What do you, or would you do when injured?

[angel22]

Let's say your left shoulder hurts from overtraining and your right shoulder is ok.... what would you do?

[Alex(AJ)]

what do u mean by "hurt"

just sore, i'd still train
phsyical pain(either pain pain or like a twinging feeling) i'd take a few days off.

[Steve]

If it's an injury, I would not lift at all....until it's better...then I'd still lift light for a while..

Steve

P.S. Hurt yourself Angel??

[Jaster]

Been there. I had a rotory cuff problem a few years back. And it creeps back up sometimes.
I don't do any lift that involves the shoulder. I do more leg work add some running or biking and make sure I still workout the same amout of time. BUT NO SHOULDER WORK!

[RANGER]

ICE IT, TAKE ANTI INFLAMMATORIES, DO ROTATOR CUFF EXERCISES WITH A DYNABAND IF IT DOESN'T AGGRAVATE IT, ALSO I HAD A BAD SHOULDER FROM BENCHING A LOT. I SWITCHED TO DUMBELL PRESSING FOR A FEW WEEKS (STILL LIFTING HEAVY),WHICH DIDN'T HURT AND THE PROBLEM JUST WENT. SO ALSO CONSIDER DIFFERENT EXERCISES

[Tuna Fish]

Hi Angel-

Depends on whether it's a muscular or connective tissue injury.

If just sore muscles, ice, heat, massage, etc. and maybe light weight ROM exercises.

If it's a ligament or tendon injury I would go a lot easier on it (no direct training) until it feels better, but still ice, heat and massage, also.

If you can train around it, by using alternate exercises that are pain-free, that's an option, too. I'd still give it a few days before training and see if a little rest helps.

[ebon00]

I had a similar injury-problem a few years back and the solution is not to stop lifting altogether. There will always be exercises that doesn't cause pain and you should do those. The muscle/connective tissue feels much better and heals better if there's blood brought into the muscle by working it.

Now if this is just a question of overtraining (which seems odd to happen on just one side of the body) then 2-3 days rest, over the weekend or so, should allow you to come back feeling better. And if it is overtraining, it might be time to cut back on direct shoulder work overall (some women on this board do waaaaay to much volume for shoulders).

For those wanting to know, my shoulder injury was in two parts. The first was at the gym where I was doing straight-arm pullovers to warm up for pullups. A complete idiot managed to walk into the left side of the barbell which caused my shoulder to twist very unnaturally. Sadly, the human reflex when hurting the limbs is to bring them close to the body so instead of just dropping the weight behind my head I did a quick pullover and heard the ligaments in my left shoulder sound like tearing paper. Let's just say that the guy who did it was lucky I was in so much pain. I would've killed him if I could've made myself run after him.

Two months later when things was starting to feel a little better (I'd found a few exercises that worked around the problem) a motorist didn't think he had to give me the right-of-way that was rightfully mine so I had to swerve and ended up doing a somersault over the handlebars of my bicycle. Landed on the same shoulder. Yeah, that was a great year...

[Tuna Fish]

Hi Ebon00-

Whoah, does not sound like fun.

Didn't you have an incident with an ice patch this winter....?

Sounds like the Gods hate you.... you better start wearing a crash helmet all the time!!!

Tuna

[ebon00]

Originally posted by Tuna Fish
Didn't you have an incident with an ice patch this winter....?

Yeah, that was me... Don't know about the crash helmet thing but I have started wearing a cup

[angel22]

Thanks for replys and tips.

Originally posted by Steve


P.S. Hurt yourself Angel??

Yes my shoulder has been hurting and I know this is not a sore muscle. I think I overtrained or something so I have been lifting really light weights, stretching, flexing... somedays doing nothing. And it is getting better and better. thanks.


the only thing is I don't know what to do with my right shoulder. It is not hurting at all and I feel like lifting!! Is it ok to train only right shoulder like I usually do while I do nothing with left one?

[Steve]

Originally posted by angel22
[Bthe only thing is I don't know what to do with my right shoulder. It is not hurting at all and I feel like lifting!! Is it ok to train only right shoulder like I usually do while I do nothing with left one? [/b]

I personally wouldn't.

Steve

[angel22]

thanks Steve for comment!

[angel22]

oh by the way... I love your avater!

[Todd]

If my one of my shoulders were hurt, I would not lift or do anything upper body because the shoulder joint is basically used in every upper body movement....I would however, continue to work my legs.

This is what I did when I broke my hand...I had a cast from the base of my thumb to my elbow and my left arm was basically uselss. I did however manage to be able to lift a 20 pound d-bell with my thumb and forefinger and could get a few sets of curls off..but that was it for upper body. I did continue to work my legs and make gains there...basically I did what I could to work around it without directly engaging the hurt area in activity.

Just my $0.02 worth!

[angel22]

thanks for advice! Injury, sickness, and overtraining suck, don't they?