Ouch
Have suffered from pinched nerves the past 20 years or so. In my foolish youth I caused injury to both shoulders. Even now the injury is so enduring that it's left both physical and mental scars.
The physical pain I deal with daily. I am limited to partial shoulder movement of the left arm at or below the height of the socket. With arm extended I am in pain 80% of the time outside of that position. It is to the point that I expect the sharp, debilitating spasm of pain to shoot up and down my arm only to fully subside when the arm is relaxed down.
How I got here is my own fault but probably not something new. My favorite weight training excercise has always been flat bench press. Young, dumb, and wanting to impress I would regularly throw the bar up off my hands on exhale then catch, lower, and pump again. This was fine since I was still young and the weight not that heavy.
In time, the weight increased and I continued to play with fate. Having not come to the realization of personal injury it finally caught up with me. Years of bar tossing severely tore the tissue in my shoulder blades. It worsened with shoulder dislocations probably due to weakening the socket.
Healing only made it worse. Layers of scar tissue built up around the nerves to the point where they now apply too great of a pressure when they touch. Ouch is no joke.
I've read about surgery, hormone replacement, and other treatments but just comes down to money. None seem to been 100% though you definitely have to dish out the $$$ whether it works or not. And yet, just when it seemed like sucksville there was some hope.
Since getting back into the swing of things (literally) I have noticed greater flexibility and strength. My pain threshold has also increased which is good for those long pumps. Stretching, weight training, and a supp designed specifcally for joint flexibility seems to have been a good road to recovery.
Guess things have a reason for happening.
The physical pain I deal with daily. I am limited to partial shoulder movement of the left arm at or below the height of the socket. With arm extended I am in pain 80% of the time outside of that position. It is to the point that I expect the sharp, debilitating spasm of pain to shoot up and down my arm only to fully subside when the arm is relaxed down.
How I got here is my own fault but probably not something new. My favorite weight training excercise has always been flat bench press. Young, dumb, and wanting to impress I would regularly throw the bar up off my hands on exhale then catch, lower, and pump again. This was fine since I was still young and the weight not that heavy.
In time, the weight increased and I continued to play with fate. Having not come to the realization of personal injury it finally caught up with me. Years of bar tossing severely tore the tissue in my shoulder blades. It worsened with shoulder dislocations probably due to weakening the socket.
Healing only made it worse. Layers of scar tissue built up around the nerves to the point where they now apply too great of a pressure when they touch. Ouch is no joke.
I've read about surgery, hormone replacement, and other treatments but just comes down to money. None seem to been 100% though you definitely have to dish out the $$$ whether it works or not. And yet, just when it seemed like sucksville there was some hope.
Since getting back into the swing of things (literally) I have noticed greater flexibility and strength. My pain threshold has also increased which is good for those long pumps. Stretching, weight training, and a supp designed specifcally for joint flexibility seems to have been a good road to recovery.
Guess things have a reason for happening.
posted by skunkratt at 1:15 AM
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