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[Dirty Dog]

Oh it’s just boring, I don’t need to tan and ‘hell is other people’. As for sand up your crack….

Who said anything about other people? One of the reasons I spend so much time diving is the lack of other people 100' under water.
As for your crack... dude... nobody said do it naked.

 

[Gyakuto]

Who said anything about other people? One of the reasons I spend so much time diving is the lack of other people 100' under water.

That’s diving under the water/faeces mixture, not lying on a beach.

As for your crack... dude... nobody said do it naked.

I don’t! I wear a mankini

 

[Dirty Dog]

That’s diving under the water/faeces mixture, not lying on a beach.

Can't stay under the entire time... the longest dive I've done was about 7 hours. But it's still easy to find empty beaches.

I don’t! I wear a mankini

The banana hammock is also not ok.

 

[Badhabits]

My comment about a vacation was more about shaking up your routine more than anything else. It may be beneficial to just do something completely different for a couple of weeks, throw yourself off your game so to speak, get out of your comfort zone. It sounds like you might be stuck in a rut. It's possible this could be a mental thing affecting the physical.

 

[Fungus]

I’m fairly convinced the various PTs don’t really understand what they’re doing and are simply applying a ‘standard protocol’ for anyone with ‘shoulder pain‘. Here’s how I reached this conclusion:
I have the symptoms of supraspinatus tendinopathy caused by the tendon repeatedly rubbing against the roof of the shoulder joint. So what does the PT suggest? Rehabilitation exercises that cause the supraspinatus tendon to repeatedly rub against the roof of the shoulder joint! My symptoms worsen, I return to the PT and what does the PT do? They give me one from the very same set of rehabilitation exercises, reduce the resistance and number of reps and sets that I should perform. The shoulders (yes it’s bilateral now) do not improve. Does that seem logical? (incidentally the right should was injured when I commenced exercises to prevent shoulder issues occurring in it as I’ve experienced in the left shoulder ).

I have made the same conclusion. They have a standard protocol, that should be "tried" in order for certain patient grops. I talked to another PT that said that, IF the patient is able to find their OWN excercises that does feel better, that is often much better. So as always, if you want something properly done - do it yourself.

I also stopped doing PT excercises, but I keep doing my own and it works better.
The only reason I went to a PT, is that it's part of the procedure to get an MR scan: First I goto the doctor, he sends to me PT, the PT gives me useless excercise for a year; after proven that PT doe snot work, I and put back to the doctor that FINALLY gets me an MR Scan and a meeting with a specialist doctor. An MR scan is not something you CAN do yourself, so one has to goto the procedure.

 

[Steve]

I’ll be as objective as I can; nothing makes me feel better.

1) I workout at the gym, but I don’t feel stronger or ‘better’….not energised or less fatigued…in fact, quite the opposite. I have bigger muscles, yes, but what’s the point of that?
2) I perform rehabilitation exercises for my shoulder pain and they don’t improve (in fact make them slightly worse).
3) I’ve meditated for many years and feel no different.
4) I take creatine and and myriad other supplements and feel no different (commencement or cessation produces no change)
5) I perform stretching exercises and my flexibility has hardly improved and any slight gains I’ve made haven’t made me feel any better.

What’s going on? Is this your experience?

You have my sympathy.

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

nothing makes me feel better.

Every time when I realize that people who have

- cancer and only have 3 months to live.
- lost eyesight for their glaucoma.
- to sit on wheelchair for the rest of their life.
- ...

I always feel that I'm so luck and I should enjoy my life as much as I can.

 

[Gyakuto]

I have made the same conclusion. They have a standard protocol, that should be "tried" in order for certain patient grops. I talked to another PT that said that, IF the patient is able to find their OWN excercises that does feel better, that is often much better. So as always, if you want something properly done - do it yourself.

To facilitate this I’ve had to order a very expensive shoulder rehabilitation book to build up my knowledge in order to treat myself.

I also stopped doing PT excercises, but I keep doing my own and it works better.
The only reason I went to a PT, is that it's part of the procedure to get an MR scan: First I goto the doctor, he sends to me PT, the PT gives me useless excercise for a year; after proven that PT doe snot work, I and put back to the doctor that FINALLY gets me an MR Scan and a meeting with a specialist doctor.

Yes. Since anti-inflammatory drugs help me more than anything (and posterior tilting of the scapula when reaching for things in order to avoid abrading the tendon) I want to push for a steroid injection into my shoulder(s).

An MR scan is not something you CAN do yourself, so one has to goto the procedure.

I could do an MRI scan on myself…or instruct someone else to do it while I was in the tunnel, but I get very claustrophobic in the ‘tube of doom’.

 

[Gyakuto]

My comment about a vacation was more about shaking up your routine more than anything else. It may be beneficial to just do something completely different for a couple of weeks, throw yourself off your game so to speak, get out of your comfort zone. It sounds like you might be stuck in a rut. It's possible this could be a mental thing affecting the physical.

I think you’re right. I don’t holiday as it’s not really in my culture to do so, it’s a real hassle with airports, passports immigration control etc and costly, especially in holidaying in the U.K., plus I have an elderly loved one I don’t want to leave alone (). When I can, I will try going away.

 

[HighKick]

I have entertained this idea. I still feel like a 20 something, but I’m undoubtedly not. We should be told all about what 6o expect with advancing age at high school. At least we have the option of opting out if we don’t like what we hear!

