It has now been 2 months since my shoulder injury (a grade 3 AC joint separation).
I am pleased with the progress that I’ve made to date, but was expecting the pain to have subsided more than it has.
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Deploying a sufficiently complicated application into a corporate environment involves navigating a sea of paperwork, getting all the appropriate “approvals” in place, co-ordinating with department managers to get time slots from their staff, and so on.
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I read a great quote in I’m feeling lucky. It described a note sent from one Google employee to another as he handed over a piece of software.
- Here’s what I’ve done.
- Here’s how it’s running.
- Here are some things to look at.
- Here’s what’s going to go wrong if it goes wrong.
- Here are the steps to turn it off.
These five points would be invaluable documentation to any new code or functionality. Imagine how much time could be saved if you had this information before embarking upon a code change.
This morning I did my first weights workout since my Grade 3 AC joint separation 5 weeks ago. I didn’t push it hard, the point was to start building some strength slowly while trying to avoid further injury. Most of the weights were around my previous warmup levels. i.e. around 60%.
I was focusing on my legs and back, so the exercises were: Squats, bent-over rows, seated rows, deadlift, incline press. I tried doing some lat pulldowns but there was way too much movement in the AC joint for my comfort. I was surprised I was able to deadlift at all but it was quite comfortable. The rowing exercises required the most concentration to keep the joint stable, as did the incline press.
I’ll probably stick with this routine three times a week for a month or so, gradually increasing the weights. I hope to be back to my pre-injury strength by the end of January.