Sometimes you can't win for...

[Catrin]

Hope you can pick up Tubby Tucker Cat soon, and your ribs feel better quickly!

I look at my shoulder this way. Injuries come with being active. Injuries of a different kind come from not being active. I will take the first...and it WAS fun :-)

[OakLeaf]

Feel better soon, both of you. Catrin, sure hope it isn't a setback.

[Crankin]

Be careful, Catrin. I am kind of like you, so I get it. I remember back in 2007 when my rheumatologist told me to "just ride 5 miles." No, that will not do. There's always modifications to be made, but the goal is to keep moving. Just be aware.

[Catrin]

Thankfully my coach is just like me, or rather, since he is 13 years older than I, I am just like him. My Chiro/ART guy tells us both this (my coach sees him as well). And my coach has had to have shoulder surgery - after ignoring the injury for 5 years. While all competitive sports come with risk, and sometimes injuries happen no matter how wise you are, it still pays to train smart. Like he says, "do what I say, not what I do".

It is also true that I am driven and am, all in all, a very focused woman. Kettlebell sport lifting is made for the Type A personality, and it really helps to be a bit on the OCD side - and I qualify for both ;-) Even when my arthritis flares, and my cranky body parts bark - like my shoulder, I do not feel anywhere near my 55 years. I will take that

Now it is time to watch Grimm before heading to bed!

[Owlie]

Hope it feels better soon and that it doesn't interfere with your lifting!

[rocknrollgirl]

I have learned the hard way to listen to what my body says. Not my current situation, that has nothing to do with being active, but in 2008 I had a year long bout of ITB tendonitis and petallar femoral syndrome that dragged on and on because I would not listen to my body. Rest and nip it. I think most of us that are active and push ourselves have a high pain tolerance, but sometimes you need to let the tweaks " untweak"

Feel better

[Helene2013]

I hope you feel better soon. I think a few of us are in the same boat as you are right now. ARgggg. We don't learn (or rather refuse to obey our bodies. Then we pay the note big time for a long time. Deuh! lol