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| My SIL has started working out. She is taking some fighting classes and then lifting weights and cardio and yoga, too. Her problem is unusually tight glute and leg muscles, to the point she walks kinda stove up for several minutes after sitting. Even her coach is puzzled over how tight her muscles are. This girl never looked out of shape before she started working out and her body shape has not really changed. She is building muscle but not losing fat at the same rate, which is bothering her coach. She has done extensive blood work, all to no avail. My question is - can humans have some type of PSSM like horses? I am kind of worried, she is only in her mid 40's and very active. What kind of Dr. should she go see? She has an internal med Dr. because she does have thyroid problems. |
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Location: the end of the rainbow | just a guess here but I would suggest she look into a good magnesium supplement. Could also be related to calcium or potassium deficiencies. It would take a much better nutritionist than me to give you the whole list of what it could be. |
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| Sounds like your describing me. I'm not sure what's going on with me either I will be watching this thread closely. |
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| Muscle tightness I can't answer, but the gaining muscle/not losing fat most likely has everything to do with the thyroid. My mom has thyroid problems and struggles with this issue. |
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Location: Austin, Texas, where it can get really weird!! | Tell her to try a bromaline supplement it will help your body process protein in case its and kind of lactic or protein build up in her muscles. I went through a hard a hard core work out phase and had similar issues a companied by soreness. I was doing Brazilian jujitsu for 3 years as semi pro, MIL is a Chinese herbalist and thats what she recommended, it will often say for digestion but it just helps your body process and flush protetein better, it worked for me. |
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| Thanks for all the great advice! I will definitely relay all this to her and then update. |
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| I'm the exact same way.....the more I work out the more stiff I get in my entire legs and glutes. My muscles get hard and tight and short feeling although they do not actually get really sore so I don't feel like I overdo it. No advice but following this post for sure! |
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Location: Montgomery TX | Has she tried any kind of massage or foam rolling? Also soaking in epsom salt bath with lavender oil helps also. These simple things usually help me when I get tight from exercising. Also, just a side note, if she's not losing fat - has she analyzed her nutrition plan? She has to be eating less calories than she is burning to lose fat. It doesn't matter if she "looked" out of shape or not, If she is just starting working out and she is doing that much, yeah, she's gonna be pretty sore. Best of luck to you!! |
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Location: MD | Two things comes to mind which may be handled by her coach, but maybe not.
Does she do any foam rolling, saunas or Epsom salt baths? You've got to take care of this muscles as much afterwards as she is doing these intense workouts!
Also, is she breathing right when she's exerting herself? I have to really focus on how, when, and how much I'm breathing otherwise I hold my breath and cause myself additional problems.
Has she gotten a sports massage before? |
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| Yes she uses the foam roller even though it hurts and a deep tissue massage every 2 weeks. She foes the Epsom salt bath but I will give her my lavender oil to add. |
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Location: Montgomery TX | I also am curious when she started and how often she is working out? I know when I first started, I was bound and determined to work out 7 days a week and felt like I was gonna die! When I started working out every other day instead of every day, my body got a rest and I felt I was getting more out of them. When I tweaked my nutrition plan, I really started seeing changes in my body and energy level.
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| She has fight class MWF and she lifts TTh. We do yoga MWF and Saturday. She does cardio every day. She may lift on Saturday too I'm not sure. Her daughter mentioned to her that maybe she was working out to hard but her reply was if she slowed down she was afraid she would stop altogether. She does eat right. She is hoping to try the bromalien and try adding lavender to her Epsom salt baths. Thanks for all the advice and if anyone has more suggestions or experiences, please share! |
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Location: Who knows | willrodeo4food - 2015-07-10 6:07 PM
just a guess here but I would suggest she look into a good magnesium supplement. Could also be related to calcium or potassium deficiencies. It would take a much better nutritionist than me to give you the whole list of what it could be.
Do they work on any kind of mobility exercises? |
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Location: Montgomery TX | GLP - 2015-07-13 1:35 PM She has fight class MWF and she lifts TTh. We do yoga MWF and Saturday. She does cardio every day. She may lift on Saturday too I'm not sure. Her daughter mentioned to her that maybe she was working out to hard but her reply was if she slowed down she was afraid she would stop altogether. She does eat right. She is hoping to try the bromalien and try adding lavender to her Epsom salt baths. Thanks for all the advice and if anyone has more suggestions or experiences, please share!
I'm going to agree with her daughter about her possibly working out too hard - especially if she is just starting an exercise program.... Maybe she could just cut back to one exercise activity per day and let her body adjust to the new program. As she gets stronger and gains endurance, then add in another activity until she gets back up where she wants to be.
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| My personal trainer recommends one or two rest days a week but not consecutive to allow my body to heal. She told me I can do light exercise like walk or an easy bike ride on my days off but she has really stressed how important rest days are for your body. She has also told me taking amino acids after my workouts and a good joint supplement can help with my soreness. I'm also trying to eat some protein after my workouts. I'm on week 8 and my soreness finally seems to be getting under control. |
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Location: South Central Florida | Not knowing her workout schedule, my suggestion would be double her stretching time. I was a certified personal trainer a long time ago.....so it's been a while. BUT a lot of classes and instructors/trainers do not adequately stress stretching. It is sometimes more important than the actual work out.
Also she could be working too much. 4 days on 3 days off for weight lifting, and with aerobic work outs a minimum of 2 days a week rest.
If she is just starting, that's not unusual....if she has been doing this for several months there could be a problem.
Also, making sure she is balancing her weight work outs...if she is working one set of muscles more than the opposite muscle group, she can get this problem.
I would start with resting, then stretching double what ever she is doing now....then see about working opposite muscle groups more, then check with doctor or nutritionist.
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