Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Jakey boy on October 31, 2012, 05:13:40 pm
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Hi all, I'm trad so using ladders, and for as long as I can remember every now and then my legs ache a lot in the evenings, it's a really deep ache, it usually effects my right leg more so then left.
Please don't say 'go wfp' - that's not the point... I'd just like to know if anyone else experiences it, it isn't like the aches you get from a gym work out, it's more of a deep ache all through my legs, I wondered if it was something to do with straining my legs on the ladders somehow? It's very annoying!
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Go wfp
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How much do you weigh?
Not taking the pee, serious question..
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I'm very well proportioned! I'm 5ft 8 and weigh 10 and a half stone, zero fat, just seems my right leg suffers the most, it's started aching now, finished work about 2pm, not sure why its happening...
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are you taking statins cholesterol ? stopped mine legs ok now also walk the dogs each day
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how long u been doing the job
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Been window cleaning 5 years, it used to happen every now and then but this last year is getting more frequent,
Statins? No idea what that is....!
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Protein!!!!!!
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Ha ha, it's definitely not protein, was a gym addict for years and took many a protein shake! My diet is pretty good! And still work out, just not as obsessively!
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Everyone is a psuedo doctor on here mate.
Your best bet is to go to the doctors. :P
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I went to the doctors with a black foot once?
The doctor shouted at the top of his voice..........GOUT!
I said Ive just come in!
I'll fetch me coat......again. >:(
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Yeah true, we all have our own diagnosis, I just wanted to know if anyone else had it, and perhaps I'm straining my legs on the ladders somehow, I'm clueless!
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hello i have been cleaning windows for just over 17 years and have been water fed for about five years but in the last month i myself had tingleing in legs , i noticed i got a varca vien , now i hear woman get these due to high heals , if you look at your stance when on ladders its simaler to woman in high heals , ??? ???
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I do go on tip toes a lot on the ladder... Especially when stretching... Could be repetitive strain, but tends to only hurt in the evenings, not so much at work, could be straining the muscles and that's causing aches.
Perhaps I'll try changing my foot position on the ladder...
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001810/ (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001810/)
Have a read of that mate.
Danny
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001810/ (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001810/)
Have a read of that mate.
Danny
Hi Danny, I've read about that before, but the symptoms don't fit mine...
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I used to get achy jumpy legs after martial arts training.....dont do it now and its gone :o
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what make of ladder have you? some have thinner rungs so your foot tends to claw round to get a grip which is bad for you
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when i was on ladders i tore my calf muscle twice...try some stretching after you have finished
work..cod liver oil capsules to help keep your joints supple aswell
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Hi Jakey
Try drinking Tonic Water Fever Tree and Q Tonic it's got Quinine in.
Really good analgesic and good for night cramps.
g.
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IT could be circulation problems I had that when I did gutter of a ladder. My feet and legs would pain.
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its just rsi mate, your legs never have time to recover...
like in the gym, u would,nt train the same part everyday.
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Cheers for advice, I'll look into the drink, and perhaps do some stretching, I've got the b&q ladders, with fat rungs, there comfy to stand on, so don't think it's the ladders them selves...
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How about a visit to the physiotherapist? They tend to know more about muscles etc, especially sports physios. I don't think they are that expensive either. Worth checking out properly rather than assuming.
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Got to agree with Robbo, Ive been cleaning 30 years now, and the only time i remember my legs aching was within the first 3 months of doing the job.
Good luck.
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Yeah true, Ill have a chat with the doctor, pretty sure it's not just fatigue, hopefully something simple!
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Been window cleaning 5 years, it used to happen every now and then but this last year is getting more frequent,
Statins? No idea what that is....!
Statins are tablets you take to reduce cholesterol.
Anyone can have high cholesterol even slim jims like you cos it's made by your liver. Mine makes too much, so much in fact that without the tablets I wouldn't see 50! :o
Worth checking but especially if lots of people died early in your family from heart problems.
Sorry boring comment.
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i used to get it most days when i was 100% trad.its all the ladder climbing mate!!
i dont get it now im WFP.my shoulders and arms dont ache either due to very light carbon poles and brushes!
i would knock the gym on the head as well if i were you and go swimming instead as its less strain on your muscles and good for circulation and general fitness.
best wishes
dazmond
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Yeah my family is all pretty healthy, may just be all the ladder work, might take up swimming, don't train legs in the gym, so don't think the gym makes too much difference, I'll ask the doc about cholesterol though!
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I went to the doctors with a black foot once?
The doctor shouted at the top of his voice..........GOUT!
I said Ive just come in!
I'll fetch me coat......again. >:(
Similar story here... i wnet to the dr and told him i feel like im a pair of curtains. He said, pull yourself together man! yeh, ill get me coat love >:(
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Get some ibuprofen down ya .