SakuraIron
TID Lady Member
- Dec 6, 2013
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Week 5 Day 4
So I went to go see the sports medicine doctor, followed by appointments with the physical therapist and the chiropractor. Turns out it's nothing serious and I have the most common cause of lower back pain in most patients. Although it's something I've dealt with since I was 15, it's nothing serious. The doctor believes it's the sacroiliac joints causing discomfort which leads to inflammation, and the constant muscle spasms I get is attributed to a disk in my lower spine being a little compressed which leads to some fluid from the nucleus to leak into the cartilage-like area which fires up my nerves. (sorry for the non-technical terms, this is the best I could remember what the chiropractor told me haha)
For now, I can only stick to unilateral exercises and upperbody but this is great! I can continue working out! With that said, I had an amazing chest day today. I was able to bench 135 for 5 reps, no assistance. Only about 2 weeks ago, I could bench 135 for 2 reps with a lot of struggle in the 2nd rep.
Weight was 146.6 this morning despite the lack of training, and going over my macros due to an increase an appetite. SO my calories are now increased to 2400, with a base of a 40/30/30 pcf split, while being able to shuffle some proteins into the carb and fat macros.
What I have noticed is that osta makes me retain a lot of water. I drink at least 1.5 gallons but still hold a good amount of water. Other than that, no negative side effects. Acne is controlled, no yeast infections, nothing androgenic, sleep has been great.
So I went to go see the sports medicine doctor, followed by appointments with the physical therapist and the chiropractor. Turns out it's nothing serious and I have the most common cause of lower back pain in most patients. Although it's something I've dealt with since I was 15, it's nothing serious. The doctor believes it's the sacroiliac joints causing discomfort which leads to inflammation, and the constant muscle spasms I get is attributed to a disk in my lower spine being a little compressed which leads to some fluid from the nucleus to leak into the cartilage-like area which fires up my nerves. (sorry for the non-technical terms, this is the best I could remember what the chiropractor told me haha)
For now, I can only stick to unilateral exercises and upperbody but this is great! I can continue working out! With that said, I had an amazing chest day today. I was able to bench 135 for 5 reps, no assistance. Only about 2 weeks ago, I could bench 135 for 2 reps with a lot of struggle in the 2nd rep.
Weight was 146.6 this morning despite the lack of training, and going over my macros due to an increase an appetite. SO my calories are now increased to 2400, with a base of a 40/30/30 pcf split, while being able to shuffle some proteins into the carb and fat macros.
What I have noticed is that osta makes me retain a lot of water. I drink at least 1.5 gallons but still hold a good amount of water. Other than that, no negative side effects. Acne is controlled, no yeast infections, nothing androgenic, sleep has been great.