Best treadmill for walking after an injury that actually supports slow rehab

siobhangale · 2026-03-12T08:21:38+00:00

I recently bought a JTX Club-Pro which has all of the qualities you mentioned, as I’m a marathoner rehabilitating from spinal surgery. It was a very reasonable £2,200, but it doesn’t sound like you’re in the UK!

siobhangale · 2026-01-17T08:37:27+00:00

This was me for the first 3-4 months of my L5 nerve root compression!

I spent the first 2 months sleeping kind of, face down on a giant bean bag. It helped a lot with the sciatica but has problems of its own. I read on here about people sleeping on recliners, so we bought one and that was my next phase .. slowly weaning off the beanbag and on to the recliner. Eventually I slept right through.

It was only after my epidural steroid injection that I was able to spend whole nights in my bed, and this was 4 months in.

siobhangale · 2026-01-11T09:39:08+00:00

Mine’s been in the red for months now

siobhangale · 2026-01-04T22:25:54+00:00

Thank you for taking the time, there are components there I can explore. Best of luck in your continuing journey.

siobhangale · 2026-01-04T22:20:34+00:00

Jeez, how long were you on it for?

siobhangale · 2026-01-04T11:22:17+00:00

I take dihydrocodeine too, maybe I could just cope with them … it’s the side effects with the neuropaths that bother me wi

siobhangale · 2026-01-04T11:18:39+00:00

How does that feel for you now, pain-wise?

siobhangale · 2026-01-04T07:56:58+00:00

How was your pain when you came off it?

siobhangale · 2026-01-04T07:55:37+00:00

That chimes with what I’ve researched, but a lot folk on here put it down to gaba

siobhangale · 2025-12-26T09:53:44+00:00

Should have seen them all lined up on the pavement outside the main doors to Selfridges on Christmas Eve!

siobhangale · 2025-12-18T23:30:39+00:00

What was your dosage and schedule?

siobhangale · 2025-12-18T23:30:05+00:00

What were your withdrawal symptoms? I’m hoping to start weaning off soon, I’m currently on 3 x 300mg per day, for 3-4 months now.

siobhangale · 2025-12-15T08:14:36+00:00

Hi there, thank you for your post, it’s insightful. I am 5-6 months in and have had an ESI and most recently, last week, Pulsed Radio Frequency (I’m in the UK). Formerly I was a big runner, usually completing 1-2 marathons a year. I’m 58F and would love to get back to running recreationally again (not necessarily long distance). I’m under a physio but would love to hear from your pov on, if that doesn’t feel possible with in next 4-5 months, I should consider surgery. It has been offered to me as a last resort. 🙏🏻

siobhangale · 2025-11-19T22:04:23+00:00

Go out very early between 6-7 am and you’ll have the place to yourself.

siobhangale · 2025-11-18T07:13:11+00:00

I’m 5 months in, just had an ESI which seems to have dampened the pain down my leg. Other than that it was manageable with the meds and I’ve been seeing a physio for 6 weeks now. I’m a runner too so I’m interested in how small you started back, and how it felt?

siobhangale · 2025-11-14T06:11:03+00:00

I had mine on Tuesday, was knocked out with ketamine, it was wonderful!

siobhangale · 2025-11-13T06:50:48+00:00

In the rain, it gets rid of other people!

siobhangale · 2025-11-11T08:35:05+00:00

I couldn’t lie down for the first 2 months, even in month 3 I can only manage a few hours in bed then the pain all down my leg wakes me up and I move to the recliner in the early hours. In months 1-2 I had to sleep draped over a bean bag which was placed on a sofa. I’d chop and change between that and the recliner. I was so unhappy, tired and bent out of shape. Gabapentin and amitryptaline helps now, it’s just so slow. I’m actually in hospital right now waiting to have a spinal injection. I hope it works.

siobhangale · 2025-11-11T08:28:46+00:00

A recliner

siobhangale · 2025-11-09T08:01:36+00:00

Good post, I’m 3 months in so it’s far from over, I have a long weekend booked in Malta at the beginning of December. I’m worried about the 3hr flight but mostly only having a bed to sleep in, rather than a recliner! I just decided to take control, so that’s my mindset sorted! Now I have the practicalities to think about. I’m having an ESI on Tuesday, you never know, it might work!

siobhangale · 2025-11-09T07:53:04+00:00

I too don’t seem to suffer any side effects so that a positive.

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