I think I might have gone back to training too soon after my shoulder injury, because it keeps giving me grief. I think that several muscles and ligaments around and attached to my shoulder have become inflamed and that I strained them too much during and after my recovery. I started getting almost RSI type feelings in my elbow, and a constant pressure on my shoulder of which I can’t find any relief. There’s a spot between my shoulder blade and my spine that feels like there’s a muscle that runs along the length of my back that’s pulled. There’s a big knot underneath my skin there that is painful when massaged, and I’m not sure if it’s just a result of tension because I’ve never had that type of tension in my back and shoulders before. For all I know it’s a torn muscle or muscular infection that’s causing the swelling, so I haven’t gotten a proper massage yet. I’ve scheduled an appointment with the doctor on Friday to get it all checked out, because today something happened that really made me very worried. I thought I should start getting back to doing my daily amount of push-ups, but my arm felt strange while I did them, like it was unable to support my weight. I could barely do ten push-ups without feeling like my arm could give way at any time. I hope I get some good news and won’t require time-consuming physiotherapy.
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Damn, that doesn’t sound good at all. Good luck with the appointment, hopefully there’s a simple answer that won’t involve any physiotherapy.
Due to the fact that I’m not a natural athlete, gifted with a healthy communion with his body. I kind of live in discord with my body, everything I want it to do I don’t get done because I’m gifted in that way, but rather that I apply discipline and willpower and hold dominion over this feeble flesh. Sad thing is, I don’t really understand what I can and can’t do, where I should draw the line, which is why I often end up with injuries.
I know what you mean, especially the idea of your bending your body to your will. Just remember…pain is weakness leaving the body! (not helpful at all, sorry.)
After talking to my physician about it, we’ve decided that it’s time to go back to the physiotherapist for me! I can, however, excercise lightly. Right. :)
So this means, you’ll not go to bjj but do some push ups every day + physiotherapy like, every week? Sounds do-able..
Physiotherapy is a much better answer than surgery. And what does “light” excercise mean?
It means “blah blah blah; you can’t roll.”
Yeah, fuck that shit.
Err…I mean, do the responsible thing, think about the long-term consequences, etc. Right.
I went to the physiotherapist today and he explained to me that while the break in my shoulder had healed properly, that I had a few locked vertebrae. And by a few, he meant a whole bunch in my neck and upper-back. Due to their inability to move my muscles were getting unnecessarily strained, which result in all kinds of problems. He cracked and popped me a bunch, which was an interesting experience, by which I mean equal parts scary and relieving. He also told me that I could do some light training again, but he said it with a wink, which threw my shit completely off. I’m going to take it as a sign that I can train again. :)