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Still have to wait for mid-April to start hitting dirt - but as we are expecting 3-6 inches of snow tomorrow!!!!! I wouldn't be outside anyway.

Whooohooo, I've been released from physical therapy after 5 months!

Yes - the problem was the surgery timing. As the shoulder was repaired in October - that meant that I really was not allowed to even walk outside for more than getting to the car or office during the...

Hope all are doing well! I'm STILL in the snail-pace recovery stage, and the improvements are almost imperceptible at the time, but I'm certainly further along than when I posted the first week of...

My neck problems slowed things down, but I seem to have finally turned a corner! PT twice a week for 6 more weeks (until 16 weeks out from surgery), and then we will see. Got to do lat pulls today...

2 weeks before the shoulder immobilizer sling comes off, then life gets really interesting! I will HAVE to be patient to get through the 4+ months of PT if I've any hopes of getting my arm back & be...

16 days countdown before a complex shoulder recovery. As complicated as it is, the surgeon is warning me that it may be even more complex than we think. He IS one of the very good shoulder...

An update since my decision to finally address things in April. I found a great shoulder specialist who picked up immediately that I had a compressed nerve root in my cervical spine that needed...

Agreed - and I got a referral for someone else closer to me. When the time DOES come to fix the torn shoulder - and that time will come I think - I need someone who isn't 30 miles away.

What's...

I saw my Ortho yesterday to discuss another cortisone injection in my torn shoulder (I decided to put that off awhile longer as it's a balance between pain relief and risking damage to the...

I found the following summary information on WebMD (I added the bold for higlighting):

"Some doctors will recommend other types of surgery if possible for younger people and especially for those...

I don't think they have been replacing shoulders for all that long. It's a much more complex joint than knee or hip, or so I've been told. Beyond that I can only speculate that it may be about the...

True, I'm NOT upset and for that very reason. I guess that this really struck home on just how bad my shoulders are. I've been trying to fool myself and ignore pain, especially for the arthritic...

Thanks Pax! I also hear you about your knee. For me, those shin splints I got in my OTHER leg in October is still hanging around. I still think that part of that was due to my changed gait from the...

Can I just go ahead and order up two new shoulders and have them installed tomorrow please?

Sigh...trying not to complain. I've it so much better than some do with really bad shoulders. I am going...

Yes, sadly there are a lot of trainers who apparently have no idea that kettlebells aren't dumbbells and that a lack of proper form WILL cause injury. The dynamic nature (they don't stay stable in...

Exactly, and I've been noting back and sacrum pain with them, so yeah, remove the temptation! THEN I've funded my next couple of Tai Chi classes :cool:

We have such a mix of gyms in Indianapolis. Planet Fitness is the cheapest, and goofiest, but we run the entire gamut. If I COULD do more than walk the track and use the Cybex Arc Trainer (an...

Yeah, HERE they have pizza/bagels 1-2 evenings a week as well as soda. The price is good, $10/month, but it's really obvious what they REALLY want are people to sign up and leave it at that. I could...

...Things like free bagel and or pizza nights. Tanning beds, around here at least, and if your workout style makes someone else feel judged they may kick you out. They have large noise makers if...

Things like free bagel and or pizza nights. Tanning beds, around here at least, and if they think you're workout style makes someone else feel judged they may kick you out. They have large noise...

Sounds great Pax! I wish that I could do weights of some kind...but such is life. Enjoy!

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Yes, no way I can do a side plank. There are many other ways as well - holding a weight in a static position without moving for a period of time, hard to explain but I think you understand. The...

Isometric exercises are those exercises that contracts the muscle without changing either angle of the joint or the length of the muscle. There are different approaches to isometric exercises for...

Working on it. Unless the shoulders are as jacked as mine, proper swings don't impact the arms as the hands are just holding them - it's a hip exercise. I'm not referring to the thing that...