Ok thanks. I’ll Google labrum.
Did you need (or get) surgery?
This was back in 2002, and I DID get the surgery, but I shouldn’t have, given how young I was. But a torn labrum typically needs to be surgically repaired (and, of coures, properly diagnosed).
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Got a labrum tear also. I’m young and didn’t get the surgery. If it is a labrum tear that isn’t too bad, talk to your doctor about just doing physical therapy. My doctor was super against it but I did rehab and now have full range of motion and even more strength/stability compared to before the surgery. Just a thought.
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Ok thanks.
I’ll try anything non-medical (ie, free) through end of year, I’m thinking.
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Forgot about this but it’s a great place to start
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@freshyfresh and @T3hPwnisher I appreciate your inputs on the shoulder injury.
It may require a visit to a PT just to diagnose and then god knows what to treat. But in the short term, I’ll try the videos and a variety of diagnostic and rehab techniques. I’m more interested in rehab than in diagnosis, because the “what” doesn’t really matter; but proper diagnosis could probably help guide rehab work…
On the subject of being young: Pwn I’m pretty sure we’re both closer to 50 than to 20. Think about that…
10/27/2023 Friday:
Shoulder Rehab: 3 rounds of 30 sec hang, crazy amounts of light DB shoulder stuff, including now internal and external rotations with a 5lb. Will experiment and find other angles and movements, and hopefully find my bands and do some daily.
Squats: 20 reps at 155lb.
Reverse hypers, leg ext, bi’s and tri’s, more shoulder stuff (with cables).
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10/30/2023 Monday
Weekend: Played hard both days. Saturday we met up with some new friends who surf, my oldest boy nailed it on his first try, I flailed around burning calories on a bodyboard for a while, and did sled drags on the beach for most of the kids. Was absolutely wiped from those.
Sunday we bought a board, wife and I took turns trying it or taking kids out on it, burned a lot more calories and had a lot of fun.
Today:
20 rep squats, 165lb.
Also, 15 minutes of shoulder rehab.
Lower back feels JACKED UP, shoulder is a train wreck.
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Ugh! Sending you speedy healing vibes!
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11/1/2023
20 rep squats. 175lb.
Video etc to follow.
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Also spent 15 minutes on shoulder rehab before this
Worked up to a 255lb squat single after this. Out of time, had a lot of urgent obligations.
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I’m aware that my hips shoot up every rep, and then i good-morning it.
Is this a problem? I feel like i go deep enough and i move the load.
If it is a problem whats the solution?
I think the only problem is that i just posted a twerking video.
@T3hPwnisher @simo74
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I am not sure what you mean by a problem. It probably isn’t ideal but then most of us are far from that anyway. It look to me like you take a fairly wide stance but as you initiate the squat you have some valgus, your knees cave in. It is hard to see from this angle. Would love a video from directly behind and not on the floor, and one from the side to see bar bath and hips coming up.
If it was me I would try bringing my stance in a little, turning my toes out and focusing on the knees going out over the toes. I wouls do it with light weights first to build the new motor pattern. A band around the quads just above the knees can also be helpful to cue keeping the knees out.
@wiseman83 any thoughts ?
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Weak Glutes IMO. The glutes are everything man.
It’s ok early on, then they leave the party soon after and your Hammies completely take over the movement.
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This has always been the case. Hams seem to take over everything!
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I feel you man!
I’m also a long legged son of a gun.
Well, two of them anyway.
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Weak glutes- looks like you will be doing Bulgarians twice a week. Good luck
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Ultraminimalist.
Shoulder rehab every day,
20 rep squats,
Bulgarians.
It will grow my biceps!
Bulgarians grow everything
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Good movements from Andrew Lock to engage the glutes before squatting. Try adding these as part of your warm up
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For me, it meant my quads were weak, and I was effectively hinging my squat up, relying on my posterior chain to complete the movement. It’s not necessarily bad, but if your goal is to stay upright, I’d get in more quad work.
Also, I’d set the bar lower in the j-hooks. Having to calf raise the weight out of the rack can be a bad scene.
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