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BIG NEWS for Greenr
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Oct 2, 2025, 8:22 AM
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went running yesterday for the first time since I did my back in bad in March. I am in the worst shape of my life, or at least worst since I started running 10-12 years ago. I was ready to give up running, however my son (10) is doing some run club thing at school and he wants me to run a 5k with him. I tried to pass it off to wife but he said she is slow.
Anyways, did 2 miles at a 9:45 pace. Slow and painful, but back feels OK which gives me a little hope. Calves cramped afterward when I was stretching but I felt great otherwise. Maybe I am going to be able to get back into this running thing, or maybe my back is FUBAR'd and I just don't realize it yet.
For reference, I used to run 6 minute miles at times and there were a few years where I hit 1200-1500 miles a year.
Am I back, or is the back pain just delayed? Ts & Ps would be appreciated, but if I can get back in shape, that would be fantastic.
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TigerNet Icon [153079]
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Instead of running, you should get a motorcycle.
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Oct 2, 2025, 8:25 AM
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You could do a mile in like way more times faster.
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TigerNet HOFer [124264]
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I hadn't considered that. I could also ride alongside son and throw things at
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Oct 2, 2025, 8:26 AM
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him to encourage him to run faster.
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TigerNet Icon [153079]
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Not just your son, but other runners.
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Oct 2, 2025, 8:31 AM
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And pedestrians whom you have no connection to whatsoever.
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The only thing worse than joggers are cyclists***
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Oct 2, 2025, 8:41 AM
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Top TigerNet [32539]
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Quit running - its bad for your health
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Oct 2, 2025, 8:43 AM
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I ran so much in high school for cross country and track. Every year my shins killed me and lo and behold, I have stress fractures in both shins. I don't run any more.
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All-Time Great [94328]
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I said that for years in here. Rulez went off on me one day
Oct 3, 2025, 10:50 AM
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telling me how wrong and dumb I was, then the last time he was in hre he was complaining about his leg being messed up or something.
That high impact stuff is terrible for you.
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You are back!! (no pun intended)
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Oct 2, 2025, 8:44 AM
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2 things that keep my muscles stretched, but also keeps my back in check.
Pigeon pose, but take the trunk of your body to the floor. You can pull your knee up towards your face or back it up towards your hips and it changes the stretch a little. Love this one.
Any piriformis stretch will work, but this is my favorite, hard to explain so here is a picture.
Both of these combined keep my back pain and sciatica away. Just have to be disciplined and do them every morning and night.
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Is this a gay thing?***
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Oct 2, 2025, 8:47 AM
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BOAHSY***
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Oct 2, 2025, 8:49 AM
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If you stretch enough, it is self-care. Nomsayin?***
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If insured, get primary care to write a prescription for a PT
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Oct 2, 2025, 8:51 AM
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See a good PT / clinic that has been recommended for rehabilitation of adults for sports activities and overall fitness.
They will provide treatment and exercises to help strengthen core and other muscle groups for running and other lifestyle activities.
(Obviously weight can be a factor in back fitness.)
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Did 10 sessions of PT from March through early June this year including
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dry needling (TWSS) and it was mid at best. We did stretches that I already knew to do, other basic lifts with kettlebells, balance stuff. After 10 sessions at $38 each, I just quit going.
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Sounds like you know the basic strength and stretching exercises
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Oct 2, 2025, 9:16 AM
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If there was one PT who you liked and seemed especially competent, then maybe see that one again _ once or twice to review ongoing program. Otherwise as you know, it’s about discipline and routine _ including the stretching. (I hate stretching especially hamstrings.) GL.
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Re: BIG NEWS for Greenr
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Oct 2, 2025, 9:00 AM
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Front squats or Bulgarian (with dumbbells), some type of dead lift ( dumbbells fine) stiff or Romanian...then some core work like hanging knee raises and static core work like planks. Remember to not hold your breath on knee raises, that way core works harder.
Then 10-15 of good stretching.
Id limit high impact exercise, like running, until you get your core and posterior chain stronger...per your posts its weak...dont fret so is most Americans.
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How slow is your wife.
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Oct 2, 2025, 9:36 AM
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Like, dumb blonde...or...forest gump?
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more like
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Fertile Myrtle
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TigerNet HOFer [124264]
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slow runner but
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more Jenny than Forrest, except the whole heroin and AIDS thing, I think.
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Tiger Titan [51088]
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Hey man.
Oct 3, 2025, 10:47 AM
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Whatever keeps the pounds off.
