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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Party's Over!
« on: April 16, 2020, 03:20:30 am »
Quote from: Coges on April 16, 2020, 02:42:15 am
Good on you for standing up for yourself. Too often these guys get something completely wrong and we're the people who pay for it.

Boxing would be interesting. You sure you need more head damage after all those years of rugby :D Actually only half joking. All this CTE and concussion stuff is pretty scary.

Thanks Coges. I know it sounds cynical but to me the whole orthotic process felt like a scam. As I've had this injury for a long time I've done a lot of reading and found there was mixed reviews about the effectiveness of orthotics.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/expensive-orthotics-no-better-than-a-sham-review-finds-20180331-p4z788.html

"In a recent review, the findings of which were published this month in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers from Denmark and the Netherlands looked at 20 papers on orthotics and found no evidence for their effectiveness over a placebo.

The combined studies showed “foot orthoses [were] not superior for improving pain and function compared with [a] sham,” the researchers wrote".

If I had plantar fasciitis I could understand the option of orthotics. However, I have an achilles/heel issue so there's no reason why I should have even been prescribed orthotics in the first place...except for them to make money.

With regards to the boxing I'm not concerned about CTE and concussion. I have only had one serious concussion from rugby. I'm only planning on doing the boxing recreationally. As long as they don't throw me to the wolves and get me sparring against people out of my league I think the damage would be minimal at best. 

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNBocrZq0X0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNBocrZq0X0</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Party's Over!
« on: April 14, 2020, 07:04:36 am »
Podiatrist today.
I got the shock wave therapy on my Achilles as usual. The concerning thing was that the Podiatrist said my heel was swollen and was concerned about the lack of progress. He suggested that I have an ultrasound and wrote me a referral. I  told him that I 'd already had one done 12 months ago and showed him the results of my previous ultrasound. He said I should get another one because he said that I might have Retrocalcaneal bursitis. I'm going to have another ultrasound done. If I do have the bursitis I will be angry (I already was) because that means I got misdiagnosed and wasted hundreds of dollars on this therapy for nothing. The treatment for Retrocalcaneal bursitis is surgery where they shave off part of your heel bone. In another way I'll be happy because at least I'll know the ACTUAL problem and can finally get it fixed. I was supposed to get the Orthotic today but I said to the Podiatrist that I'm not paying for the Orthotic and not taking it until I get the correct diagnosis for my injury. He wasn't too happy about that, but I'm not too happy about potentially being misdiagnosed. If I do have bursitis it's extremely disappointing that neither the Physios or Podiatrists diagnosed it properly as they were too busy making $$$ of 'treatment'.

Edit- I've been seriously contemplating quitting rugby league and just starting boxing once I finally get to the bottom of my leg injury. With my age and history of hamstring problems my playing days are coming to an end anyway. Boxing would be good just for self defence and staying in shape. I'm a competitive person and if I do start training I do have the aim of having a few amatuer fights at light heavyweight (81kg) once I lose some weight and see how I go. Not like I have model looks to protect haha


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MUSiC anD SHeeT! / Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now?
« on: April 14, 2020, 06:49:45 am »
YouTube is scared to demonetise this
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVGRDPxlS7k" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVGRDPxlS7k</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Party's Over!
« on: April 10, 2020, 08:41:19 pm »
Yesterday-
Walked 5km. Minimal left heel pain.

Today-
Walked 3.5km. No pain.

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MUSiC anD SHeeT! / Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now?
« on: April 03, 2020, 05:01:08 am »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyeI5o-2Mn4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyeI5o-2Mn4</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Party's Over!
« on: April 02, 2020, 03:35:01 am »
Walked 8km
My calves felt good apart from when I was walking up hills.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Party's Over!
« on: March 31, 2020, 03:59:42 am »
2nd session of shock wave therapy complete. Coincidentally the Podiatrist recommended the same as LBSS- Couch to 5k. He said start off by walking for 2-3 minutes then jog for a minute and then back to walking until you complete 5km. He also said I'm lucky that my flare up wasn't worse since most patients would be limping for a week after running at my stage.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Party's Over!
« on: March 29, 2020, 06:36:08 am »
Quote from: LBSS on March 29, 2020, 05:07:01 am
why not start with something like couch to 5k, where you intersperse walking with jogging at first?

also, dry needling is wild. my n=1 is that it is extremely effective at resolving referred pain. wish i'd thought of it last fall when i was getting those posture headaches (like i did the other day). something to seek out whenever the lockdown is over. no idea how it'd work for something as severe as what you have, or why the PT thinks it'd help fix your achilles, but i guess he's prescribing it for a reason.

Maybe not 5k but I think that's a good idea. Rather than doing 200's I should do something like 800s that will force me to keep the speed in check since I've got a natural inclination to push the speed.

