I am keeping everything really light while I am in Phyisical Therapy not only b/c I have lost strength but because it will allow me to heal better and see what is really irritating my shoulder/neck
For now though I am going suck, it will get better.
As it is now I was going to go to the gym today but my neck hurt enough that I thought I should rest it so I would be functional at work and now tomorrow I have PT… So maybe I will get to the gym on Saturday… hopes
Alisa - the scary thing about my bench is that the 135 actually felt heavy and it has not felt that way in a long time for me… which really sucks… Though if you look at the bright side I out weight you by alot probably so muscle/weight lifted per lb of body weight… I am sure you are doing much better
I couldn’t tell if my neck hurt because it hurt of if I just slept wrong on it… so I went to the gym anyways.
Squat 1x8x45, 1x5x95, 1x5x115, 3x5x135
SLDL 1x8x45, 1x8x95, 1x6x145, 2x8x95
Seated Leg press 1x8x90, 1x6x180, 2x6x270
BB Curls 3x8x50
I am not looking forward to the resolutioners this year… I already witnessed some weird oblique focused stomach crunch holding on to 5 lb dumb bells on a decline bench in the middle of a walk way…
I have a stiff neck too - sometimes goes right down into my trap. I have a habit of sleeping on my front with my head turned to one side so I can’t help but think this has caused some sort of weird muscle imbalance thing over the years. Only thing you can do is keep stretching and massaging it.
Resolutioners are a pain. That’s why I’ve taken to training at 7am on weekdays - less of the sods to worry about at that time.
I have been hurting for the last few days but I was feeling better today so I went to the gym, though I kind of feel like I failed at everything I did.
DL 2x8x135, 2x5x185, 2x10x135
CG Bench Press 1x10x45, 5x8x95
Tricep Pullover 1x8x30, 1x8x40
Goblet squat 3x10x55
All of these I had to stop all of these early or not up the weight b/c my shoulder was hurting. Though I forget my chalk so I couldn’t do much with DL’s cause they were slipping out of my hands.
Sorry to hear that. Shoulders are bitches. I found when mine was really bad, I coped better with incline dumbell presses and narrow (shoulder width) push-ups than regular bench presses. I also did a shit-load of rowing to pull my shoulderblades together. Helped some.
[quote]rondastarr wrote:
Has anyone had a cortisone shot in their shoulder? How was that? Did it help?[/quote]
I had one summer of 2008 after rehabbing for 4-5 months and it helped tremendously. I still get the nagging little stuff but overall it is about as good as it gets. Rehab/prehab is a permanent part of my warmup now…
Careful with repeated shots though as they can promote tendon & ligament degeneration.
[quote]rondastarr wrote:
Has anyone had a cortisone shot in their shoulder? How was that? Did it help?[/quote]
I had one summer of 2008 after rehabbing for 4-5 months and it helped tremendously. I still get the nagging little stuff but overall it is about as good as it gets. Rehab/prehab is a permanent part of my warmup now…
Careful with repeated shots though as they can promote tendon & ligament degeneration.[/quote]
I don’t think repeated shots will be necessary just because it doesn’t always hurt, only when I over use it. I need to be able to do the rehab/PT that is necessary and do my job which seems to be a problem. Though it isn’t just my shoulder, my neck in involved as well.
I still think I am too young to be having these issues