Doctors told me to STOP running the length of Africa - Running Africa #52
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Gus is by far the best decision you made on this trip.
You act like man the myth the legend that is Jared didn’t exist.
@@TerryHoskinJared will be back gus is a bit of a Swiss Army knife
@@TerryHoskinJared is annoying
@@bengibson8907no
@@TerryHoskin Yeah Jared will be back yay
Gus is a fucking legend. Keep him forever. What a guy
Gus is a brilliant addition to each episode
It was so understated in the introduction the fact that you should have less to run than you have run.
Probably doesn't want to jinx it before the next three countries descend into civil war and anarchy
TAKE A DAMN REST
I literally have a rest day after going the supermarket, this guy refuses to have a rest day after 70k and with a dodgy back. After watching this series for months, I can confirm he is the hardest geezer. Keep that ferocious stomping going, I’ll be having a strawberry daiquiri with you, here in Australia once you make it !!
Him the hardest geezer? Dont make me laugh. Ill have you know i once stepped on a lego and only cried for 30 mins.
Everyone in the comments telling Russ to look after his back and be careful. Meanwhile Stan and Jamie sitting for hours in front of the shittiest desks ever seen. 😆
Yeah but they have a cushion !!
Physio here. Definitely ask for a second opinion from a doctor or actually go see a physiotherapist for a full assessment including neurological screening. The milage you’re putting on your body has to pay its toll eventually, however, with a full assessment we could figure out what’s going on to help you get back to doing those 1s and 2s. If on the scan there is no serious pathology, ie disc bulge with canal stenosis, if I were make an educated guess (not medical advice in the slightest) of chronic lower back pain with radicular pain/radiculopathy (only if you’re feeling numbness or weaknesses in your legs). You need appropriate treatment but more so a thorough examination.
Best of luck
Adam
Would you suggest chiropractor to help with back adjustment to take the strain off the nerve that that often gets trapped?
The videos are all about 2-3 weeks behind btw (if you weren't aware). Believe he is doing better now based on his Instagram posts.
@@cfields192no
@@cfields192back adjustments are 99% of the time a scam. Snake oil salesmen
@@cfields192 A chiropractor is useful, but it's equally important to reduce the muscle tension that causes a bone to be misplaced in the first place - else it will just pull it back into the wrong place again after a while. The musculoskeletal therapy of massage+chiropractic+stretches usually work best in tandem with each other.
Hey brother. I admire you running the length of Africa. I don’t know if you’ve taken rest days, but even the best runners in the world need them. I hope you get better soon so you can finish this remarkable journey.
You are a beast.
15:30 you can tell Gus was a paratrooper! He is one hardcore operator
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I'm actually gonna start drinking perfect ted because of the support they're giving our boy 👊🏼
It's an awful beverage.
Done the opposite for me, sick of hearing about it.
That's not something any doctor has likely ever said before. "STOP running the length of Africa".
Gus is really coming into his zone on the camera
Might be worth sending those x-rays/any future scans to other docs for a 2nd opinion
I've had a herniated disc about 10 times in my life and i'm 27. It started from a back injury when i was younger. This sounds like a partial herniated disc. It can happen after the amount of running you do. Always rest up and do not stretch. Give it 3-5 days and you'll be back in shape.
You’d need an MRI scan to confirm the presence of a disc pathology. It sounds a lot like you have a radiculopathy (impingement of a nerve root by a disc). You are probably going to need to take a decent rest, significantly reduce the mileage and use painkillers for some time. Most of these issues take 3-12 weeks to resolve, but you need to modify the load to facilitate that. Things like stretching, massage and even exercises etc probably don’t make a huge difference in the scheme of things, but you can do them if they feel good.
The tarmac is trying to get its revenge. You need to remember Big Nige and let him inspire you🐊🐊🐊
We all support u russ but u really need to rest for a few days, change those shoes and do whatever it is that you need to get back to those 1s and 2s. At the end of the day, its unlikely anyone will ever do this feat again so time isnt a big constraint!
I was waiting for this episode where you'd have less left to run than you had already done... unbelievable!
Wow, I respect what he did. Running. They should do a movie about this
I just went through this same thing. My xray didn’t show anything either, but the MRI definitely showed I had a severely herniated disc. The pain over months got to the point that at 38 I literally couldn’t walk. The pain was in my hamstring like a charlee horse that wouldn’t quit. Be careful!
Russ have you thought that the shoes you are currently wearing might be the problem?
wrote him to see a pediatrist the other day- it's up to him.
he goes through a new pair every week or so-> moreso the amount of running he's doing vs the gear he's using is the problem.
Hope you can get some relief. Great job everyone .
