GKL
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Thursday morning about an hour after speed walking 3 miles for exercise my left knee/lower leg starting hurting very bad anytime I put weight on it, I had to start crawling to get around the house without pain, my dog thought it was neat though
I think I might have either gotten a "shin splint" or a stress fracture, the pain in my left leg was not intense Friday and today like it was the first day, but it still is tender and sore and let's me know not to put my complete weight on it, so yesterday my wife went to the local medical equipment store and bought me a pair of crutches, it is a big help, at least I don't have to crawl to get around the house now
While I'm healing I'll do upper body weight lifting from a sitting position to help make up for not being able to do my walking exercise for now. After my leg heals enough I should be able to ease into non-impact exercise like an exercise bike and/or elliptical machine since it does not involve your feet making impact. I sure miss my speed walking, it really felt good after 2 or 3 miles.
I think my injury might have been from a combination of not having the right shoes as well as pushing it too far at one time (for 64 years old), I probably need to keep my max distance at 2 miles instead of 3 miles when I can start speed walking again.
I'll be glad when I can get back to speed walking again as it does work, I lost about 10 lbs in 2 weeks and a regular check-up I had on Monday my blood pressure was so low so my doctor cut my dose in half, I kept monitoring my blood pressure at home and it was still staying too low so I stopped the blood pressure medication completely, but still monitor my blood pressure daily.
......so learn from my mistake, if you do a lot of speed walking, don't overdo it at one time and wear the right shoes !
(and always check with your doctor first before starting an exercise program especially if you're not used to it)
I think I might have either gotten a "shin splint" or a stress fracture, the pain in my left leg was not intense Friday and today like it was the first day, but it still is tender and sore and let's me know not to put my complete weight on it, so yesterday my wife went to the local medical equipment store and bought me a pair of crutches, it is a big help, at least I don't have to crawl to get around the house now
While I'm healing I'll do upper body weight lifting from a sitting position to help make up for not being able to do my walking exercise for now. After my leg heals enough I should be able to ease into non-impact exercise like an exercise bike and/or elliptical machine since it does not involve your feet making impact. I sure miss my speed walking, it really felt good after 2 or 3 miles.
I think my injury might have been from a combination of not having the right shoes as well as pushing it too far at one time (for 64 years old), I probably need to keep my max distance at 2 miles instead of 3 miles when I can start speed walking again.
I'll be glad when I can get back to speed walking again as it does work, I lost about 10 lbs in 2 weeks and a regular check-up I had on Monday my blood pressure was so low so my doctor cut my dose in half, I kept monitoring my blood pressure at home and it was still staying too low so I stopped the blood pressure medication completely, but still monitor my blood pressure daily.
......so learn from my mistake, if you do a lot of speed walking, don't overdo it at one time and wear the right shoes !
(and always check with your doctor first before starting an exercise program especially if you're not used to it)
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