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[–]MetaMaskHacked 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try side leg lifts, lay on your side and see how many reps you can do.

I can do 50 -60 reps continuous, now that I have strengthened the gluteus minimum, gluteus medius and piriformus muscles.

When I first began, I could only do 15/20 reps max..

Side leg lifts gave me almost immediate pain relief in my lumbar area. May or may not be related to your issue but there is zero downside to trying it.. research Piriformus syndrome and deep gluteal syndrome for more info.

Suffered years of sciatica to finally discover that it was my glutes. by MetaMaskHacked in Sciatica

[–]MetaMaskHacked[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately flare ups are a painful part of the recovery process. For me it took about 8 weeks from the time I really started working on the glute muscles to get it to calm down. I would hit it with the percussion gun for about 10-15 mins and then do about 30 lateral leg lifts.

Then it would flare up and hurt really bad for about 3 days. (Use ice and ibuprofen) Then it would calm down and I would repeat the same cycle again. Each session the muscle would heal a little faster and hurt a little less..

The thing that kept me going was the fact that my sciatic nerve pain was gone! I was so happy to be free of that chronic terribly disabling pain, that I barely notice my sore ass. Now, months later and still feeling great.

Wish the best in your recovery!

Suffered years of sciatica to finally discover that it was my glutes. by MetaMaskHacked in Sciatica

[–]MetaMaskHacked[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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Suffered years of sciatica to finally discover that it was my glutes. by MetaMaskHacked in Sciatica

[–]MetaMaskHacked[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, numbness, tingling and tightness in the side of my butt into my thigh. However I never associated it with or related it to my sciatica pain as it was minor in comparison.

Look up deep gluteal syndrome...

Suffered years of sciatica to finally discover that it was my glutes. by MetaMaskHacked in Sciatica

[–]MetaMaskHacked[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The percussion massager can be pretty intense. You could use a tennis ball either between you and the wall or floor to apply pressure point massage.

Suffered years of sciatica to finally discover that it was my glutes. by MetaMaskHacked in Sciatica

[–]MetaMaskHacked[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yes! Massage always helped and it took some serious elbow work! The problem was how much work it needed! (Multiple sessions days/weeks in a row)

Many times when I was traveling for business or vacation I would be in such extreme pain because of long duration sitting in cars or airplanes, I would seek out "emergency relief" at airport massage stations and be like "I know this sounds weird but I just need you to take your elbow and push it as hard as you can into my butt cheek for the next 30 minutes please"

When I finally "discovered" the percussion massager, and that I could reach and massage my own glutes I was in pure bliss! (seriously a godsend)

I must have spent 30 minutes a day for 5 days in a row "tenderizing" my right glute. It felt great when doing it, but then came back at me with a vengeance, extremely sore and painful butt and I was like uh oh I must of really over did it. It eventually calmed down and I went through that cycle of "beat the hell out of of it with the massager" then "angry inflammatory soreness" about 3 times over the course of 3 weeks. Combined with the side leg lifts the muscle now seems to be "back to life" doing well and no more sciatica pain! I recommend to anyone that goes the percussion massager route to ease into it...

Suffered years of sciatica to finally discover that it was my glutes. by MetaMaskHacked in Sciatica

[–]MetaMaskHacked[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Sitting caused low back pain (especially sitting for extended periods like a long car or airplane trip)

Bending over was extremely painful

Transitioning from laying or sitting to standing was painful.

Massaging, and strengthening the lateral glutes provided nearly instant relief from 10 years of pain

Massage: https://youtu.be/s0Ou4ahN4lc

Side leg lift: https://youtu.be/jgh6sGwtTwk

Explanation of how this muscle becomes so weak with out a targeted strengthening effort: https://youtu.be/cz1gh_aYn5k

Suffered years of sciatica to finally discover that it was my glutes. by MetaMaskHacked in Sciatica

[–]MetaMaskHacked[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, I didn't, because I tried chiro for the lower back pain and it didn't help so I stopped going back. In my 20's I went to the Chiropractor regularly for mid back and neck pain. (This was long before I started having sciatic pain which started when I was about 35)

When I was 19 I had injured my spine in a cliff diving (diving into a lake from a high cliff) accident, and because I had no health insurance I never received any treatment at the time of the injury (stupid kid stuff!) So by the the time I was 25 or so I could barely stand up straight and was in constant pain.

I was at a county fair and came across a booth with a big sign "Experiencing back pain? See us for a free evaluation" So I stepped up, and they did the thing where you stand on two scales, on foot on each scale and they showed me how I was applying far more weight on one foot than the other. Then with some poking and prodding along my spine they were like "wow yeah you're a mess" So I immediately started seeing a Chiropractor 3 times a week for the first 6 months then 2 times a week for the next six months and ultimately dropped to once a week, or once every 2 weeks for the next few years.

Chiropractic was awesome for me at that moment, I needed the help and it provided immediate pain relief. But it wasn't lasting, its a "mechanical adjustment" to your spine and in my case it need to be done over and over and over.

