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I had a seperated shoulder a while back that i succesfully rehabilitated. If anything it's more stable than my other shoulder these days. Throwers 10 exercises and pilates bands are your friends - plus lots of stretching. Took months to heal and had the odd niggling pain for months after too. Eventually came good.
My lower back on the other hand... i've been 'rehabbing' that on and off for over 2 years now, it aint ever getting better. At least thats what the doctors say. But i'm told i may be able to box, so my goal is to get it good enough to do that. If i can train without being crippled afterwards i'll be over the moon, if i can fight i'll be ecstatic. Fingers crossed there, cause i'm sick of this bloody injury.
a good website that has a ton of good rehab info on it is elitefts.com they a whole index of exercises and rehab stuff. they also have a place on there where you can ask some of their trainers questions. martin rooney answers questions on their site.
Thanks for the stories guys. I'm 29 now and this has been a problem for ages. I can empathize with the guys who have shoulder injuries; I played lots of baseball over the course of about 15 years and wore the hell out of my rotator cuff (my winged scapula definitely played a role in this).
I saw a good sports physiotherapist a while back and have exercises to do.
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Originally Posted by Gov
Rehab is the biggest test of mental strenght I can think of. Instead of doing your normal cardio/training/lifting routines, you often get told to do these wierd movements that are closer to a old person's yoga class than real training. To stick with it and successfully rehab a recurring injury is what separates the truly committed.
So true. It's this life lesson of putting long-term gain ahead of immediate gratification that's so hard to learn, but I guess it's a part of growing up and being responsible/wise. I'm going to do my best to stick with the exercises. I'll reply back in this in a few weeks from now.
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yeah ive torn my MCL in my left elbow in high school wrestling, and the ACLs in both knees in college. ive rehabbed all of them back 100% from just staying dedicated to the rehab program and pushing myself. and i had a really good doctor and therapist.
right now im about 6-7 weeks into a rib injury. i dont know what is wrong, but i know its not broken. it might be cracked, separated, bruised, who knows. has anybody had to deal with a rib problem? what did you do to get better? i just started rolling and kickboxing with no body shots this week.
