[quote]nlmain wrote:
^ totally.[/quote]
for sure.
snapper is awesome! and very very helpful–and kind and sweet!!! I am a huge Snapper fan :)!
Snapper, you better nip this shit in the bud or your real-life friends are going to destroy your hard-earned online image.
Seriously, thanks for the great vids of George. All of us old guys really enjoyed them. What a great performance.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Plus, I talked to several lifters over the weekend who have had similar injuries and advised a very slow recovery time. Doesn’t sit well with my personality, really.[/quote]
The lifters at the meet that you were talking to obviously recovered enough to compete again, or they wouldn’t have been there. Ergo, postive examples for you when viewed in the correct way.
Think of all the personal growth this injury will facilitate for you!
[puts on flame-proof suit. waits.]
Ruining my reputation. Whatever reputation I have, I suppose. Not sure why the Good Dog called me a “gent.” Maybe that’s why I wear pony tails when I compete. So the judges won’t think I’m a pre-pubescent boy. Okay, enough self-slamming.
Thanks for encouraging me to log, Joe. Boring though it seems to me.
Today’s training:
About 40 minutes of PT and shoulder rehab with DBs ranging from 1 to 5 lb. I expressed concern to my therapist today that I’ve been in more pain lately and am still having difficulty with basic movements (like lifting my arm). He said that my bicep tendon appears to be “angry” (strained). It’s not my rotator cuff, he reassured me, and said that I’m still way ahead of schedule, especially considering the severity of my injury. He advised more ice and taking it a bit easier.
Followed by:
Leg Press (Weights only. No idea how much the empty sled weighs)
10/90
10/180
8/230
3/5/280
A) Lying Hamstring Curl
3/8/70
B) Leg Extension
3/8/90
I did a lot of standing in the smith and unracking the empty bar for counts to ten. Very hard to maintain this external rotation STILL.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
… Not sure why the Good Dog called me a “gent.” …[/quote]
just my poor attempt at being funny with my skewed sense of humor
Nobody is going to mistake you for a boy.
Good job sticking with it even when you don’t love the stuff you are doing.
[quote]JoeGood wrote:
Nobody is going to mistake you for a boy.
Good job sticking with it even when you don’t love the stuff you are doing.[/quote]
Joe hit the nail on the head, on both counts.
^ the men have spoken wisely, for once 
Sucks about the bicep. It seems wrong for something other than the shoulder to hurt. Adding insult to injury, and all.
It’s likely that your biceps tendon is taking up the slack for the injured RC. Your PT is right on the taking it easy part even though we all know how much that sucks. But yay for your leg press. At least something’s going well!
You’re exactly right, Cal. It’s strained where the long head of the biceps attaches into the shoulder joint. It’s just overcompensating to protect the rear cuff.
So I’m in significant pain today after lifting yesterday. My shoulder is totally throbbing, and functionality is quite limited. I can hardly lift my arm at all. I honestly think it’s just too much strain to even do lower body machines at this point. (To test this notion, try doing leg press or leg extension or lying hamstring curl to max without gripping the handles really tight.) I need to stay away from the gym for some serious time and just let my shoulder heal. I vacillate between feeling really angry and just being resigned. It’s funny because people tell me to find something else to focus on, as though it’s that simple to just replace a passion. I’m thinking I’ll shoot for returning to the gym at the beginning of September and give the weights a try then.
sounds reasonable for a snapper lady. giving yourself a couple of weeks to mend properly is not a failure you know.
I understand.
In my experience, the only way to stop focusing on a passion is to have that passion lessen on its own. Obviously not want you want to happen with powerlifting, so it all sucks right now.
I’m sorry.
The alternate possibility is instead of staying away from the gym altogether, to put the brakes on more while there.
That just sucks, and I’m sorry to hear it.
Hip belt squats don’t require any shoulder involvement. If you can find ANY movements which don’t irritate it you’ll be further ahead if you work them, even if they’re not “optimal.”
hey snapper! You have a good head on you and you’re listening to your body–there’s absolutely no better way to go about things.
You had a lot of trauma to your system in the last several months! Really! serious repairing and recovery and construction going on from head to toe, muscles to individual cells!! not to mention the emotional and behavior changes, anxiety allofit (not being able to lift etc) that have been going on for you! You follow your gut and do what you have to to make it easier!! but you know all this ! and live it!
I am so sorry you are going thru this though–it sucks :{ GRRRR!!
Awww snapper, sorry to hear! I can just feel your frustration. I have a totally elective surgery I could do on my left foot but when I had the right done in 2007 (well before my weight lifting passion) it took six MONTHS to be able to do simple treadmill stuff (it WAS in my “before” life, cut me some slack!). It was three months before I could simply walk faster than a shuffle, I swear (and I’ve always been a fast walker from point A to point B). This is first and foremost the reason I’m not having it done. I can’t imagine what you’re going through but I can totally understand what might be going through your head. I’m keeping you in my thoughts!
New week = new attitude.
I’m only using the gym these days for rehab. But I’m making SUPER progress. My therapist started me on some real free weight exercises late last week, which was like a lovely drink of water for a parched soul. Everything is 3 (sets) x 10 (reps).
Standing bicep curls (8 lb.)
Tricep kickbacks (8 lb.)
Kroc rows (3 lb.) I know, I know. Ridiculous weight.
And there’s a whole host of other exercises (whose names either don’t exist or are unknown to me) for the shoulder with DBs ranging from 1 lb. (those exercises specifically targeting the reattached tendon) to 5 lb.
It takes me about an hour to get through the list of prescribed exercises.
The bottom line is that the supraspinatus muscle is working! So the surgery was a success. I am very pleased.
For lower body, I’m largely hiking these days.
My coach returns from an overseas trip next week. He’s been gone the better part of the summer. I can’t wait to see him and get going again once I get that final release from my surgeon.