Not at all Humerus

So much fun! Loving them, they are the best exercise I've found. Also, much more tiring than I expected, and it certainly gets my heart rate up and gets my whole body warmed up. I've been following the introductory videos from here    and it's not quite what I expected - the momentum pulls your arms away from your body and there is quite a strong pull, even at the slow speeds I'm using, so must be more when you get up to the speeds that guy can do. So far I haven't hit my head, which I expected to happen. In fact, I can't even see how you could hit your head now, as the clubs are kept quite far from it. I have clocked myself on the knees, and on the shoulder blade, however. I can feel a change in my back and shoulders already, with some muscle pain, and stretching, and LOTS of joint clicking at first, until the joints warm up and get into the swing of it. After a few short sessions, there is quite a lot of muscle pain in my left shoulder and left upper ba...

Thankfully the week is ending much better than it started. My arm is back to its usual not-great-but-not-that-bad movement. Physio wasn't necessarily convinced by my theory of adhesions, but I am more convinced than ever. I have no more pain around the deltoid insertion, the pain has now moved further down towards my elbow. So that makes sense to me - after the accident the muscles and tissue were swollen, bruised, and had all that blood from my shoulder draining down into them, and as the muscles are now getting worked and bigger, everything is getting stretched and the old stuck bits ripped. Now if I could only get my shoulder working better. It feels a little like a holding pattern now - the muscles are coming back, the pain is receding, but I'm still frustrated by lack of movement behind my back. Yesterday I went for a run, and my knee held up fine, and is also fine today. Bit stiff maybe, and a tiny bit of pain below my knee, where my shin joins in to it, but nothing m...

And not of the tricep variety. Monday wasn't good at all - my shoulder, or more my upper arm, had been incredibly painful all weekend, and Monday hadn't really improved it. Off to the physio, and the first thing he asked was to see my movement. Well. Not great. Sideways was ok, and back wasn't really any different, but lifting it in front of me would only get level with my shoulder, not above. There was a pause, where we both stared at my stupid arm, wondering what to say. I hadn't had a chance to warm up, so it was a bit stiff, and it had been so painful for the last few days. I couldn't figure out what caused it. I only added Lat Pulldowns and Incline Flys, and neither of us could see how those would have caused this. Adjusted the session to be manipulations, not down on the gym floor. They hurt quite a lot. And at one point something really went in my upper arm and the pain was really quite intense. And my least favourite scraper tool came out as well. Don...

I have now booked the final appointment (hopefully!) with Mr Shoulder. Still not sure it's entirely necessary, but I guess it must be nice sometimes to see a patient come back with good movement, good muscle tone, and a smile, particularly when you deal in shoulders so most patients are in a huge amount of pain and probably not much fun to deal with.  So January 15th is the deadline date, and I need to focus on getting the best movement I can get before then. And the best muscle definition, to show the muscle wastage is a thing of the past.  Oh, and a tan hopefully after the holiday. Which he won't care about, but will make my shoulder look better. Only 4 physio sessions left until I go on holiday, but I will be taking a second suitcase with my pillow (can't risk my neck and shoulder on unknown pillows), my mat, resistance bands, massage balls, and possibly foam roller. When I'm back in January, I'll try and get in two physio sessions at least before I see Mr Shou...

Now with added yoga. I had my usual Sunday morning run yesterday, and my knee is doing better, but still has some very odd sensations. The only way to describe it is feeling like a bug under my kneecap, kind of crawling around, sometimes in one spot, sometimes in another. And then it just goes away. So very strange. I then did Pilates Rapid again, and was able to get my legs back behind my head in rollover, although with some rocking to get momentum, as my shoulders and arms aren't quite strong or stable enough to help my abs get my legs moving. But one there I could control it, and roll down slowly. I then followed it with an attempt at Vinyasa Yoga, which served to show exactly how stiff and locked up I am! Today I was back at the physio, for a relaxing day of laying on the table while he massaged and manipulated my back, neck and shoulder, and then on my back while he manipulated my shoulder and my arm. He also tried a few assisted stretches and was very pleased with my ...