Turning an injury into a positive

As some, or most, of you may know I have had a right shoulder injury for sometime. Despite treatment it's getting no better and I've had to tailor my training to grippers and TTK as this is all my shoulder will allow, twice a week. having a eureka moment I decided to separate my training across my two arms. My left hand is okay for closing the #2 but I struggle for dexterity with the setting since i chopped my index finger up last year! So, I've decided that one day a week I train my left hand on my homemade crusher and rotational levering and another day I train my left hand on pinch and wrist curls. My right hand will still train 2 days a week for grippers and TTK. This way I get to train 4 days a week, so I still get my fix and it's at a level where I make progress and can recover. In addition, my right shoulder may never stand doing crusher/RT again so training it left handed will allow me to compete in the future.

In regards to the shoulder, I went to see the surgeon the other day and if, in 6 months, it's no better despite physio he will operate as a last resort. Apparently when I injured it last I severly bruised the muscles and this is causing impingement/capsulitis problems. As a parting gift he gave me TWO cortisone shots to the shoulder, "one above and one below". The second one was hell as he had to push, quite audibly, through scar tissue with the needle. He then congratulated me on not vomiting or passing out as the second one usually has that effect on people!

Cheers, Lol

Sorry to hear about your injury causing you training troubles!

Thought I would throw in a suggestion of giving Z health a go, whilst I wasn't suffering from an injury as such I had been suffering from poor shoulder mobility which was really hindering any overhead pressing. Had several sessions with a kettlebell / Z health instructor in Nottingham and its really helped improve my shoulders and lots of other niggling problems

http://www.zhealth.net/what-is-zhealth