yeah sounds about right.
well i guess we have different opinions on foam rollers lol. I will agree with pushing through the pain to a certain extent.. but you have to know when to stop pushing, and i guess you can only learn where that threshold is once you have been injured.
Ive got a pec strain at the moment. Had it now 4 weeks.
Fuck I hate injuries......
injuries are so frustrating, but i guess they are just part of the game...
probably been lifting for a year and a half and half that time has been spent with one injury or another, first was an upper back strain which was made worse because i stopped everything and didn't keep active.
Second injury (still working through this one) Shoulder impingement, made this one a lot worse by trying to push through the pain.
And imagine my fear when i started feeling some major pain in my lower back, straight to the doctors i went, no risking this one. Luckily some good news, it's not disc related, likely to be a muscle strain - rest, heat, core work and some foam rolling- should be good to go.
Although i understand these are really not bad injuries (they could be a lot worse) I have learnt a lot through the experiences:
- Bad posture can really take a toll on the body
- Foam rollers are your best friend
- Finding weak links in your body is crucial
- Staying active (within reason) is important for recovery
- Do not skip warm up/cool down and mobility work
- Don't google too much into injuries, a lot of stuff is BS and will just scare you
- Don't push through pain, it's really not worth it
- Seek professional help at the first sign of something painful, the longer you leave it the longer it will take to recover
Hopefully people can learn from mine and probably many others mistakes, so they can do what they enjoy doing for longer.
Cheers.
Ive got a pec strain at the moment. Had it now 4 weeks.
Fuck I hate injuries......
4 weeks. Lol.
Me? Don't know, physio thinks a sprained joint or a muscle pull. I did a few years of really heavy baggage handling in my 20s and I think that has something to do with it. I won't stop though, providing I take it easy I think I can progress safely, albeit slowly.
I was in bed for about 4 days when I did it, it was pretty crippling, and it just feels like its 'about to go' every now and then so I back off....
I was thinking as I was sitting in the physio earlier that even though we may get injurrd, people fuck themselves picking up pencils and doing everyday tasks, I guess bodies are just fragile and I'd rather hurt myself doing what I enjoy doing then fucking my back picking clothes up off the floor or some shit haha.
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