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That's pretty much what I have! Like the muscles are locked in place, I can't flex my foot, and it won't 'release' with stretching - all I can do is wait, doing nothing, until it goes away.
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As described above, it's hard enough seeing a good ol' regular doctor. That's kind of why I wanted more information on compartment syndrome, which wasn't being provided to me by the NHS website/Dr Google - you get 10 minutes for an appointment, max, so if I can say "I think it's compartment syndrome, I have these symptoms…
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Hello everyone! I'm Liz, 24 y/o software dev, who needs to hold herself accountable for all the stuff I stuff into my face at my desk. And exercise, 'cause that's important. Feel free to add me, guys, could do with some friendly butt-kicking! ;) I'll probably send out some request too.
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Being an "adult" in age doesn't make you any more or less able to make this kind of decision, provided the information is presented in the right way. In the UK, it's offered to girls ages 12 and 13 as part of the routine schedule (but I think others older can request it, since it's a new vaccine) - and I know that, at that…
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Okay, I feel that - working on losing excess weight and getting stronger, before trying to actually *run* again. Although it's worth pointing out that I don't feel any pain or experience loss of 'performance' at the moment, except when trying to run, so I don't know how I'd know if I was doing any damage? *le shrug* And I…
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I am warming up and stretching, but it's possible that I'm not doing so adequately (I *feel* warmed up, but I haven't had any instructed training since high-school PE lessons, and they weren't exactly great) - do you have resources? It also hadn't occurred to me to walk *faster* for a while - like I figured that if I could…
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The information I'd found on the NHS online website implied you could also get 'chronic' compartment syndrome, where the muscle sheathing is too tight regardless, as well as overuse/trauma-based syndromes. I've had the same issue previously, when I was *considerably* lighter, trying to train for a 5K at university (I've…
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I am fairly certain ALL gym machines over-estimate calories burnt. Measuring calories burnt is super difficult unless you actually set something on fire (of course, you can make a good estimate, but by no means accurate), and I'd think if you were going to estimate, you'd over-estimate (think of the psychological boost of…
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My school years were Hell, like those of every overweight goth/geek curly-haired girl out there. Thankfully, as I've matured, all those comments have helped me develop my "I will cut you if you dare speak to me" face, and that tends to be enough. If things are getting difficult (as they did when I saw some old family…
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I feel this. I lost some weight in the run-up to 'officially' starting to try to lose weight, and now my boobs are technically a cup size larger, because of my change in band size. 40G to 38GG. Yaaaaaay. -_-
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Weirdly, I was probably healthiest when programming and writing lab reports for my undergrad dissertation. Strategic snack planning is a must (for example, if I was going to spend a day in the lab, I would pack small boxes/bags of pre-calorie-counted snacks to munch to stop myself going to the shop across from my building)…
