Re: [Paddlewise] PaddleWise shoulder exercises

On Thursday 27 September 2007 05:21, Doug Lloyd wrote:

(snip)

> My spouse, Yvonne, just had a cortisone injection a few weeks ago, so I
> hope we can do some more paddling this coming spring. She had more of a
> calcium build up than impingement, but the cortisone is supposed to
> settle down the pain enough so that she, the patient can start extending
> her range of motions again enough to naturally break up the deposits.
> I've tried cortisone in prior years directly for the impingement, but
> just headed out into bigger winds and seas the next day, undoing any
> good and sending me into a stunningly incalculable world of pain - self
> induced I guess. 

I got an injection last year in my right shoulder and after month's of 
relative inactivity (not counting the visits to the physio) I got so much 
better that I could return to work full-time!

> But those moments in hurricane force winds are vivid, 
> wild memories a Pentax Optio could never do justice too, although the
> Orthopod said my bursa looked like something pictured from a cadaver of
> a very old man - and this when I was only in my early twenties.
>
> Well, I just had my ultrasound results back today after months of
> abdominal pain. Looks like gall stones. 

Not nice at all, but curable!

> Maybe I'll try swallowing some 
> ice. It's gotta be a faster fix than the Canadian-BC health care
> system., Mr. Moore!
>
> Stay healthy as possible Tord. Hey, just stop getting older man, might
> help eh. :-)

I'll try to, I'll do my damned best! 

Tord
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