I’d like to think my injuries are bad luck or underlying issues of which I was unaware. I didn’t know I had hip impingement and less than ideal bone structure until I started having problems.
My biceps tendon popped out of thy groove while dunking a basketball. I’d like to say that was a fluke but I’ve had a long history of biceps tendinitis.
It depends on the injury. A torn ACL doesn’t require a lot of answers about why or how. You get it fixed and have to strengthen the leg from a pretty weak place so any weaknesses you had that may have caused the injury will get addressed during PT.
My hip dysfunction, on the other hand, seems to require more effort. I guess I can’t say I’m determining why it’s messed up, but I think addressing my problems answers those questions. I have dysfunction because of A, B, & C. I guess I won’t answer how I got those dysfunctions, but I know they’re the cause of my pain.
So are we all agreeing that injuries are inevitable? If we work hard and push our bodies to do new things then at some point we break it. The only question is how hard we push and how soon we get injured.
Given that an injury causes a set back which we then need to rebuild from. My next question is would we be better pushing less and staying injury free? Would that lead us to the same place over time without the injury ??
One thing I’ve observed is that a large portion of the population who doesn’t exercise still has injuries. I seem to be the only fit person in the waiting room at the orthopedic surgeon’s office.
I agree. I have worked with a lot of injured people in the past. Most were not athletes, most not even active.
At a certain point, I would think so. There are ways to postpone them or avoid them for a long time but if you are pushing hard enough, I think the vast majority will pick up injuries at some point.
Depends. Some people, and I again have to quote out very own @T3hPwnisher (please correct me if I’m doing so incorrectly), would argue that an injury is a opportunity. To focus on other things or to get even stronger by going through it.
On the other hand there are injuries that will force people out of a sport. Or injuries that cost a lot of time and call for missed opportunities.
My point is regarding high class athletes (so I am for sure not included): If you aren’t willing to push the boundaries up to the point of injury and beyond in some cases, you won’t rise to the top. Some people last longer in that state and others are less fortunate.
I’m trying to be optimistic with my injuries, but there’s no opportunity to focus on other things. Normally I’d think a shoulder surgery would be an opportunity to hammer legs, but I can’t do that due to my hip problems.
I guess my opportunity is going to be training with my left arm only.
Day 2 of my holiday and I am a very happy man. Arrived yesterday afternoon, hotel is really nice, rooms are great. Had a nice meal with mum and dad last night but went to bed early as kids (and me and the wife) were all very tired. Up early today and smashed the breakfast buffet!! Day of sun, swimming, cold beers and playing with the kids. Having a little quiet time out of the sun now and then will go out for dinner and drinks.
I thought I would be missing training and was worried because hotel doesn’t have a gym. Oh how wrong I was! Really enjoying relaxing and thinking the body will thanks me for the time off.
My shoulders right now might want to disagree with you.
The problem is I spend nearly all day in the pool or ocean with the kids, so my shoulders are the only thing that caught the sun !!!
At least it’s not just my neck that’s brown now !!!
I got pink from lying on the porch for 20-30 minutes Monday in the middle of the day. I have to start with small windows of exposure or use sun screen. I don’t want to experience last year’s sunburn again!