That’s a harrowing story, HighKick. Do you think it’s an even worse experience because of the heights you were once at? I used to hate being below average looking, but when I look at my once good looking friends, struggling with their loss of looks and in particular becoming invisible to their preferred sex, I realise that I was actually blessed as I had my early life to be relatively invisible to women and it provided the impetus to develop a charming personality () whereas my good looking friends are all dull as ditchwater! Thank goodness for sapiosexual women!

Ah, the dreaded 50s…

Awful…just awful

It‘s an awful cliché, but the accident forced you develop effective coping mechanisms.

Damn those itis brothers! I feel good after taking ibuprofen as I am today.

I didn’t sign up for this

Bast*rds!

Gimme Ibuprofen!

That’d be referred to as ‘meditative absorption’…when your actions are all-absorbing of mental processin….you become lost in whatever you’re doing.

Yes I read about creatine’s positive cognitive effects. It’s cheap so I’ll keep taking it.

I was very flexible having had to work at it, so my current lack thereof is saddening (see above about good looks). Having said that, I can sit in half lotus, just about grasp my ankles bending forward, relax indefinitely in the Asian squat and get about 30-40cm from the floor in box splits. It’s only when I witness others of my age or indeed younger attempting and failing to mimic me that I realise I’m not too inflexible.

I think that’s exactly does happen with repeated stretching.

Slow breathing and easing into the stretch?

A nice observation….

That’s a harrowing story, HighKick. Do you think it’s an even worse experience because of the heights you were once at? I used to hate being below average looking, but when I look at my once good looking friends, struggling with their loss of looks and in particular becoming invisible to their preferred sex, I realise that I was actually blessed as I had my early life to be relatively invisible to women and it provided the impetus to develop a charming personality () whereas my good looking friends are all dull as ditchwater! Thank goodness for sapiosexual women!

It was never about my appearance very much, even when I was younger. Let's face it, I am not much to look at.
Self-perception was never an issue for me. Self-performance? Now, that is a different question. I never gave/give much consideration to things like wrinkles or hair loss (hand raised) but things like loss of strength and mobility and the associated increase in difficulty to do some things stinks at times.
The accident left me with pronounced balance issues. I often say I stagger around like a drunk monkey, and it is something I am a bit self-conscious about. I have learned to work with it instead of against it fairly well but it really makes me check up if I have to climb or try to balance above ground.

 

[Gyakuto]

Yes, it’s about mitigating the possible loss of mobility for me too. I do like my biceps though!

 

[HighKick]

Yes, it’s about mitigating the possible loss of mobility for me too. I do like my biceps though!

I strength train 3x's per week and still practice my martial arts albeit to a lesser degree. Since my Tuhon moved back to the west coast, I do not practice Kali nearly enough.

 

[Fungus]

To facilitate this I’ve had to order a very expensive shoulder rehabilitation book to build up my knowledge in order to treat myself.

You should get a tax refund!

 

[Gyakuto]

You should get a tax refund!

I’ll be waiting a long time for that £4.37 from HMRC!

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Who said anything about other people? One of the reasons I spend so much time diving is the lack of other people 100' under water.
As for your crack... dude... nobody said do it naked.

What!? Wet clothes? Now you are the monster, I only beach in the buff. Swimming naked in the river or ocean is the best.

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

Can't stay under the entire time... the longest dive I've done was about 7 hours. But it's still easy to find empty beaches.

The banana hammock is also not ok.

How bout a vienna sausage hammock?

 

[Gyakuto]

What!? Wet clothes? Now you are the monster, I only beach in the buff. Swimming naked in the river or ocean is the best.

At least I have the decency to be modest in my mankini.

 

[Dirty Dog]

How bout a vienna sausage hammock?

How cold is the water???

 

[JowGaWolf]

I’ll be as objective as I can; nothing makes me feel better.

1) I workout at the gym, but I don’t feel stronger or ‘better’….not energised or less fatigued…in fact, quite the opposite. I have bigger muscles, yes, but what’s the point of that?
2) I perform rehabilitation exercises for my shoulder pain and they don’t improve (in fact make them slightly worse).
3) I’ve meditated for many years and feel no different.
4) I take creatine and and myriad other supplements and feel no different (commencement or cessation produces no change)
5) I perform stretching exercises and my flexibility has hardly improved and any slight gains I’ve made haven’t made me feel any better.

What’s going on? Is this your experience?

It's your imagination. Stop what you are doing and you'll quickly discover what was working.

Not all gains are noticeable.

 

[JowGaWolf]

I’ll be as objective as I can; nothing makes me feel better.

1) I workout at the gym, but I don’t feel stronger or ‘better’….not energised or less fatigued…in fact, quite the opposite. I have bigger muscles, yes, but what’s the point of that?
2) I perform rehabilitation exercises for my shoulder pain and they don’t improve (in fact make them slightly worse).
3) I’ve meditated for many years and feel no different.
4) I take creatine and and myriad other supplements and feel no different (commencement or cessation produces no change)
5) I perform stretching exercises and my flexibility has hardly improved and any slight gains I’ve made haven’t made me feel any better.

What’s going on? Is this your experience?

Oh for the stretching, learn to be relaxed when doing it. Use gentle stretching instead of the hard stretching. I recommend yoga it you have the time.