I’m on day 49 of ketosis. I keep my calories under 1200. I dropped an amazing 8lbs the first week and then it slowed 0.7lbs per week as I am sedentary. Since I had too much pain to walk, started to bike daily and got the scale to move 2lbs per week. Yesterday, I had major surgery and will not be able to stand/walk for about 8 weeks and I’m worried that I’ll start gaining. Luckily, my partner will cook me keto meals and I will try to keep calories under 1200. Any advice for someone who’s trying to lose weight, yet recover from surgery? Thanks!
In August, I tried to lift a mini-fridge and popped an old disc herniation that I got in 2010. Back then I was just off my feet for a few days, icing/heating, and taking muscle relaxers and NSAIDs. The pain went away and I didn't really have problems. This time, though, the pain stuck around and I felt numbness going down my leg. I made an appointment with my orthopedist. He sent me for X-rays and gave me a trigger point injection which took care of the pain. The x-rays showed, quoting from the report: "minimal anterolisthesis of L5 on S1. Moderate degenerative disc disease at L5-S1. Facet anthropathy at L4-5 and L5-S1. Slightly advanced compared to prior study," which referenced an X-ray I got from 2010 for the issue.
He sent me for PT and told me to get an inversion table, the PTs gave me a stretching routine for home and my twice-weekly visits consisted of electrostim and stretching, then electrostim + traction + stretching. This helped, but didn't eliminate the numbness. The ortho sent me for an MRI, which reported: "L5-S1: there is loss of intravertebral disc space with disc dessication. No significant spinal canal narrowing is noted. There is mild neural foraminal narrowing." I was also sent for an EMG, where the neurologist confirmed L5 radiculopathy. My ortho said that surgery wasn't necessary, and I'm OK with not getting surgery unless everything else has failed.
It's been 2.5 months of all this, including Celebrex. The next step is epidural transforaminal injections to see if that helps. I was wondering what other people have tried for therapy/non-surgical intervention/etc.? I don't have pain, just the numbness/pins and needles, but it's pretty unnerving. I'm willing to try anything, even a chiropractor if it'd help (I don't put much stock in them, nor do my docs). The inversion table offers some temporary relief - I get into it, invert, and wiggle left and right on my glutes or just hang there. It might last 30-120 minutes of minimized numbness.
I've got stretches where I put my leg up and lean forward onto it, and where I put my fingers under my toes and roll my legs straight. Both as directed by my ortho. Any other stretches that people know of which might work? Other equipment I should get, exercises I should do, etc.?
As per the title, I had severe overpronation of both my feet. I had my right foot done almost 10 years ago (I don’t know what procedure it was as I was way younger back then). That foot recovered great and I felt amazing.
So December of 2018, I returned to the same doctor to have my left foot done. So now that I’m older, turns out I have extra navicular bone and the doctor suggested hyprocure. I also had my extra bone removed and posterior tibial tendons reshaped. After 1.5 months of non-weight bearing I was able to walk again (and 2 months of physical therapy).
More than a year has passed, my left feet doesn’t hurt as bad as before the surgery, but the problem is it’s still quite stiff, pain in the talus part when I rub on it or try to roll my foot outwards. And the biggest issue is uneven weight distribution on my feet as I’m mainly standing on the outer side of my feet and I would feet pain whenever I try to put weight on the inner side. And I still can’t balance on my left feet alone. Is this condition supination??
