Thread: Exercise Question...

It may be that your exercise routine is too leg dominant, as you only mention elliptical trainer and treadmill.

On both those units, the lower spine is significantly static and predominantly only taken through very small degrees of flexion and extension (forward and back).

You lower back has neural relays (networks of nerves) that extend down to your feet and soome more specific attention to lower and mid-back work on some other machines in the gym could help.

Asking the gym staff about which machines to use for this purpose could be your first course of action and hopefully help you. If it doesn't, you might want to consult a Biomechanist, which is an expert in Exercise Biomechanics.

They would look at the way you move whilst exercising and analyse the possible causes of your numb feet and I've seen that work very well on a number of occasions. If you can't find one a Physio should be your next choice, as although they are not actually trained in Exercise/performance Biomechanics (their training is in rehab/healing Biomechanics only), their familiarity with the body could shed some light on it for you.

However, lets hope that with all the advice you're getting on here, you never need either of them. All the best for getting tingle free feet!!