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Bobber

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Banged my shoulder up last November doing something stupid. It's gotten better, but still bugs me when I twist it a certain way. Have not had it looked at, but did talk to a friend who is a Physical Therapist and he suspected it is an impinged Shoulder and not a torn Rotator Cup. Anybody else gone through this and how long did it take to be pain free?

I pretty much have been taking a low dose of Alleve when it bugs me and avoiding doing things that make it hurt. Would like to do some upper body weight lifting as part of my work out regime(have lost about 40 pounds over the last 5 months which is another story), but don't know if that would be good or bad for the shoulder?
 
Not making light of your issue as I'm sure it's annoying to deal with, but did remind me of a good bit from Louis C.K. Warning, some bad language.

 
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Sorry to hear. I've had an issue with my left shoulder as well. My issue isn't so much pain, but skin numbness from my shoulder all the way to my finger tips on my left hand. I broke my collarbone when I was a kid, so I think it's becoming arthritic, but other people I have talked with think I may have a pinched nerve in my neck.

I have tried to rest it before doing anything, but it doesn't seem to be effective, which makes me start believing the "pinched nerve" angle more and more.
 
I did some significant damage to my right shoulder from years and years of volleyball. Anything that involved raising my elbow higher than my shoulder hurt. Not just the normal ache, I could tell something was not right. I was 32 at the time. I finally broke down and went to the doctor and he said it wasn't a torn rotator cuff, but I had "damaged" it (very vague diagnosis).

There is no quick fix for it. I did a lot of work with some resistance bands, but you need to be sure to keep it light. Don't treat it as a workout. I had to slowly increase resistance and then gradually move to light weights. Once you are able to focus on the individual muscles in that area, you'll notice things improving. I don't have the pain I did anymore, but it took a good 2-3 years before I felt really good.

Even after that, I went a good year or two without throwing a baseball or football. Bowling was completely not worth the pain afterwards. It sucked feeling like I couldn't do what I'd done for my entire life without issue, but I needed to make a change to get it to heal. I'm fine doing normal athletic activity now, outside of the whole stupid age thing.

This is just my experience, so use your own judgment of course. Good luck
 
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Broken ankle/heel here so no more jogging, skiing, playing basketball, basically any type of pounding on the foot ankle is bad. Had 5 surgeries on it so, have I have listened to the doctor. Every morning crawling out of bed, it takes about a dozen steps in order to walk normally. Probably need some WD-40 for it.

I use the elliptical quite a bit, it's either that a bike, or swimming. I also started with weights in the last month or so. I started on machines first on the leg press and have noticed it has made a difference. Started with lighter weights and more reps. Currently up to around 300 lbs as the max right now at 5 reps. I don't know if helps that it is my ankle compared to your shoulder. The best thing is to get it checked out and find out what you should be doing and what you shouldn't be doing.
 
I don't have a bad shoulder, but do have a bad back, and exercise/keeping in shape is almost always the best way to make it feel it's best. I thought I might have to quit golfing after last summer, but got into a work out routine as a last ditch effort, and my back has been great this year. I'm sure it would be an entirely different set of exercises than I do (tread mill and light weights), but I'd think it would help the recovery.
 
I injured my shoulder/rotator cuff a few years ago. Eventually after a year of pain I went to the physical therapist and did some exercises with bands. I did these exercises at home each day for about a month and now my shoulder is as good as new. If you have weight bands or resistance rubber bands I am sure you could look online for some different exercises.
 
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I damaged my shoulder several years ago. When mine begins to hurt I know that it's time to get back into the gym and work on building up the muscles around it again. As the muscles atrophy the pain creeps back in again. I wish I had a regular workout routine, but I travel too much and routine isn't a strong suit for me.
 
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Agreed on the resistance bands. And don't just stop as soon as you think it's good enough. I had shoulder surgery in high school and as soon as I could shoot without pain and pitch with the aid of pain relievers, I stopped exercising it and 6 years later it hurts like hell.
 
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Cyclonepride said:
I'd add that you want to start the exercise routine sloooooowly. My tendency is to always overdo it, get my back sore, and then get out of the routine. When I started last winter, it was really an old man fitness routine, and I very gradually raised the intensity to a somewhat old man level.
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Yes. I had should issues once, didn't go to the doctor but used resistance bands to kind of work through it. Get a whole set of them and start with the lightest ones. There are plenty of resources online for different kinds of exercises. I do whatever I want now, including relatively heavy lifting. My shoulders are weak for some reason but I'm able to lift now at whatever intensity I want with zero issues. Just start very light. If you are going to fix it this way, light resistance will do it. There's nothing to gain, in your situation, by trying to bump up resistance until you fix your issue. I think once you get it worked out, then you may be able to strengthen it to avoid future problems.


*I'm not a doctor or any sort of expert. This is anecdotal advice.
 
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Injured my rotator cuff 1.5 years ago, got a Dr. referral to see a PT who specializes in shoulders. He gave me a set of exercises to do that used small weights and resistance bands, did the exercises and my shoulder is now almost 100%. It takes a while for it to heal and feel normal again.
 
Brother had frozen shoulder, which cleared up with PT and specific exercises with resistance bands.
 
Bobber, if you loosen up your grip, it will relieve the shoulder tension.
 
I rolled a 4 wheeler and broke my collar bone in 2013, had a metal plate installed to hold it all together. I have 90% motion in that shoulder. But still can't sleep on that side cause of the pain. Being broken sucks.
 
I banged up my rotator cuff after a bike wreck. It wasn't healing and eventually I tried acupuncture. Put in the longest needles they had as deep as they would go for three sessions. Felt better after every session. Good as new now.
 
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