I just recently started seeing a personal trainer and he is kicking my butt!  I mean I am not a wimp, I can handle the workouts but I am feeling horrible when I get home and the day after.  I think he is working my muscles too hard because I have had pins and needles in my right arm for 2 days and it's only when I stretch that muscle.  How do I bring this up (I mean he is the professional) without sounding like I am a know it all. I want his help working out and getting fit, but I am in so much pain I have been popping 800 motrins and the occasional percocet to numb the pain so I can fall asleep at night.  Is this normal for a pretty active 5'6" 128 lb person?  Do you think he is working me too hard, or does everyone get THIS sore after the starting of working out?  PLEASE HELP!
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WOW! While I am a huge fan of endorphins and I love the sore feeling (I know it may sound nuts) I totally disagree with that kind of pain. I have been an athlete all my life and I am now a trainer. Day after a strenuous workout, you should feel sore when sitting (like on the pot) or when lifting and even a little tingle when you stretch in the morning. YOU SHOULD NOT FEEL PAIN! Most definitely not to the point of needing a pain pill. You need to let him know you are hurting. You are using too much weight or resistance or maybe going too hard too long. You could be doing damage to your muscles that is permanent. Your body is not able to replenish your muscles with the needed nutrients that is lost during a work-out and that is needed to expand the muscles and help burn calories because it is being damaged. You need to stop this NOW!
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My feet are getting heavy, and I've lost feeling in my toes. What is that odd sensation in my stomach - like rocks weighing heavily?? My back is stiff, so I try to move. Man, my feet are heavy. I move my legs and it's as if someone  tied cement blocks to them. A creeping sensation moves up my legs, and I stop trying to move them. \nMy eyes hurt. My head feels stiff, as if my skin is crunchy. I try to call out, but my mouth doesn;t want to move - like I am wearing a clay mask and it has dried. What is happenieng to me? My fingers are stiffening, and I am now numb to the waist. I can't move my legs!!  I try to scream, but my vocal cords are too frozen. My nose is numb.  My breasts are starting to feel heavy as lead, and I can hardly hold up my head. The numbness creeps downward, and my fingers are like bananas as I try to type. IO amn makl[oing so manny typpos .. I cannnottr type wellllll,... I cannnt breeeaathe .. sdhfgsdajklllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
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Yeah if you did all of that and you still don't feel the burn then maybe you should go and do it double the amount tonight. But then again why do you want to feel pain??? \nJust b/c you are not hurting doesn't necessarily mean that you need more just gradually increase your amount of squats and pushups everynight. But don't go over board with it you don't want to hurt yourself!!!!
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MAN I FEEL FOR YOU I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH R.S,D FOR YEARS NOW . WHICH IS A NERVE DISE. I,M GOING IN DEC.1 TO HAVE ASPINAL CORD STIMULATOR PUT IN TO SEE IF IT WILL CUT DOWN THE SOME SO I CAN GET OFF THE PAIN  MEDS OR CUT DOWN ON HOW MUCH I,M TAKING A DAY.IT SUCKS BUT WHAT CAN YA DO .E MAIL ME AT ICDDPPL1995 @YAHOO.COM.GOOD JUCK
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That means you worked a little too hard.  You should be sore the next day and possible the one after that, but 3 days is too long.  Take it a little easy since youre just going back.  Also, make sure you stretch a lot because that helps with the soreness.  You should lift weight that you can do at least three sets of 8 with.  If you can't maintain that, go a little lower.  Once you get into it, you'll figure out what's a good treshhold for yourself.
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Well, this could be many things.  I've been a dancer for 20 years (i'm almost 22) and a dance teacher since I was 15.  Although I don't see it too often, occasionally I will get an overly eager dancer who will over-do themselves on their splits (or over-splits).  Yes, it takes practice to get them, but if you DO NOT have them yet.. take your time.  You cannot just push yourself to the floor if your muscles are not ready to go there.\n\nBesides that, you could have hurt your hamstring.  Look up some anatomy figures online and you will see that your hamstring attach at your knee.  If you severely "pulled" your hamsting that can take weeks upon weeks of therapy to get back to a normal level.. especially a dancer who takes thier body into extreme ranges of motion.  Not to mention that there could be tiny tears in your muscles...\n\nLike someone else said, it could be numerous other things.  Your best bet is to have your family doctor refer you to a specialist.  They will do manual muscle testing and many other things to pinpoint what exactly has gone wrong.  \n\nMoral of the story, take a break (even though I know how hard that can be!), even if it is only one day to go to the doctor.  You must get this resolved before you cause yourself damage for life.
