Special Edition of THE QATSPY® SATURDAY’S SPORTS PAGE for YOUR LIFE
By: Charles W. Boatright, President & CEO of THE QATSPY®
Most Effective Therapy for Sciatic Nerve: While recovering from Prostate Cancer, I couldn’t work out in my GYM that inflamed my Sciatica. The exercise that helped my incontinence was Rowing, that also relieved my Sciatica Issue
IF YOU HAVE SCIATIC NERVE ISSUES, ROWING IS YOUR TICKET TO ALLEVIATING YOUR ISSUE.
I was diagnosed with Stage 2 Prostate Cancer on December 28th, 2023 that led me to having a Prostatectomy (Prostate Removal) on February 05th, 2024. You have to wait a month after a biopsy (done on 22Dec2023) to have surgery to remove the prostate, this was the reason for the delay in my surgery.
My surgeon (Dr. Runnels with Jackson Urology) used the Da Vinci Robotic procedure for my Prostatectomy that was very successful. My PSA on March 21st, was 0. This was what we were hoping and praying for that we are looking to repeat in June of 2024 follow-up, as well.
It took eight (8) weeks for me to recover from my surgery. This recovery time caused my sciatic nerve to become an issue, because of my inactivity, of not being able to work out in my Gym.
When I was able to get back into my gym, in mid-March, I started back with simple Yoga and rowing exercises at first. I did light Rowing Exercises mainly for my incontinence, a side effect from having a Prostatectomy. Incontinence is temporary, if you follow certain therapy techniques that I did this issue will be eliminated.
Two days after I started my Rowing experiences again, my sciatic nerve issues relented and dramatically improved along with me eliminating my incontinence. Not even the Yoga exercises helped me as much as the Rowing Exercises did. I started in mid-March with 30 Lb. pull elastic resistance tubing before getting back up to my 80-Lb. pull that I usually work out with during my rowing exercises that is a part of my MELIORA DIET & Fitness Program.
Now, since I’m back doing my full MELIORA (50-minute) Workout, during the first week of April, I have eliminated all my sciatic nerve issues that include discomfort in my back, legs, and calves, and particularly numbness in my feet.
The most debilitating symptom of a sciatic nerve issue is the numbness in the bottom of the feet that can lead to balance and instability issues.
Muscle Groups Worked Rowing
There are numerous other benefits from a rowing exercise than just relieving sciatic nerve issues and incontinence, you are almost getting a full body workout with just one element, this works the following muscle groups that includes:
Forearms
Arms Biceps/Triceps
Shoulders
Deltoids
Pictorial
Trapezius
Chest
Core
Back
Rhomboid muscles
Abdominal/external obliques/lower
*Erector spinal muscles
Gluts
Quadriceps
Calves
(*)The spinal erectors is a set of muscles that straighten and rotate the back. The spinal erectors work together with the glutes to maintain stable posture standing or sitting and also alleviates the Sciatic nerve issues. These two muscle groups (spinal/gluts) are why rowing exercises are so beneficial for a sciatic nerve issue.
Ladies if you want great looking abdominals, gluts, and quads, then Rowing exercise is the key and ticket to your fitness that is actually fun and convenient to do. Fox & Friends Weekend (with Will Cain, Rachel Campos-Duffy and Pete Hegseth as host) featured an entire section on the benefits of rowing.
And you don’t need an expensive rowing machine to perform rowing exercises guys and ladies. I use a simple elastic resistance tubing sitting on my bench where I perform my bench presses. For my foot hold at my rowing station, I use a kick block platform to push against. I do my rowing (consisting of 80 SLOW reps) three (3) times a day for my therapy and for my exercises. I do my first one before my morning devotion and meditation each day.
If you want an illustration on how rowing works the Quads of a 66- year old man, look in the illustration in the featured image, above, on how my Quads are firing on the pullback action in the rowing exercise. Below, is my starting position that I began with for my rowing element.
Proper procedure is to bend back at the HIPS, not waist, below pulling back on the resistance. Then to return to the starting position, bend back up before extending the arms and forearms toward the anchor point.
Just to show the evidence how well Rowing Exercises works, Look at the ABS of a 66- Year Old Man taken in November of 2023 before my State 2 Prostate Cancer diagnoses. GUYS GET YOUR PSA TEST DONE, EARLY DETECTION IS KEY TO YOUR SURVIVAL.
Resistance training is the best age-defying technique that you can follow.
