[quote]siouxperman wrote:
[quote]Jaybee wrote:
[quote]siouxperman wrote:
I’ve been dealing with subacromial bursitis and supraspinatus issues for about a year and a half now and have had 3 real bad flares ups in that time. Twice I needed cortisone shots into the bursa to calm it down because the impingement was so bad. I’ve literally had to cut out all overhead movements.
Been doing lots of face pulls, band pulls, rows, etc. trying to get everything good and stable, which has helped up to a point but I still get a lot of minor flare ups. Mostly I just work around it now and have resigned myself to not doing a lot of direct shoulder work. Let me know if you come across something that really does the trick for you.[/quote]
Yours seems a lot worse than mine, mine just haunts me like a Bogeyman sporadically in training, and occasionally out of the gym, andsaying, “I’m here, if you don’t want to get injured, go easy, go light, and work around”…fuck that noise!
Did you do everything I did/will? Exercise rehab plus special anti-inflammatory diet? I’ve been doing some stretches for a couple of days and they’ve already had some effect, though they’re supposed to be done for several weeks.[/quote]
I’ve done most of it in some capacity. I try to keep my diet pretty anti-inflammatory. Several grams of fish oil a day, lots of berries, very little processed food. Took curcumin @ about 1.5g/day for about 3 months but didn’t notice enough of a difference to keep on it. I strengthened my rotators quite a bit but haven’t been as diligent with that work lately. I do stretch, but I’m sure I could do more. I mostly focus on lots of warming up with whatever movement pattern I’m going to be doing, especially bench press. I’ve also changed my bench style to more powerlifting setup with scapula back and down and a lot more tricep involvement, which has helped a lot. And i haven’t done an overhead press in about 9 months. I’ve gotten a little lax in my routine because I haven’t had a flare up in a little while and I’ve switched up my training enough I think to avoid one. I probably just got frustrated with slow improvement as well. This thread has inspired me to get back to it some though.
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First of all, I’m very glad this thread inspired you, and I hope you’re the first of many that it helps to beat Bursitis. I notice you’re benching - that’s more than I’m doing!! I found Benching very painful, though oddly enough I was doing it 3 years ago, heavy styleee with no worries…I don’t know what happened, perhaps I resumed upright rows with my elbows pointed in front of me. Anyway, I think beating a physical condition is slightly more dependant on the individual than putting on muscle - for muscle, the rules apply largely to everyone, lots of weight, lots of protein, lots of rest, some reps, some sets. Newbie comes up to you and says, “I wanna get huge”, you’re going to tell him you don’t wanna know his damn life story, that the initial advice applies to anyone not at risk of heart attack or over 60 etc; to squat a lot, eat a lot, rest a lot, and come back in 3 months (simplistic, but you get the idea. 90% of guys could build 19" arms, all else being equal, without ever doing German Volume Training.)
But with a physical malady, the invidual ‘tweak’ factor is much greater, and kicks in much earlier, which is why you’ll hear the Doctor telling you at the start, "Let’s see how you get along with that shot, then we’ll review in 1-3 weeks. If like me you want to see progress earlier, you need to do EVERYTHING. All the stretches that were advised (minus those you were told not to, minus those you need to ask the PT why they hurt so much), plus EVERY dietary element that fights inflammation. I didn’t see any mention of cinammon, or Bromelain up there, two out of many. Something will work, it will. You have to try it ALL - you may never find out which one worked for you, but does it matter when you can have your BOULDERS back??!?!?!?
I’m ready to make a list, damn near a blog of my rehab. How about you? Wanna join me?
