Back at the Deadlifts
I’ve been going to an occupational therapist about my finger for about 2 weeks now. During the first visit, she freaks out on me because I told her I had started doing deadlifts again but no going near as heavy as I had pre-broken finger. When she asked how heavy I was going I told her the truth: no more than 315lbs. She told me stop doing deads because that much weight can put more stress on my finger, blah, blah, blah. Anyway, despite the lecture a couple weeks ago, I did deads again yesterday. They’re my favorite exercise and I just can’t avoid doing them. Anyway, after warm-up sets I threw on 315 and it felt amazing. So, I bumped the weight up a bit to 405. I only did 2 reps (could have done a couple more, but I haven’t done over 400 since late March), then did 3 more sets of only 1 rep. My finger felt fine and my grip strength has noticeably improved. I didn’t try increasing the weight any higher to where I used to be; I’ll let my body get used to this first before I add more weight.
I go back to the therapist tomorrow morning. I’m debating whether or not to even tell her. It’s not a big deal one way or the other. I’m just happy to be able to grip and lift over 400 again - with no problems!
June 13, 2007 at 10:17 am
Don’t tell her. The med community thinks we are all weird, and we should be doing what we do. Save yourself the trouble.
Congrats on getting back up to 400.
June 13, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Grats on being back in the game. I am of the mind of telling the doctor what you are doing, but letting her know that a conservative "no lifting" policy is not an option.
December 12, 2007 at 1:43 pm
I always tell my doctor the truth about what I’d doing. I don’t care what they say. If I’m doing what I’m doing and it’s working, it’s working and no matter what amount of lecturing they give me is going to change. I guess what I’m getting at here is, it’s wrong to lie. So don’t.