Drewlander’s BodyBlog

After two days from injuring my shoulder (it snapped when i was beginning to do incline dumbbell bench press last Friday), the pain had subsided for the most part.  The doc put me on 14 days of Aleve just as an anti-inflammatory in case I needed an MRI.  After a week, my entire range of motion is back to almost normal.  The only thing that bothers me is when I lift my arm past 90 degrees upward, my shoulder pops.  This also happens when I try to push things, like hand soap out of a wall dispenser.  Yes, it hurts.  But once it pops, I can continue to move my arm upward and so on.  My thoughts are that I have a tendon that snapped out of place and is now moving back and forth over the end of my clavicle.  I went to the doc yesterday (Friday) and he thinks the same as I do.  He’s going to have me go to one day of physical therapy so they can show me some shoulder strengthening exercises I can start on my own when I go to the gym before class each day.  He expects a QUICK and full recovery in about 4-6 weeks.  He also noted that I may have a very slight rotator cuff tear, but hopefully PT will help that if it is present.  He wants to know if I’m not back to normal within 4 weeks.  If not, then I’ll get an MRI.  As of right now, he doesn’t think I need to get an MRI, especially if we’re right about the tendon thing…I agree with him (plus, I don’t have the $$$ for an MRI).  So, I start PT this week and I’m looking forward to at least strengthening my shoulders up, which I should have been doing all along (shame on me).  And just for a side note–having nicely-developed deltoids does NOT mean you have strong shoulders…only your small little rotator cuff muscles will strengthen your shoulder joint.

Take care everyone!

Andy

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