I have numbness in my left leg and left foot. The numbness went all the way up to my hip for several months but that part is gone now. I have always eaten well, taken vitamins and participated in some sort of exercise most of my life. About 2.5 years ago, I noticed numbness in my left leg and I thought I had pulled a muscle. After a month, I saw the doc and he told me it was a pinched nerve in my L4 and L5 at the base of my spine. So, a pinched nerve in my back influences numbness in my leg. I was insistent for over a year that they were wrong, but after hearing it from different doctors and nurses 6-8 times, I began to believe them. It's still numb and the doc told me I was going to have to live with it. It's not painful, just a nuisance. I wish there was something I could do to 'unpinch it', but apparently there isn't.
It is called sciatica, welcome to the club! You can try stretches and special exercises, you might get lucky: https://www.brownlowhealth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sciatica-printable-pdf.pdf Or the McKenzie method: https://www.verywellhealth.com/mckenzie-exercises-for-your-low-back-2696222
Thanks, I will check it out. Today is Independence Day. Maybe the links will free me from my numbness.......
Not much of an equipped lifting fan here but that 59y o could probably out bench most young guns , well done: https://barbend-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/barbend.com/billie-gillespie-903lb-bench-press/amp/?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1#referrer=https://www.google.com&_tf=From %1$s&share=https://barbend.com/billie-gillespie-903lb-bench-press/
Thanks for the suggestions. Most of them look like they are yoga related. I do yoga daily but I don't do all of the exercises every day, except for perhaps downward dog. It feels good knowing that the yoga routine I do is helpful to improving myself. But I am still going to follow the routines recommended. Thanks!
Downward dog is my go to stretch when running. Before and after every run. I actually will do that stretch anywhere anytime.