Hey guys. Last year I injured my left shoulder. For some reason, I feel like it's time to share my recovery process and thoughts here.
September 10th 2014 - My body was not prepared well for shoulder width shoulder dislocations. But I was doing these anyway. I was performing them too fast and as a warm up. I was rushing for an unbelievably stupid belief-I thought that 'I'm 18 & I have no time' and all this kind of bullsh!t..
A day after that case, my left arm suddenly dropped while I was doing arm circles backwards. It was a bad day for me to be alive. I was like 'it's over'. I was not ready because I centralized all of my efforts in two main areas- handbalancing and GST. I felt messed up and anxious all of a sudden.
I stopped immediately, went home , made an appointment to see an Orthopaedic and rested for the entire week from any exercises that caused pain. Unfortunately, I had to wait for almost 2 months for the appointment. I was really impatient back then. I started immediately rehabbing the injured shoulder. I thought the condition was getting better UNTIL on ....
October 21st 2014 On a chilly day, the pain returned and even sharper than before...
I met the Orthopaedic and did an ultrasound check that day and was under his order to refrain from pulling exercises like bicep curls, rows, pull-ups, etc for at least 2 weeks.. And was told it would not take 2 months or 3 or 4 damned months to heal completely.. BUT at least 6-12 months for a full recovery.
November 6th 2014 - I started Foundation One. I barely could do 2 reps of RC/PE1. On the 3rd rep I felt discomfort.
Here's a video of how Hinge Rows were 8 months ago:
And Here's how they look today:
I'm so glad right now . I mastered RC/PE1 and my progress at RC is going to skyrocket!
Big Ideas I learnt in these 11 and a half months:
• People who drop their ego and start at week 1 day 1 are very wise to my eyes.
•There were times when I tried testing my left shoulder's previous limits when I knew for sure it hadn't been ready yet. My point is that when a part of the body is injured, don't worry about the things you 'could do'. You need to focus on the things you 'should do' in order to let it heal.
• We have only a pair of arms - We cannot get new pieces once they've been seriously damaged like in cars. Everyone have to understand that & respect their own body more.
