ModernChivalry.org
Miscellaneous => The Sallyport => Topic started by: Thorsteinn on 2012-01-10, 23:13:17
-
Went to the Doc today and was diagnosed with a rotator cuff injury. I should be up to 100% by May... a year after I hurt it. Looks like I'll be fighting in Crown single sword.
I took 5 months to go to the Doc. Could have been better by now. At least I got my inhaler refilled. Cardio here I come.
-Ivan
-
IIRC my dad has had that before. I've heard they are no fun at all. Single sword isn't so bad; it's a step above "no sword" and two bad shoulders. :)
Good luck with the recovery and good luck at Crown!
-
Yeah I put mine off for too long and ended up doing some phyical therapy for several weeks but it's good now. Hope you have a speedy recovery! :)
-
Ouch, good luck! Was it your off-hand arm that was injured? I'd hate to have my right arm out of commission and fight with my left. Yikes.
-
Yep it was my off arm that was injured and I also weighed in at 242lbs.
I got a lot of work to do.
-
I endured minor tears to the rotator cuff in my right shoulder, both lifting-related. I have a feeling it will trouble me in later years as I never had it looked at, arrogantly thinking that I'd recover no worse for the wear. Largely, that is true, but I've noticed just the slightest of twinges when I go real heavy on say the bench, or in weighted pullups (where you add poundage to a belt, not the weight-assisted machine), or anything that requires stress on the shoulder.
Hurt my back a couple of months ago doing dead lifts and haven't seriously lifted since then. A little gun-shy, you could say.
Best wishes on a speedy recovery, even better ones for your foray into Crown. I would not have guessed 242 for you, even knowing that you weighed that when we first 'met' on here (you'd mentioned it in another topics).
-
Yeah, you look thinner than that RauttSkegg.
I'll pray for you, rotator cuffs suck. Good luck with Crown BTW.
-
Sir Mari Alexander started a challenge club on Facebook called the Ab Diva/Divo's.
I have taken up her challenge at the 75 ab's/ day for 75 days level. I have added 40 pushups to this and will be doing the shoulder rehab 5 of 7 days.
Next week I add cardio. I want to be 215 by October. I was 5' 9" & 178 right out of Boot Camp (and right off of a glycemic crash). My healthiest weight at 5' 11.75" was about 210.
I'm in my early 30's and out of shap, but I have an inhaler & willpower.
Oy vey.
-
I'm in my early 30's and out of shap, but I have an inhaler & willpower.
Two advantages I lack, and I'm also out of shape. lol :)
-
Rotator cuff and elbow injuries are common among SCA fighters, the way they toss so many sword blows in the game is so unnatural for human movement that it really does some damage over time.
-
Rotator cuff and elbow injuries are common among SCA fighters, the way they toss so many sword blows in the game is so unnatural for human movement that it really does some damage over time.
It's my shield arm that's hurt. The incident that did it I actually switched to 2 weapon fighting to ease the pain. The moves that hurt are all shield moves (especially with the elbow bent they're killer).
-
How heavy is your shield, Ivan?
-
ouch!
-
How heavy is your shield, Ivan?
7-9 lbs.
It's just birch plywood with sisal rope edge, glued linen front and back with a synthetic handle. I made it to work out some concepts. I have found that I tend to do more punch blocking with it than a heater but it's still ahistorical for the period I'm interested in.
80-90cm centergrip here I come!