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Hi! I'm a certified personal trainer with 10 years experience. I am wondering if you'd been running prior to this? Did you just decide to take up running then do 2 days in a row? Running is a high impact sport. It is best alternated with lower-impact activiities. Whether you were running before or not, it is better to run every OTHER day and let your muscles get some recovery time. Muscles don't get stronger with exercise, they get stronger AFTER exercise, during the recovery period. Rest is essential to muscle growth and fitness advancement. Doing light workouts on the days between allows more blood flow to the overworked muscles and speeds up recovery time. Taking 1000 IU's of vitamin E has also been shown to reduce muscle soreness by repairing muscle oxidation on a cellular level. Running 3 days per week is excellent for cardio fitness, but every day of the week ABOVE 3, increased your chance of injury by 100%.  I would recommend talking with a trainer who has a certification from ACE, NASM, ACSM or NSCA. Those are the 4 best certifications out there. There are more than 200 others that are just paper. Let them design you a program. Some trainers will even do some muscle tests on you to find out if you have muscle imbalances or problems. The orthodics might be hurting you, not helping. Please seek professional advice. It could save you some serious injury for a very small price.
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Stretching, exercising, sleeping in the right positions, seeing a physiotherapist to give you a personalized routine and apply heat/cold correctly to your body.\n\nEasy way to get the pain to subside considerably: stretch everyday.  Good stretch for your back:  hold onto something that will hold your body weight (like a door handle) that is waist high and lean your whole body out with your feet under where your hands are holding, this will stretch out your back.  Other than this, just do 15-20 min of various stretches, holding each stretch for 1 minute.  \n\nGet an exercies routine.  If you don't want a gym membership, then make a point of walking for 20 minutes everyday.  At least it is something. \n\nHow old are you?  Sounds like you are in your twenties.\n\nWhen we leave our teens our body starts to solidify.  This is my terminology for the fact it's not growing anymore and it becomes more and more solid.  It's not naturally changing all the time, so we need to keep it moving, keep it flexible, and keep it working.  \n\nI cracked my neck a couple times in  high school, and had been able to slack off on the exercise for several years, but it caught up with me in the form of constant pain, knots continually under my shoulder blades, and greatly decreased upper body strength.  I started stretching everyday, even just for 5 minutes if I'm busy, and exercising at the gym a minimum twice a week, and now I have NO pain.  NONE.  It's been 6 months.  I don't do much, but the little bit has changed my entire body.  \n\nOk, so enough home remedies, you're having pain with no immediate results on the attempts you've tried.  Have you seen a physiotherapist?  Get a doctor's referral and go - it's totally worth the $35 fee or whatever they charge where you are.  They will apply heat to your back and teach you all the exercises you  need for that part of your back, exercises, stretches etc.  And they'll teach you how to sleep and sit and everything that will improve your back.  \n\nI saw my physiotherapist before beginning my exercise and stretch routine, and it was the best investment I've made for my body.  \n\nGood luck.
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I work in the healthcare field, so listen up.  Your condition may be associated with either too tight a skin or underlying tissue of the abdomen above the penis, or from a muscular condition.  You didn't say whether you work out a lot, so I can't be more specific.  If it's painful, for your sake, SEE A DOCTOR!!.  If it's just a nuisance, if I was you, I'd still get a doctor's opinion.
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They will if you over do it and you have only just started exercising.  Ask the gym for a plan of exercises.  You will ache until you get fitter and then you won't ache so much.  Also, make sure you warm up and cool down stretch that way you will avoid getting yourself an injury.
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I think you're doing really well if you've only been at it for 2 months, congratulations!  Your pain might be your hip flexor muscles hurting you.  You might try focusing on some stretches that isolate that muscle group.  I'm sure you can find some good examples on the internet.  You can stretch before and after running.  I've heard that it's more effective after.\n\nI'd also recommend varying your running schedule so that you don't run every day, and you don't run the same run every day.  As for myself, I run 4-5 days per week, and I vary my daily distances and speeds as well.  This week for instance I have the following runs: 18 miles, 6 miles, 10 miles, and 6 miles.  You may not be ready for an 18 mile run yet, but consider taking one day a week and running longer at a slower pace, and take one or two days and run a little shorter at a faster pace.  I've had good success taking at least one day per week off from running, usually Friday.  \n\nI also try to do some cross-training on my days off from running.  Cycling works particularly well.  I think that if you do the exact same run every day, you are at a higher risk from injury than if you vary your exercise routine from day to day.  \n\nTo sum up;  Stretch, Mix it Up, Take a Day Off, and Cross Train.  Stick with it!  I've lost over 40 pounds running, and competed in my first marathon last fall.
