Off to a slightly slow start this morning. Think I should get some things done today, though.
Since starting to work out again, my shoulders have been bothering me once more. Not as much as they did a few years ago but it is fairly constant and annoying. Last night I started doing some non-weight extreme stretching exercises for my shoulders. This morning I have slightly more pain but it is familiar pain. The pain of stretched ligaments from exercise. That is a temporary pain, goes away after repeating the same exercises for a while.
I have no limit on range of motion or strength. The pain does limit my workout because if I stress the ligament or joint too much I will be in serious pain the next day. However, I can attain a decent weight set and do more repetitions at lower than maximum weight. So it slows but does not stop my progress.
Here is the thing which rather pisses me off. My shoulder problem results in back pain. The exact same back pain which I experienced (though less intense) in the Army many years ago. On numerous occasions they noted significant swelling to one side of my back where the pain was. Problem? Most of the pain was in my back, not my shoulder. But I did have numbness and tingling down my arm. If I had known more about anatomy back then I could have figured out the problem. Yet numerous military doctors including a neurosurgeon could not figure it out in 2.5 years! The closest came from the Master Sergeant who was once a chiropractor. I also now know they never did the one study which would have explained everything. An electromyelogram. Which definitely existed at the time because my mother had several of them in the 1970's. I'll say they tried. CT scan, MRI and bone scans. They just never tried the right test. The swelling and my dominant arm being weaker than the other side should have been the deciding factors. The swelling in the area they noted has nothing to do with the spine.
Oh, well. The same idiots never figured out the fact that I did not have COPD but reactive airway disease. Nor did they figure out that I have Celiac disorder and ulcerative colitis. So they were batting 1000. Failed on all counts.
Just as well. If they had figured those things out, they probably would have given me a medical discharge. Which was offered to me and I refused.
I also started doing some extra lifting at home with dumbbells. Lower weights and more targeted exercises to build certain areas better.
Looks like it's going to be cloudy all day today. That's not bad but it slows warming outside. Still 51 degrees. I prefer somewhere in the 60's-low 70's range but will get out there in a few minutes. After a little more coffee.
Since starting to work out again, my shoulders have been bothering me once more. Not as much as they did a few years ago but it is fairly constant and annoying. Last night I started doing some non-weight extreme stretching exercises for my shoulders. This morning I have slightly more pain but it is familiar pain. The pain of stretched ligaments from exercise. That is a temporary pain, goes away after repeating the same exercises for a while.
I have no limit on range of motion or strength. The pain does limit my workout because if I stress the ligament or joint too much I will be in serious pain the next day. However, I can attain a decent weight set and do more repetitions at lower than maximum weight. So it slows but does not stop my progress.
Here is the thing which rather pisses me off. My shoulder problem results in back pain. The exact same back pain which I experienced (though less intense) in the Army many years ago. On numerous occasions they noted significant swelling to one side of my back where the pain was. Problem? Most of the pain was in my back, not my shoulder. But I did have numbness and tingling down my arm. If I had known more about anatomy back then I could have figured out the problem. Yet numerous military doctors including a neurosurgeon could not figure it out in 2.5 years! The closest came from the Master Sergeant who was once a chiropractor. I also now know they never did the one study which would have explained everything. An electromyelogram. Which definitely existed at the time because my mother had several of them in the 1970's. I'll say they tried. CT scan, MRI and bone scans. They just never tried the right test. The swelling and my dominant arm being weaker than the other side should have been the deciding factors. The swelling in the area they noted has nothing to do with the spine.
Oh, well. The same idiots never figured out the fact that I did not have COPD but reactive airway disease. Nor did they figure out that I have Celiac disorder and ulcerative colitis. So they were batting 1000. Failed on all counts.
Just as well. If they had figured those things out, they probably would have given me a medical discharge. Which was offered to me and I refused.
I also started doing some extra lifting at home with dumbbells. Lower weights and more targeted exercises to build certain areas better.
Looks like it's going to be cloudy all day today. That's not bad but it slows warming outside. Still 51 degrees. I prefer somewhere in the 60's-low 70's range but will get out there in a few minutes. After a little more coffee.
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