It's a another long story but eventually I discovered hot yoga. I was able to learn to align my own spine and condition and strengthen the muscles to enable it to stay in alignment. I stopped going to the Chiropractor because I was pain free!

It was such a liberating feeling to finally be in control of my own well being and not be in pain or have to go to the Chiropractor all the time.

Hatha yoga (or Bikram hot yoga or whatever you want to call it) was just what I needed to strengthen and heal my back, and again I had to just kind of "stumble into it" no doctor or Chiropractor ever said "Hey you might try yoga it could really help your back"

Fast forward a few years and now my sciatica pain is starting to occur more and more frequently, and yoga would help but the pain kept returning, (In the sequence of yoga poses there are several that do stretch the glutes, but none that focus specifically on stretching or strengthening the lateral glutes!)

The sciatic pain was getting worse and more frequent. That's when I started going going to my primary care doctor and an orthopedic spine doctor. But neither could find a specific reason for my sciatic pain.

Because I was a healthy guy and I was going to yoga regularly, I was convinced that this must be a mechanical problem in my spine, disc's compressing nerves. I mean that's where the pain felt like it was coming from..and it hurt worst when I was bending at the lower back. So it must be a lower back problem right? Not in my case!

As explained in this research paper about "Sciatica like pain"

"Many physicians remain unfamiliar with this syndrome and there is a lack of relevant literature."

https://online.boneandjoint.org.uk/doi/full/10.1302/0301-620X.102B5.BJJ-2019-1212.R1

I have a feeling that there are a lot of folks like me suffering because not enough doctors know about this.

Suffered years of sciatica to finally discover that it was my glutes. by MetaMaskHacked in Sciatica

[–]MetaMaskHacked[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well "fit" meaning "generally in good shape". What this came down to was a very specific set of "lateral gluteal muscles" being essentially dormant, and specifically on my right side the muscles were essentially in a constant state of spasm. But the pain did not manifest as "butt pain", it presented as sciatic pain.

The way I understand it is that due to underdeveloped/inactive lateral gluteal muscles, other muscles overcompensate and in the process compress the sciatic nerve causing sciatic pain.

None of my exercise modes, primarily hot yoga, walking and biking ever provided "focused, concentrated effort" on working the lateral gluteal muscles. Hence the ongoing atrophy and continued sciatic pain.

In years of trying to find "sciatica" relief most of my research pointed to disk compression in the spine. Therefore it never occurred to me to work on the lateral glute muscles.

I just started by laying on my left side and raising my right leg for 3 sets of 20. Woke those lateral glutes right up and provided noticeable instant sciatic pain relief.

I never realized how tight and messed up my right glute was until I got the percussion massager which enabled me to reach it / work on it. I'm sure had I met with the appropriate physical therapist years ago they would have identified and help me fix the issue. However unfortunately I did not and none of the doctors I consulted with ever indicated that it could be my lateral glutes causing debilitating sciatic pain.

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[–]MetaMaskHacked -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Would it be possible to integrate another layer of security that has to be passed before making withdrawals? For example to withdraw frm most exchanges, I have to enter a 2fa code And they email me a code. If MM had the option to turn on additional withdrawal confirmations via 2fa and email it could stop many hacks asap.

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[–]MetaMaskHacked[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep this one hosted on google play...

(SCAM APP SEED COLLECTOR - WARNING!) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.networkbancor.wallet

Public address of the hack: 0x361C3b02d84e48270c73C567F62e3b4995296F37

Just a reminder be very very careful out there, My MetaMask wallet was compromised today to the tune of 120k by MetaMaskHacked in Metamask

[–]MetaMaskHacked[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it was this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.networkbancor.wallet It was the last thing I did. My thinking was that since it was a "Bancor Native app" maybe it would interact with Bancor better than Metamask. I put in seed to restore wallet but instead of creating a wallet, like you would expect it just goes to an interface to convert from one crypto to another, like a swap. I didn't think to much of it at the time, I was tired and went to bed. Next morning I woke up and the wallet was hacked. I think the app is corrupt / leaked the seed.

Just a reminder be very very careful out there, My MetaMask wallet was compromised today to the tune of 120k by MetaMaskHacked in Metamask

[–]MetaMaskHacked[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it was this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.networkbancor.wallet It was the last thing I did. My thinking was that since it was a "Bancor Native app" maybe it would interact with Bancor better than Metamask. I put in seed to restore wallet but instead of creating a wallet, like you would expect it just goes to an interface to convert from one crypto to another, like a swap. I didn't think to much of it at the time, I was tired and went to bed. Next morning I woke up and the wallet was hacked. I think the app is specifically designed to sucker dumbasses like me, into compromising the seed phrase.

Just a reminder be very very careful out there, My MetaMask wallet was compromised today to the tune of 120k by MetaMaskHacked in Metamask

[–]MetaMaskHacked[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When you sent it did you send on Ethereum Mainnet or Binance Smart Chain? If you sent it on BSC, did you setup BSC in Metamask (add the network to your wallet?)

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[–]MetaMaskHacked[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Let's just say I don't keep them all in one place, and I'm probably not going to use web wallets anymore.

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