I m 75 year old male in good health. Did a Life Line screening last month and everything was very good. But in the last 3 weeks I would walk 1 block and the back of my left calf in the middle would knot up and be pretty painful to walk. I stop and stretch it out and would help a little but would still hurt. I jog for at least a minute at night at 5 mph and do a 100 reps on a exerciser.
Hello, As your age is 75 we can expect some physiological changes in the body. Due to aging, there will be a reduction in the endurance of the muscular system along with other systems. Having done a regular exercise in low intensity will improve the overall physical ability of the muscle to function and also will improve the endurance and delay the fatigue. What you are facing is fatigue, and fatigue can be handled by improving endurance. You are doing sit and stand exercise in a chair for about 1 minute, which is not enough. So try doing sit and stand exercise 45 times. I know it sounds a little stupid but just tries it out. If you can withstand for 1 minute and continuously do 45 repetitions of sit and stand, then you will get the best outcome score. In my clinical practice of over 12 years, I always take this part of the exercise to improve the endurance in geriatrics. In fact, results achieved are 60 seconds 45 sit & stand, which is a big number. But perfect outcome scores. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Jay In Chat Doctor.