The one positive thing I have to say about taking ibuprofen and gabapentin before bed, is that I've been sleeping soundly through the night for a solid 6 hours. It works better than the tiny dose (3 mg) of melatonin I used to take. I should probably go to bed earlier and try for 7 hours but that never happens during the week.
I do my routine cardio, get warm and sweaty. I try "curl ups" for a few reps before returning to my standard core routine. I'm not sure how those differ from crunches or how they benefit us lower back pain sufferers. Sitting on the mat is still really uncomfortable and I wind up kneeling to do eye yoga movements. Sitting is going to be an issue for weight lifting as well.
The Step Mills are vacant so I do 10 minutes there while assessing the free weight area. The chatty regulars are all back, congregating around one of the breaker benches. I decide to skip all movements that either involve sitting or that put stress on my hamstrings, which means no Inclined DB Presses, and no Rip Skulls. However, that also means I can do everything else. And I do. It seems to work because driving back from the gym is so much less painful that I almost forgot about the sciatica. At least until I had to sit down in front of the computer.
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