areas (esp. my R hip and very tight T back).

Pete et al., it seems to me light a dedicated stretch of hip and core strengthening and mobility work is needed before I get back into any amount of running. It’d be great to hear if you have additional thoughts – thank you again!

Kyle

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kylwalsh on April 7, 2020 at 10:11 am · in reply to: Part-time Glute Pain, Piriformis? #40262

Thanks for your quick reply, Pete! I’ve been working through your suggestions over the past few days.

I have noticed improvement in my L glute, particularly with the abdominal set. However, the early morning pain has “shifted” to my hips overall, mostly just below/near my low back area. I had some similar pain a couple of months back that seemed to respond very well to a chiro adjustment. I’m curious if you have any thoughts on pain in that hip region? It really seems to go away with movement throughout the morning/day.

Thank you again!

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kylwalsh on August 19, 2019 at 4:29 pm · in reply to: Peroneal Nerve Issue, full knee flexion/extension #26981

Hi Pete,

Thanks for some thoughts! Since my post, a chiro pointed me to some specific items in the MobilityWOD universe. Some of the more targeted soft tissue work (e.g. sitting on lax ball on hamstrings, and moving through ROM while on a roller/ball) have been incredibly helpful. I’ve been treating myself with those methods for a couple of weeks and have seen a lot of pain-specific improvement. In particular, my full ROM in L knee extension and flexion has been restored, or even improved, without pain. Hopefully it gets to a point where it feels good even without a lot of daily soft-tissue work.

Interesting to hear that the meniscus does not resolve with rest. The PT I saw was pretty confident that any meniscus issue “would have healed” by the time I saw him. Would I still be expecting to experience pain or limited mobility with a meniscus issue?

Thanks again for your thoughts, Pete.

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kylwalsh on April 1, 2019 at 3:24 pm · in reply to: Straightening leg, pain at knee, tips for recovery? #19693

Thanks Pete and ahoole88! Would a meniscus-related injury be related to the initial pain in the lower hamstrings? Are these symptoms related? That’s still the area I feel most when straightening my leg. The pain at full flexion is felt more in the knee itself, at the back. The outer knee pain is pretty specific to when the leg has been straightened for a while and is first bent.

I haven’t noticed any swelling compared with my normal right knee, including something very minor like a bump. They look the same and feel the same after testing it pretty closely. I have yet to have any pain doing hip and leg strengthening exercises, or with low-intensity cycling (haven’t tried anything more). Walking no longer hurts, though I haven’t tested it much.

Thank you again!

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kylwalsh on March 29, 2019 at 5:29 pm · in reply to: Straightening leg, pain at knee, tips for recovery? #19265

Thanks for your response – I’ll be sure to give this a try. I was under the impression early on (based on…the internet…) that a lack of swelling in my knee or a traumatic event would rule out a meniscus issue. Specifically a tear. Are there meniscus issues unrelated to a tear? Or maybe just varying degrees of tear?

Thanks again for your thoughts! I’ll give the seated knee distraction + quad sets a try today.

Kyle