Slow Down Sister!

Friday, April 11;

Today was the first time I have seen my physical therapist since my doctor's appointment and she has put a slight damper on my athletic enthusiasm. We talked about what the doctor told me, and she seemed surprised that he had cut back my physical therapy treatments (slight damper on enthusiasm). She also seemed shocked that he said he'd like to see me start introducing some old movements back into my workouts (another damper on the enthusiasm).

It's good for me to hear (my physical therapist is a hard-A-double-S, and she doesn't take my crap!). I could already feel myself wanting to hop in and do everything I used to do. Truthfully, my arm just isn't there yet. I'm doing slow pushups in sets of 10, and these suckers kill me! We've moved up to 2 pound weights and those feel good. Anyway, I have to remember to be realistic about my recovery expectations.

Jerry, if you read this I wanted to hear your thoughts about getting into the "active shoulder" position. I think part of what initially injured my shoulder is my misinterpretation of what the "active shoulder" position actually is. How do I properly get into the position without just shrugging up my shoulders and pushing my head forward? I'm trying to retrain my body to activate my scapular muscles in order to hold weight overhead instead of using the muscles in the front of my shoulder. I'll probably talk to you about this more in class.

But I'm happy to hear any technical feedback from anyone.