Re: [Paddlewise] PaddleWise shoulder exercises

On Wednesday 26 September 2007 14:57, Paul Montgomery wrote:

> > I have noticed some 'pops' and soreness in my shoulders, especially  
> > the right one, and have started looking for exercises and info on the
> >   web. Anyone here have any experience and words of wisdom to impart
> > on this very important subject?
>
> No detailed web reference here, but a strong suggestion you visit your
> local physical therapist or orthopedic specialist and get some
> professional advice.  Mine prescribed (and trained me in the use of) a
> series of strengthening exercises employing lengths of "rubber dam"
> material similar to these:
>  http://www.orthoassociates.com/shoulder1.htm#shldr_exrcs  (The ones
> shown here are not the same ones I was given to use.)
>
> The rubber dam comes in varying thicknesses, which your
> specialist/therapist will choose to fit your fitness level.  It is easy
> to overdo it.  The "popping" you are experiencing suggests you may have
> some cartilage issues in there -- and surgery may be required.  And,
> remember, this medical advice is worth what you paid for it!

See a doctor who knows his stuff, soon!

I have similar problems (but no popping), which was the reason I started 
paddling again, in 2003, after a 20+ years pause! 

Those execises seems very similar to the ones I've done
with my physio the last few years - they did help me - but it takes time. 

I have at times been so badly affected, that I couldn't work at all for 
half a year, and was forced to halftime another half a year (I do a lot of 
similar movements at work, but it is stretching upward/forward that really 
ruins my day - like reaching overhead switches in a cockpit - doesn't help 
a bit that I wear bifocals!).

It is my bursa, the sack in the gap between the acromion and the upper arm 
bone (see:  http://www.orthoassociates.com/shoulder1.htm#shldr_exrcs ) 
that get compressed so much that it get swollen resulting in an impingement 
of the nerves that pass through. Not nice at all! The tendons (as might be 
in your case) might get affected as well, by the way! 

A good doctor can operate it successfully (if the gap is too narrow in the 
first place), but there is no guarantee of success, my doctor tells me! 
But even a 50/50 chance of a life without similar problems in the future, 
is OK with me! He doesn't want to say if it can get worse after an 
operation, though.

Good luck,

Tord

PS Heat made it disappear last time I got it, cold does the reverse! So
sauna, hot baths and similar pursuits is good - tennis, badmington and 
squash forbidden!
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