You guys should make a video introducing each member of the team
I hope Guus gets his own spin off after this mission
It's probably too late but doesn't Russ have a foam roller or a massage ball
The pain is still there you just masking the pain becarful x
Nice to hear the midlands accent in these videos 😂 repping.
Thought he sounded like he was from brum?
Need to have Gus motivation speech as my alarm in the morning
Russ you are my spirit animal haha
“It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life for me, and I’m feeling pretty shit to be honest.” 😂 That is about to become my motto for life.
Frankie Stew and Harvey Gunn are class, you have good taste Russ
you lads are mad, i love this journey.. long live the 1s&2s !!
Gus and the battle of the donut😂
Can you link to individuals (ever changing) in support vehicles & brief bio? And when leave, why & what's up? 😊
Hell yeah, literally just clicked your profile as I got the notification. Keep smashing the one’s and two’s baby!
could be a Sciatica nerve pain that won't show on x rays, can vary widely. It may feel like a mild tingling, dull ache, or burning sensation. In some cases, the pain is severe enough to make a person unable to move. The pain most often occurs on one side. Some people have sharp pain in one part of the leg or hip and numbness in other parts. Everything starts at your feet, and invest in good running shoes. It's up to you.
This back pain did seem to show up as soon as he got new shoes, so it could be related
What makes you think it’s “sciatica nerve pain?” Just curious because I’m a physio but would love to hear about what’s made you conclude that? Very alarming that you can make a medical diagnosis without assessing him? Maybe leave it to the professionals
@@adamcathcart8519 Smack the 1s and 2s away from your computer out of this mans nice and considerate comment. You remind me of the Nigerian concrete
@@adamcathcart8519So people aren't allowed to hypothesize the cause of Russ' back pain to help Russ just because he isn't diagnosed by a professional? A hypothesis isn't a "diagnosis" as you put it but can be very valuable to narrow things down once he does see a professional. Just because you're a physio doesn't excuse yourself for being a butt for people trying to help in any way they can.
Sciatic or Sacroiliac, a Back Wonder Brace definitely helps.
Russ and Guus both have some of that SAS mentality, they def have developed a bond, it's nice to see
herniated discs and sciatica/nerve pain is terrible. could barely stomach walking from the parking lot to the hospital
Big shout Frankie Stew Harvey Gunn
Your symptoms sound very similar to mine. I have a herniated disc and a ruptured disc right now. Think I got it from running a lot. You run about a gizzillion kms more then me so be very careful with this. If it is spinal then it wont go away and it will defo just get way worse. Hope its not tho but just mind your back. Youre defo gonna need it as you get older 🤣🤣.. PS Gus is hilarious. Great addition. Altho I miss Jared. Hope he comes back soon.
Guys you should start making tiktok videos to go viral finally ❤
Let's go champ!
C'mon Russ!!! Those twins are in Cameroon!!!! You need to keep going!!!
what twins?
who?
@@EJproductionsxDThey're runners from Kenya, started a similar route about 60 days after Russ... gaining fast!
@@voetbal12 Could you send a link? I have tried to google them but I can't find anything about them
I found it hard to hear what you were saying in the final bit. Did the doctors actually tell you to stop running, or was that insincere clickbait?
10:49 I feel your pain Gus. We don't trust ourselves either 😂
Wait so the doctors found nothing? They just gave him painkillers?
Great videos but the clickbait is abhorrent
It's part of the game, get over it@@VidsElitex
And he will be perfectly fine in the next episode. Then in three more episodes there will be a totaly diferent problem.
Dude stop complaining, no one cares@@user-pf1uq4dd9l
@@VidsElitex I think they’re kinda desperate because their views have gone down in the past ~3 months. For a while they were consistently getting 100K+ views (not that their views now are anything to scoff at!)
big up frankie stew and harvey gunn
Is pizza Nigeria’s national dish?
Yes
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More than half way my man!
Halfway there! Keep it up, you'll be on a Tunisian beach before you know it!
Is it just me or is the exiting more sloppy? I think the endings of these videos are getting worse, it feels like they end very abruptly, just in the middle of things.
We love Gus
Could beleg muscle tightness, sciatica pain, vertebrae compression all of which won't really be that easy to diagnose
Just here for the Gus content tbh
I hope you will make an educated decision on what's the best for you without being patronized by our stupid comments from the sideline as this is rather incomprehensible without being in your smelly shoes. All the best and thanks for the inspiration.
Did gus decide not to leave? And when are the other boys coming back?
He was never leaving, it was just worded confusingly in the last video that it was his last day *alone* with russ
@@calumvaughan8690very misleading it was....most of us were under the impression that gus was leaving....not knowing he was in the next video lol
Why is Stan always the butt of jokes? He is only one of original support crew to go the long haul. That takes big "eggs"!
Nothing stops the hardest geezer!!
