Swelling tight and tender thighs
aftonmorris
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I have pitted edema in my legs and it causes a lot of weakness. Also my low back has been hurting. I can't even go grocery shopping without taking sitting breaks. Needless to say this has kept me from being more physical. I see a doctor about my legs on Saturday. Does anyone know what I am talking about and have some advice/words of wisdom and encouragement for me. I take lasik but it doesn't do a complete job. Thank you in advance for reading.
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I started out very similar. I could only shop if a held on to the cart and even then not for more than a few minutes. I also have edema in my legs, which even after losing close to 100 pounds, has not gone away. I just want to tell you what worked for me was slowly increasing my activity. I started by walking my dogs just 1 block. And swimming (no joint stress). Now after over a year, I walk my dogs a mile every day. I also play Wii U Fit, which is much better than the original Wii Fit. A lot of people complain that the exercises are too easy, but for me they are just right. As you get better at the exercises, the game makes them incrementally harder. You have to get under 330 pounds to play Wii U Fit, which was a huge accomplishment for me. And I noticed that the shoes I wear make a big difference in the leg swelling. Saucony sneakers and Cobby Cuddlers shoes seem to be the best for me.0
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Thank you for your reply and great information on the shoes. It is also reassuring to know that going it at a slow increase will still do the job. I can't wait to walk a mile a day....my dog can't wait either
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I do not know anything about your leg problem but as for exercise all I can add is do not feel like you have to get in 30 minutes all at once or that you have to start at that number. If 5 minutes of slow walking is how you need to start then that is fine. After a few weeks you can stretch it out to 10, or maybe add in a second block of 5 mins later in the day. That is the other thing I will say. You do not have to aim for long crazy sessions. Some can and do do those. Some actually divide their workout into two or three sessions. You could have a sit down arm session 5 minutes in the mornings, a 5 minute walk after lunch, then 5 min sit down leg exercises in the evenings. Or work towards something like that. Your body is not going to do a week of exercise and then suddenly say great we are ready for a 40 minute walk now. Just as losing the weight is a slow process building up some strength and a big one stamina is a slow process too. Be kind to yourself and persevere.
If you are lucky you will end up in the camp who discover they love to workout...if like me you never discover that you will just try your best to make it a part of your week. I am not perfect, I skip days still when I shouldn't. Right now I am bad at getting my yoga done and I tell myself it is okay because i get some cardio done. But I have a very weak right knee and I found the chair yoga I do helps with its strength far more than the cardio so I need to get that back in my routine. I do not go to gyms or anything, I walk, I do the Walk away the pounds dvd and I do chair yoga at home, oh and I march at 4mph to music when I do laundry. Took me a year though to be able to do a 2 mile walk in plus some yoga each day.
I hope the doctor is able to offer some help
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I have some swelling, but not to the point of edema. My problem is more of an internal, from the center of the bones out kind of pain. No doctor can explain it. When I know I'm going to be upright, I wear men's work socks. Dickies makes a brand that has a kind of compression, but nothing like the pain in the butt of compression socks. It helps me get and stay mobile without excessive swelling. While it is stupid-cold here, I'm wearing a pair of my diabetic socks UNDER the others (the are some Dr. someone brand that are bamboo and are naturally germ resistant, moisture wicking, etc.). This keeps me warm, and balances out the compression. Anyway, I have to agree very much with the above. Do what you can when you can. If that is 20 seconds at a time, do that. Eventually it will be 30 seconds, then 60, etc. No accomplishment is too small. If you were able to stand today longer than yesterday, it is a win. If whatever you did yesterday knocked the wind out of you and put you back on your butt, and today, you still want to fight, even it is more than yesterday, you are still fighting, even if it is mentally only, and that is a WIN. Literally...nothing is too small. Even the Great Wall of China and the Pyramid at Giza needed a crap-ton (or a bunch) of tiny bricks and such for the foundation...mortar between things can be even smaller than that...every breath, every mental step, every physical step, even if you have to go backwards to gain momentum forward, every little thing is a brick in your wall/WORLD WONDER...so even if no one else sees it for what it is, celebrate every stinking little thing.... You deserve it...fighting this fight is harder than anyone sitting ringside who's never been "in the ring" can ever understand...0
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One other thing I discovered about my edema is that if I elevate my legs it gets worse and trying to walk afterwards is 100 times worse. I know everything you read says the opposite, elevation is supposed to help swelling. Just another thought.0
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That's very interesting. I have never been diagnosed with anything...but I also find that elevating my legs makes walking tough when I stand back up. It takes about 30-40 steps before it starts to get better.0
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That's more about circulation that gravitational swelling, if I had to follow logic.0
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