Some good Points MC.
[quote] -mc- wrote:
Often injuries to the tendons in the cuff have about zip to do with their strength. That’s a false premise. sorry. Often the injuries happen from poor movement, weak traps, high reps etc.[quote]
You know! its a notion I’ve always had a problem with (that muscle injury is due primarily, to weakness). But thats what all the fitness pros around me contend. Hence, with my own injury (gained from REALLY HARD overhead serves in volleyball) I tried taking on my rehabilitation from that perspective… With good results to be honest. But it never sat quite well with me, because I knew my body.
If I am to be just honest though, I think the injury was due to improper technique. Of course, one could argue that if the muscles were stronger, that this would not matter. - A source of some controversy in my discussions with them.
[quote]-mc- wrote:
here’s a bit of an overview on how the shoulder works
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Missing link mate?
[quote]-mc- wrote:
Yes pain reduction can be an indication of swelling going down. But pain going down can also be a result of improved movement.[/quote].
The exception being that by “improved movement” you mean, improved technique (which, I gather you do NOT mean). You’ve made a false distinction between those 2.
Pain going down cannot be taken as a result of improved movement! (for we are not talking about ROM here).
(I suspect you’ve stated it backwards!). On the contrary, “Improved movement” will rather come AS A RESULT OF, improved physical health in the muscle (which would be evidenced by decreased pain), and not the other way around.
Improved movement CANNOT result, where there is swelling (and pain and swelling are practically synonymous).
Horse before the carriage there ;).
I guess you could clarify what you meant by “improved movement” being an effector of decreasing pain.
[quote]-mc- wrote:
Really do see your doctor - if you have swelling - and it’s not clear you do and that’s what’s up, then your doc has strategies on how (a) to test what kind of issue you may have - which muscle injured and (b) how to get the swelling down.[/quote]
Definitely. Heck, if I had the $$, I’d go see an orthopedic. But many times we spend big $$ on things that can be simply corrected. Yours doesnt seem severe, and I’m confident you can strengthen/heal your muscles again. But the way to reassure yourself I suppose, is to see a Doc.
[quote]-mc- wrote:
Remember, the site of pain is not always the source of pain.
I’ve been amazed by how often working vision actually helps shoulder performance, just as an example
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Thats an interesting truth. What do you have to say about pinpointing pain, by touch tho?
[quote]-mc- wrote:
never move into pain
reduce ROM, speed, load in any motion till out of pain with it.
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Different strokes for different folks I guess. I promise,I suffered with my shoulder for MONTHS UPON MONTHS. And the ONLY Time I began to get real improvement, was when I worked my limb through ROM,GRADUALLY (slowly) working against the pain.
A reflexologist (yeah, not quite her feild but) told me, that the only way to restore ROM, and get rid of pain, was to gently work through the pain, and then let the limb/muscles REST.
Thats the ONLY thing that helped THIS guy…
EDIT
Sup with BB code??