Coco shreddies for the win, also frankie stew and Harvey are great
Might be your shoes that causes it. Shoes over 1500km max are basically useless for support
I swear Russ’ back pain started right after he changed his running shoe
Please let a trained professional look over these x-ray images. Most deviations are nearly impossible to spot for untrained personnel. Sometimes even tiny things have a huge effect.
BANG BANG
Xray wont show a herniated disc big chap. Only useful for fractures/bone conditions.
Mad that you can just rock up and get an xray? If you were running across the UK you’d have to wait 6 months even for a referral
cash goes far there. Why people without any are fuct. It may be slow in the UK but we get there in the end. Hopefully. Or it used to be.
7:24 Big up Frankie Stew & Harvey Gunn!
Maybe the back pain is just from sleeping on a shit mattress? I had back pain from sleeping on a shit mattress at least.
I'm not an expert, and you might want to look into it for serious back issues, but some yoga positions to stretch the back and spine might really help and are something you can actively do to improve it. I've had a few friends with back pain that said yoga stretches with the back / spine really helped. E.g cat/cow, child's pose, reclined supine twist.
What is the tune at 6:47 please?
Frankie stew and Harvey Gunn the hardest geezer has taste
You need an MRI, not an X-Ray
We should get Joe Rogan to notice this..
Mate ive been watching your health slowly deteriorate. Your diets not sustaining you sufficiently. Look into eating more fats, nuts, fatty meats, avocados, eggs, your energy and recovery will improve massively as well as your sleep. Try it out, I wanna see you complete this thing bro
Fr he needs full nutritious meals. Huel, snacks and energy drinks ain't gonna cut it.
So no doctor told you to stop like the title says. I am sure in the next episode you will be running fine.
Their titles tend to be a bit click-baity, I usually don't mind, but this one is a bit too much
Multiple physics and doctors have already spoken to him and told him to stop. I'm betting he'll take 3-5 days off and rest up.
@@StazzaUK Not in this video.
Did they give you any lansoprazole or similar gastro resistant capsules with the naproxen? It can play havoc with your gut without.
I started getting back pain in my 20s and fixed it by cutting back on crap foods that cause inflammation (doctors never told me to do this - they just gave me drugs/exercises instead but I never did the drugs). Stop eating foods like pizza, bread, and any other foods that cause inflammation as it's terrible for back pain (got rid of my hay fever like this as well). Also doing yoga/breathing exercises really helps.
When did Stan get a haircut?
How often did you run before you took on this challenge I’ve got a challenge of my own I would like to do eventually 🏃
back pain? i prescribe a workout band and hundreds if not thousands of good mornings until there's a glorious glute and back pump fixes basically everything
Is James related to a certain handsome Spaniard who currently manages Arsenal? 👀
My mind is going blank, what’s the song at 11:57
Partial herniated disc. Stop running for a few days. You’ll feel 100% again.
Advise from myself (English roofer) who suffered with the same thing earlier this year.
I'm mean I would get a few more scans and see a few more professionals then I would totally listen to Gus. Take the pills, attack the tarmac.
1s and 2s lad 👌
Please guys what’s the song at 11:57
LATE DAILY AVERAGES WITH TASH
DAY AVERAGEkm DIFFERENCEkm
201 42.01 -0.01
202 42.00 -0.01
203 41.99 -0.01
204 41.97 -0.02
205 41.76 -0.21
206 41.56 -0.20
Can't imagine doing this healthy, definitely can't imagine doing it injured!
I'm happy he has company this time.
Imagine if he'd tried completing this alone like he has in the past!!!
W gus
Do a giveaway for the x-ray
Naproxen ain’t a muscle relaxant lads it’s an anti-inflammatory. Don’t take it on an empty stomach or will give you Gastritis
The South’s Git Something To Say
A few have commented on the shoe situation. It seemed to start with the black shoes. Maybe try another pair and see how you go.
Apologies if I’m stating the obvious.
Love watching ya progress. Donated and Patreon 🤙🏽
No offence but I'm really surprised nobody has done this already I would have thought this was one of the obvious routes for ppl who do mental stuff like this surely ppl have walked it or biked it too ?
*Doctors 😅
Absolute leg end ❤
bell*
As someone who's had multiple slipped discs and surgeries to try fix them, it never goes away
For most people, herniated discs actually do heal on their own with rest. Unlucky.
3:07 You just casually walked 40 kilometers?
You had serious back problems but you still walked over 40km. Sorry what?! Hardest Geezer confirmed
russ you are a animal! diet has a lot to do with inflammation.... I know quality food is scarce but get delivered a suitcase full of high quality dried meats...beef jerky. cause all that pizza is just going to make it harder for you to recover. get off the sugar caffeine and gluten and just eat heaps of meat your performance would be optimized. keep on crushing it gangsta.