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Causes for leg numbess with clean tests for thyroid and MRI?

Question by Dale: Causes for leg numbess with clean tests for thyroid and MRI?
Background:

I am a 34 year old male. For the last 3 years, I exercise for 60-90 minutes 2-3 days a week. 30+ minutes of cardio, the rest in hand weights and core strengthening.

I do IT work and struggle with my posture at times. I have a lot of stress in my life, even though externally, I don’t really feel “overwhelmed” that often (though sometimes, I do). I do have a strong history of manic depression and anxiety in my family.

I recently quit smoking, after 15 years (10-15 cigs a day).

Timeline:

About 8 years ago, I noticed small, quarter-sized numb spots on the very tops of the my thighs. Never hurt, never really cared.

Then a few years ago, I hurt my back (rowing machine) and it’s been a struggle to keep it re-habbed, but so far, it’s OK. Since then, the patches expanded and now cover the majority of the tops of my thighs. Still, no pain though in my legs though. I began fearing that my back ailments were making my thigh numbness worse. A pinched nerve, I thought.

I went to my Dr. and he suggested PT. I did that for 6 weeks and it DID seem to restore some sensation in my thighs. I eventually resumed my gym workouts as normal.

However, I also began having other weird symptoms, such very infrequent “cold finger tip” feelings, that seemed to only last minutes. I’ve also had infrequent experiences with dizziness (have never fallen though) and days where my chest hurt. I had a chest x-ray, everything was OK. I also noticed thinning of my hair 2 years ago, but it’s been slow. I have no baldness in my family, so this seems odd.

Having a deep history of thyroid problems in my family, I wanted to see if that was in order. Last week I got blood work done AND an MRI to look at my lower back.

My thyroid came back normal, cholesterol and vitamin D levels were “outstanding” (my doctor said I was one of his healthiest patients on paper).

The MRI also showed no obvious problems with my back, despite a constant dull pain that sometimes is very sore. I asked for a referral to a neurologist but my dr. said he had nothing to refer me for, and suggested more PT (which again, DID help some before.)

So my question is — what are possible other causes for this numbness? To be honest it doesn’t bother me, other than there being no obvious reason for it. I fear the worst, such as early signs of MS, despite being otherwise healthy.

Perhaps an undiagnosed autoimmune disorder? Stress related? Anything but MS!

Thanks in advance.

Best answer:

Answer by Liz
Probably is MS… Or maybe you’re wearing constricting clothing.

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How many times should I workout a week? and what do u think about my workout?

Hi guys!!!

Im a 16 yr old boy weighing in at 165pounds/74kg n I started workin out for a few months now. I have seen a few improvements but not as much as I have like. I want to know how many times I shud workout a wk. Wen i first started I wud workout my upper body n lower body in the same session for bout n hour and a half, every second day for bout 3 times a wk. Since then I have change my routine and diet as well. The following is my workout currently (and i always stretch for bout 15mins before and after):

Workout A:
Arms workout-
(5 sets of bout 6-8reps for all)
Triceps- cable push down, lying barbell triceps extension, cable triceps extension.
Biceps- Barbell curl, dumbbell curl, barbell/dumbell mix w(here i do 10 barbell curls and as much dumbbell curls with about 75% of weights)
Deltoids- Barbell raise, lateral raise cable rear deltoids row.

Workout B:
Lower body, Chest, Abdominal and Back workout-
Quads- Leg extensions and squats
Hamstrings- Straight leg dead lifts and leg curls
Hip adductors- Cable hip adduction
Hip abductors- Cable hip abduction
Hip flexors- Vertical leg raise
Calves- calf raise, seated calf raise
Tibialis anterior- reverse calf raise
Abdominals- Weighted crunch machine and sit ups
Obliques- Side bend
Chest- Bench press, fly aka butterflies aka dumbbell fly though using the machine (if u know wat I mean)
Lats- Cable front pull down, cable rear pull down
Back General- Bent over row
Trapezius- Shoulder shrug

Day 1:Workout A
Day 2: Workout B
Day 3: Workout A
Day 4: Workout B
Day 5: Rest (YEAHHH!!!)
Day 6: Workout A
Day 7: Rest (YEAH!!! YEAH!!!)

I also go for occasional jog.
I always rest bout 30-45secs between sets.
Workout A usually takes 1hr 45mins
Workout B usually takes 2hr 45mins – 3hrs
My main goal is to become stronger rugby season and bulking up is second goal. Though thing is with scchool coming back and being the final year I dont think I will have enough time to juggle exercise, rugby trainin 2 times a wk, school work, my job (on wk ends n fri) and social life. I was thinkin bout splittin my routine into 3 different workouts (arms workout, legs workout and chest and back workout) and aiming for 3 arms session and 2/1 leg sessions and 1 chest and back session per wk. But I want to know how many sessions per muscle group per wk is sufficient for muscle gain and strength gains (i heard ronnie coleman does 1 per wk per muscle) because i feel its taking up too much time and my additude towards the gym is like its another day in hell. (yes I’ve tried changin my routines and yes i know theres no gain without pain) I also feel that there not much improvement in bulk gains (and yes I’m eating a nutritious diet) though i have notice that my strength is increasing because I check my log book and notice within 1-2months most of my exercises have increased 1-15kg heavier.

So guys what do you think bout my routine, have any tips, any suggestions or any answers I’ll be delighted to hear. please post!!!

P.S sorry bout the million words life story and you can find most of my exercises with pictures at following website

http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html

am i over training? and how long before i notice bulk improvements?
Oh and I’m training really hard so i can make state and maybe even the national rugby team.
am i training hard enough?

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