I'm in PT... again.My first visit was when I tore my left shoulder.
(Spring of 2006)
Surgery and three months of PT.
A year later I tore my right shoulder.
Surgery and three months of PT.
A year later I tore my right shoulder.
(Spring of 2007)
No surgery, just PT. Lots of PT.
In the middle of PT, my shoulder began to tighten to the point that I could not scratch my own back.
That is called a frozen shoulder.
Four month later I unfroze it with the help of the PT and a golf club.
(A Golf Club?)
I used it at home like a folcrum to increase my range of motion.
Like I said, a golf club...and ice. Lots of ice. After each PT workout I spent ten minutes on my back icing the shoulder. Ice helps keep the swelling down. From there I did the rehab program religously. So religously that my son start to want to join me for my workouts. Then I hurt my hamstring.
(Summer of 2007) 6 weeks of PT and no improvement, so back to the surgeon.
No surgery, just PT. Lots of PT.
In the middle of PT, my shoulder began to tighten to the point that I could not scratch my own back.
That is called a frozen shoulder.
Four month later I unfroze it with the help of the PT and a golf club.
(A Golf Club?)
I used it at home like a folcrum to increase my range of motion.
Like I said, a golf club...and ice. Lots of ice. After each PT workout I spent ten minutes on my back icing the shoulder. Ice helps keep the swelling down. From there I did the rehab program religously. So religously that my son start to want to join me for my workouts. Then I hurt my hamstring.
(Summer of 2007) 6 weeks of PT and no improvement, so back to the surgeon.It's not your hamstring, it is your lumbar muscles.
(Lumbar muscles?)
Between L5 and S1
(Between where?)
Lower back.
Back to PT for 6 more weeks.
2008? No PT
2009? I pushed my running and my knees started to hurt.
Back to the surgeon.
Patella Tendonitis
PT?
PT
So what is PT?
(Lumbar muscles?)
Between L5 and S1
(Between where?)
Lower back.
Back to PT for 6 more weeks.
2008? No PT
2009? I pushed my running and my knees started to hurt.
Back to the surgeon.
Patella Tendonitis
PT?
PT
So what is PT?
Physical Therapy is learning to lift weights to stregnthen the limb that is weak (Hense the pain)
For Patella Tendonitis it is doing leg lifts...lots of them.
The Patella Tendon is like a rubber band that stretches over your knee. In my case, the I-T band was tight. It pulled on the quad muscles and that pulled on the Patella Tendons. So my knee pain was really a pain in the butt. (Literally)
So it's 12 months to go and I'm being told to not run until the pain stops.
How am I supposed to train?
By being patient.
If I could rehab all the other parts of this body every year, I WILL be able to do this.
Until I get the green light to start running it's PT twice a week.
When I tell people my story, they ask me two things:
"Why does this happen to you?"
Well...
This happens to me, because my body type is not made for this type of exercise.
For Patella Tendonitis it is doing leg lifts...lots of them.
The Patella Tendon is like a rubber band that stretches over your knee. In my case, the I-T band was tight. It pulled on the quad muscles and that pulled on the Patella Tendons. So my knee pain was really a pain in the butt. (Literally)
So it's 12 months to go and I'm being told to not run until the pain stops.How am I supposed to train?
By being patient.
If I could rehab all the other parts of this body every year, I WILL be able to do this.
Until I get the green light to start running it's PT twice a week.
When I tell people my story, they ask me two things:
"Why does this happen to you?"
Well...
This happens to me, because my body type is not made for this type of exercise.
(So I use the PT to strengthen the weak areas)
Some people are naturally predisposed to succeed at this stuff. Then there is everyone else.
Why do you continue to do these races?
Because I enjoy them.
2009 NYC Triathlon
Finishing in 3 hours, 20 minutes
(12 minutes faster than the previous year)
Because I enjoy them.
2009 NYC Triathlon
Finishing in 3 hours, 20 minutes
(12 minutes faster than the previous year)
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