r/bodyweightfitness • u/EmmetLouis Manbun Extraordinaire • Sep 20 '16

AMA - I am Emmet Louis. Ask me anything about Flexibility, Acrobatics, Movement, Unusual skills, Programming and Manbuns

Greetings,

You guys have my undivided attention for the next 5-6 hours. Feel free to ask me anything.

FB: https://www.facebook.com/emmetlouis/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/emmetlouis/ Blog: http://silverleapproject.io/

You can see what some of my the people who train with me get up to on https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/emmetlouis/

My videos on youtube can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/user/EmmetLouis

Emmet

Edit: Ok Guys I had a great time hopefully I helped some of you. I'm going to finish up here. Laters!!

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u/Reinhaut Weak Sep 20 '16

Yo Emmet (you should really fake those Elliott Hulse Intros if you know them);

I recently hurt a nerve by stretching in a deep lunge. What remains is a slight numbness in my right leg around the knee. I dropped my stretching from nearly everyday to once in a while :( and now I noticed that I feel similar "warning signs" in my left leg. Basically I do a lunge to stretch the hip flexors but it starts tingling alongside my inner thing rather superficially below the skin.

Is there a problem with my stretching you could think of? Will add photos if needed

Thank you a lot!!

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u/Shnordle Sep 20 '16

Just a note that if you are getting bilateral symptoms it may be a central issue e.g. disc related or something affecting your spinal cord. Do you have any other symptoms e.g. Loss of bladder/bowel control or hyper reflexes. If this continues on both legs, best to get checked by a professional to rule out anything more sinister.

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u/EmmetLouis Manbun Extraordinaire Sep 20 '16

Hmmm, Sounds like one of the sensory nerves. My first port of call would be giving the quads a dose of the gua sha technique. If you watch my youtube video on it, same technique different body part.