Dawn was able to make me an appointment today (thank you) to visit the doctor and see what is going on with my shoulder/collarbone/upper pectoral area.  She asked how I hurt it, let how know it was during deadlift training. Doctor then asked me how much weight and when I told her her eyes bugged out and she actually said WHOA! Have to admit, that made me laugh a little, I’ve not had a surprised reaction from a doctor before. Even the x-ray tech was asking me questions about training, guess the doctor shared her reaction with them before they came over to get me for the x-rays.  Funny visit today.  (side note, the scale at the gym must be WAY off as it said 208 last week. Turns out I’m 226. Funny) 

Good news: luckily it doesn’t appear that I have dislocated anything, she thinks I basically tore muscle fiber or the tissue around the effected area. She prescribed 800 mg ibuprofen and muscle relaxers. I know some people love those things; I can honestly tell you I despise muscle relaxers. Made her aware of that and she ok’d me to only take them right before bed.

Bad news: she feels that I will likely need to give it about 6 weeks to heal up before I train again in that muscle group. 

I also got a referral to a physical therapist facility that specializes in sports related injuries. I’ll have to give them a call soon and give that a shot, not sure I need it, but guess it couldn’t hurt to talk with them. 

Bummer, but oh well, I’ll heal up. I still have goals to accomplish. 

Some of you may have noticed (or maybe not), that I’ve been away from my training for a while now. Basically, I’m just taking a bit of down time to let a shoulder injury heal.  You see, I think I screwed up on my heavy deadlift training last time; it wasn’t the weight, it was my form, and the fact that I got ‘greedy’ and thought I’d force another rep. Frustrating – yes. Lesson learned – yes.