Push-pull

[Ian Legrow]

I hurt my shoudler a while back and am going to start doing gymnastics again on friday, but i am ging to go slow. I will work on mainly my l-sit and stretches until i can do 3x30s with it, and will hopfully be flexable enough to practice my straddle l sit whne the time comes. The onyl problem i am running into is for push and pull exercises i am not sure what is to much for my shoudler right now. SHoudl i just stick to push ups and pull ups for a ocuple of months? Are there others i can do that shouldn't hinder my shoudler as much?

[Julekman]

You know the best about intensity of your injury and what exercises you are not able to do. First, dont do anything that will prolonge the pain. If you feel them then stop. There is no shorcuts here, and forget about pass through pain. But yes, small work without pain will help process of healing. Stick with basic and easier exercises that you can do, dont complicate things. If your shoulders hurts, train legs and core, If one arm is better then the other, then include exercise with healthy arm etc. All of that will speed up recovery. Start slowly and listen what your shoulder say to you. But the most important, when pain stops one day that doesnt mean that you are ready for harder exercises immediatelly. Stick with easy progression.

Ask yourself, can I do basic slow prehab wrist/elbow/shoulder work ordinarily without pain, and after that think about pushups, pullups etc.

[AlexX]

Lekman is spot on with the advice, no one can tell you what you can do except for yourself. If it hurts even slightly don't do it. Note: keep in mind how your shoulders feels the next day too because there might not be any pain with the exercise but the next day the injury is worse.

[Ian Legrow]

Ok, so basically stick to things that don't hurt even if it takes 2 or three months to progress from push ups to p-bar push ups?

That i can do, but will my joint really be getting stronger?