The dry needling was cool. A shock at first and some weird sensations but something I would definitely do again.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Party's Over!
« on: March 28, 2020, 08:36:10 pm »
BW- 91.0

My right achilles pulled up perfectly today but my left achilles pulled up awful. If I can't sprint I will never be able to play rugby league again. I was hoping to play rugby league this year but with the COVID-19 the season has been put on hold anyway.

Since the gym is closed indefinitely I'm going to use this as an opportunity to go on a cut. I'm only going to eat one meal a day and I'll drink coffee and protein shakes for all my other meals. I'm going to keep this cut going until I get down to 80kg, which is 11kg (24lbs) lighter than I am now.

Depending on how my achilles feels I'm planning to run again next Saturday. Clearly my body is not up to sprints but I need to somehow build some work capacity into my achilles and load the tendon so it can grow and adapt. I'll be very conservative and just do a couple of 200m runs at 35 second pace. If that works and I'm pain-free the next day I can start building up the volume while keeping the pace very slow at 35 seconds. When I can get to 200mx5 @ 35 seconds I'll start doing 2 sessions a week and drop down to 200mx2 @ 33 seconds.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Party's Over!
« on: March 28, 2020, 07:00:20 am »
Went for a 6km walk to my local rugby club.

Sprints-
90% speed  50mx5

I was excited to discover that my Samsung phone had this app called Samsung Health. I thought it would be able to record my speed. Unfortunately the app tops out at 27km/h (16.77MPH)  :(

I had no pain during the sprints but my left achilles is feeling a bit tender now. See how it pulls up tomorrow.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Party's Over!
« on: March 27, 2020, 09:54:40 pm »
Quote from: adarqui on March 25, 2020, 04:03:21 pm
Quote from: Mutumbo000 on March 23, 2020, 09:39:40 am
My gym has been shut indefinitely due to COVID19 so I can't lift weights for a while.

I've got an appointment with the Podiatrist tomorrow with plans of getting shock wave therapy on my achilles. Hopefully this treatment works!!!

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COVID19 is causing havoc to the Australian economy. Thousands of people became unemployed today due to all pubs, clubs and gyms being closed. Tough times...

damn. yea it is. i think we're getting the unemployment numbers on friday, people expecting a 2-4 million people will file. not good.

pc!

You were right bro! 3 million people filed for unemployment in the USA last week. Our stats are done monthly so in the middle of April we'll get the unemployment figures for March, which won't capture all of the unemployment.

The Podiatrist went well and I've actually had a couple of sessions now. The diagnosis was that I don't need surgery I just have fairly severe bilateral Achilles tendonosis. The management plan is shockwave therapy on the achilles, dry pin needling on my calves, Orthotics for my shoes and continuation of the calf strengthening exercises I was given by the Physio. I've read mixed reviews about Orthotics but at this stage I'm willing to give anything a try. I've been told the chance of the shock wave therapy working is about 75% so we'll see.

I had my first shock wave therapy done on Tuesday and my feet got strapped after that. Yesterday I had dry pin needling on my calves and my calves felt sore as fuck afterwards. My next session is on Tuesday where I'll have another bout of shock wave on my Achilles.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Party's Over!
« on: March 23, 2020, 09:39:40 am »
My gym has been shut indefinitely due to COVID19 so I can't lift weights for a while.

I've got an appointment with the Podiatrist tomorrow with plans of getting shock wave therapy on my achilles. Hopefully this treatment works!!!

COVID19 is causing havoc to the Australian economy. Thousands of people became unemployed today due to all pubs, clubs and gyms being closed. Tough times...

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Party's Over!
« on: March 18, 2020, 08:53:13 am »
BW- 91.1

Lacked motivation lately because my achilles is just doing my head in. First training for 8 days but I have been eating moderately, hence the small weight loss.

Squat-
60x3
100x3
122.5x3
137.5x3
142.5x1
107.5x5

Chin Ups-
12x3

Treadmill-
Walked for 3km @ 6km/h
Jogged 500mx2 @ 14.7km/h & 14.8km/h

I need to purchase new shoes again because my calcified left achilles always pushes into the heel and wears it out quickly. Then when the heel wears out it aggravates my insertional achilles tendinitis because there's even more pressure pushing against the achilles insert. It's just fkn depressing. I'm 29 I should be in my prime instead I've spent the last 12 months unable to run or play any sport.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Party's Over!
« on: March 12, 2020, 05:36:35 am »
Just rested the past couple of days.

I had visitors staying at my house last night and their car got stolen. It was unlocked but none of us even heard anything. 2019 Mazda 3 and it was uninsured  :raging:

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: March 10, 2020, 09:44:42 am »
Quote from: vag on March 10, 2020, 09:24:58 am
9 March 2020

STATIONARY BIKE : 25KM @ 49:03

Was planned to lift but didn't feel like it, but had only o-lift shoes with me so couldn't treadmill.
Turns out stationary bike is perfect for a low-effort session. Just horribly boring.

The worst part about exercise bikes are the seats! Thin, hard and uncomfortable in every gym I've been to. If the seats were more comfortable the exercise bike wouldn't be as bad.

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