Strength » injury http://strength.freedain.com the training log of Kris Freedain Sun, 08 Jun 2014 18:47:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.42 Training Log: physical therapy http://strength.freedain.com/2011/05/20/training-log-physical-therapy-2/ http://strength.freedain.com/2011/05/20/training-log-physical-therapy-2/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 21:30:00 +0000 http://strength.freedain.com/?p=255 Went to my first physical therapy session a few days ago. Deep tissue massage, heated ultrasound, and cold laser followed with a few light exercises to flush the injured area.  I’m hoping this helps the healing process so I can begin training again soon. It should.  I’ll be going 2 times a week for the next couple weeks.

Got into the gym this morning and it was great to be back in there, even for the little I did.

Went through my PT exercises then did some light leg press, calf press, and hamstring curls. 

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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. 

 

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Warm up sets

*Hamstring still giving me issues, stopped there.

 

Assistance work:

Leg press – light

hip abduction and adduction – cable

 

Foam roller

 

Well, still seem to have a crapped out hamstring. Wasn’t terrible, but best to heal properly and come back strong. Looking forward to a relaxin weekend, and to celebrating Valentines Day with my wonderful wife.

 

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Warm up sets

Working sets:

365 x 3

**stopped there, hamstring cramping came back with a vengeance; no need to completely screw up my leg. My wife had massaged out the cramp this weekend (thank you precious), but looks like I just need to take it easy for a bit. Likely not squatting on Friday either, will just concentrate on upper body work for at least this week. Ugh.

 

Foam roller, more leg stretch with bands

 

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Warm up sets

Working sets:

315 x 5

360 x 5

410 x 3 *injury had to stop.

 

Foam roller

 

Yep, cramped up my left hamstring on the way back up. It sucked a bit and I decided to stop there rather than risk injuring it further. Rolled it out and overall feel better. Will let it rest this weekend and see where I stand on Monday.

Have a great weekend, Happy Chinese New Year!

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