I can’t remember what I posted in this thread already.
Anyway, I am currently like 96% better.
I added the following to my rehab program:
- Ice massage (fill Dixie cups with water, freeze them, peel back part of the cup and rub it directly on the affected area)
- Magnesium supplement (specifically magnesium taurate, since some types can have a laxative effect)
- Resistance on the eccentric part of the rehab exercises (I started using a 32oz Powerade bottle which weighs like 2 pounds)
There have been studies showing that eccentric exercise can help tendonitis heal much more quickly than in people who don’t do it, so I figured I’d give it a try.
I know that this kind of injury doesn’t have a linear recovery time, but instead you will be sore at a certain level for days/weeks and then one day wake up and feel noticeably better, and then remain at that level for days/weeks months, until one day when you feel noticeable better, etc., but within 48 hours of adding the above three things, I was feeling noticeably better. So it could’ve just been a coincidence or it could be that they’re helping.
It’s to the point where it only hurts if I go to the edge of my ROM, or if I change directions in my shoulder really quickly, like if I snap my arm, for example if I was doing a backfist.
I’ve been doing sets of like 5 and 10 pushups every few days but I’m not going to go back to the gym until I’m 100% pain free because I don’t want to make it worse, and I don’t want to get into one of those reduced ROM exercise habits.
Can’t wait to get back in the gym. I’ve lost a lot of weight in the last 5-6 months.