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Just keep going.  Typically, the soreness is worse 2 days after you work out...not the very first day after.  The best way that I've found to relieve soreness is drink a TON of water, and work out again.  You are going to be very sore the first few times, its a given.  Your muscles are literally tearing and rebuilding themselves.  It's good though, dont get discouraged, it will get a little bit less painful every time.  Your doing good for your body.  Keep it up!!!
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You could try Weight Watchers.  I have the same problem you do and I, too got a rude response from mr.green619.  Don't listen to people like him.  He is probably some loner who works out obsessively by himself and spends his time online announcing how fit he is and putting down others.  He advocates running, which most physical therapists don't recommend at all because it is so hard on joints.  This guy will be 40 something laying in a hospital bed after joint replacement with no visitors because he is such an arrogant, uncompassionate person.  His biceps are probably vastly bigger than his brain.  His self esteem is way lower than yours, I can tell you that, because you and I are willing to post honest questions about ourselves without shame and he has not asked one question about himself, he's too scared.  Instead, he boosts his microscopic self esteem by putting down others who suffer from one of the most common diseases in America.  GO GET A REAL LIFE MR GREEN619.
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Sympathize for am having painful back problem from lowering and raising my garage door frequently .  You need to stop  for this type of injury can  turn into a permanent disability-if you are doing the lifting at work you need to report this ,the pain to your supervisor and go to a Workman's Comp Doctor for him to 1-establish that your back problem is from lifting for then you'll get Workman's Comp and if no other work is available for you at your employment then you can qualify for unemployment.  2 Must get treatment-will recommend Physical therapy,give Pain  meds and also ask about exercises that you can do at home Until you get pain med from doctor take Ibuprofen can take 600milligram a day safely for will help with inflammation and some pain relief. Also try a Icepack on the area for approx10-15 minutes.  I doubt its the spinal cord itself but there are 2 boney things where probably your pain is coming from right above the buttock on either side-feels like a very tight band around your lower back and if you move a certain way stabbing pain.Will only get worse if you continue lifting-its the up and down thats is causing it.and very important you see a doctor
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It's a long process I am going through the same thing.  Take a lot of IB profen it's good for inflammation.  Go to the gym and work your quads, eat bannanas.  Lay on your back put your hurt leg in the air and try to bend it down as much as possible.  It's going to hurt you have to try to get over the pain.  Every time you bend it try to make it go lower and lower.  This will help but you have to work with it and do everything your told to do.
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Ouch sweetie poor you, I know how much that really hurts, I get this due to illness. Firstly I would go see you Medical Officer, and then have a chat with your Commanding Officer, I have friends in the military and one had a back problem at the time of his PT test, it really took it out of him and he did fail it, but with the backing of his medical officer he re-tested a little while later and passed.\nWhen I had shin splints, now not sure if you are in the UK or the USA, but in the UK you can get a gel in a tube called Voltarol, with is brill for muscular pain, and also Deep Heat again really good stuff. But I had some stuff brought for me made by a company called WELEDA - massage balm with Arnica, its for muscular and rheumatic pain, now I have a muscular skeletal disease, and trust me this stuff works wonders, smells quite a bit but not unpleasant and has relaxing properties too.\nAlso put your feet up whenever you can and rest your shins as much as possible.\nHave you got your results for the other thing back yet?\nTake care Hun, thinking of you ;-)\n\nOh Dr Know It All.... you so obviously don't, and well Miss Perfect if that's an attempt at humor.... don't give up the day job love!!
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I literally feel your pain. I have had lower back issues for many years, reaching all the way back to my early teens. One thing I have against me is that I have an extra vertebrae in the lumber region of my spine. This can cause me to 'favor' certain movements to not irritate it, which in turn irritates the muscles. The biggest thing for me was not moving to much. It is almost like it starts to relax but when I move it pulls again. And muscle relaxers work good, but each person is different. With me it usually loosens up in about 3 to 4 days, others might be quicker or longer. Another thing you'll notice is that the pain is the worst after resting for a while. Especially after a nights sleep. It will, or should, loosen up as you slowly move and stretch.