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Re: BIG NEWS for Greenr
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Oct 2, 2025, 11:33 AM
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Hey yo, tdrake® is Greenr's scok?
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Tiger Titan [50838]
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Good work. Just back from 7.2 on a mountain.
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Oct 2, 2025, 11:46 AM
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Mah GD legs hurt.
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you young bucks with these single digit paces best i can do now is 12:12***
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Oct 2, 2025, 8:18 PM
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Top TigerNet [31501]
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what'd you do to your back?
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Oct 2, 2025, 3:09 PM
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you been working on it at all in the break, or just been lazy?
I been off too, from like June - last week. awful...awful getting back into it bro. weak, slow, sore, just bitchAF
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Had some deterioration in lower back, had x-rays, said it was just a thing that
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Oct 2, 2025, 3:21 PM
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I would need to deal with. It was causing MAJOR sciatica issues though, so everything I did was painful. I was limping everywhere, crying out when I got in or out of a car. Could give me meds, suggested rest, etc. This was around December/January. I quit the gym about a month before, maybe Thanksgiving. So I rested for a couple months while it was "cold" out. Decided to go for a run in March, made it less than a half mile and I felt something bad in my back. Got back to house, laid down, proceeded to not be able to get up for hours. Stayed in the floor all day long with pain in my back that felt like I was breaking in half. Scared my kids, wife laughed at me, then realized I was being serious. Wife took me to urgent care that evening, got two shots, one for pain and one for inflammation, and they said take it easy. Took muscle relaxers and did some PT.
Left leg went numb on outside, sciatica went away, but I was scared AF to do anything strenuous. Hiked and biked out West, but still scared I might mess it back up. That's how we got here, 6 or 7 (lolololololol) months later and I am trying to get restarted.
I need to rejoin a gym, but fitting in gym sessions with our family schedule is TOUGH unless it is 5:00 AM.
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You, my friend, are heading for a spinal fusion
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Oct 2, 2025, 3:26 PM
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I will be having a two-level fusion (L4-L5-S1) some day, but I am putting it off for as long as possible.
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Thanks Debbie Downer
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Oct 2, 2025, 3:27 PM
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Zero back surgery for me. I'll just say my good byes and head out to pasture.
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Re: Thanks Debbie Downer
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You gotta do what you think is best for you but from a 76 yo ex runner/jogger be careful. Running is the reason i was able to quit smoking in 1976 and kept running until the early 2000's when i had my first hip replacement (2007). Not saying that pavement pounding was the only reason but now have both hips and both knees replaced. No more running since 2007 but still walking 3 miles or so per day. No regrets here but don't push it too far. FWIW
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Re: BIG NEWS for Greenr
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If you keep running, your back issues will return. Walk, swim, cycle, hit the elliptical and do resistance weight training.
Running was once my passion. It provided stress relief, an endorphin rush and allowed me to eat anything I wanted without gaining weight.
I had to give it up, but I'm in good shape, keep the weight stable and though I miss running, I miss knee and back pain not at all.
You will absolutely reinjure your back eventually if you ramp up the running.
It sucks, but it's reality.
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Very good Greenr
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Oct 2, 2025, 9:57 PM
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Unfortunately I thought was about your penile enlargement surgery success
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They say 3 inches is normal***
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I timed myself for a mile run for the first time in 50 years
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8:36. I'm sure I could get that down a good bit because I didn't know how to pace myself. I do walk a lot and have been doing some jogging on the trails where I walk, but they are sandy hilly and lots of roots and ruts to avoid. I was somewhere around 12 min miles on the trails.
I have been doing .1 mile run, .1 mile walk on the trails for 2 miles than finish with a half mile job bookended with half mile walks to get ready for ski season.
I'll quit jogging in ski season after I go out west. I don't get tired or worn out around here.
Walking is much better than jogging.
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I think there's a tradeoff... too much of anything can be bad. I remember
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what the orthopedic surgeon said who scoped my knee about 20 years ago. I'd commented on how many people were in the waiting room. He said - "Oh yeah, business is good. And it always will be, as long as people keep pounding the pavement". We joked about how your body was like a car, and don't put too many miles on it... you'll wear it out.
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Likewise, my GF's brother is a gym nut, he's 73 and still cut like
Oct 3, 2025, 10:42 AM
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somebody half his age. Pounding the weights. But he's already had two rotator cuff surgeries.
Wear that chit out and pay the price later.
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