Shoulder injury, 2 months later
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.
Back in the gym
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 [...]
AC Joint Rehabilitation
One month after suffering a grade 3 AC joint separation I am definitely on the road to recovery, but still a long way short of back to “normal”. I’ve been doing my resistance-band exercises plus the Plank exercise each day for a few weeks now and the strength is slowly returning. I haven’t gone back [...]
Half marathon
On December 4, three weeks after getting hit by a car, I ran the Las Vegas half-marathon in 1:44:11. I was very nervous about how my shoulder would hold up, but it was ok. I had to run with my left elbow held tightly against my ribs to limit movement in the AC joint, and [...]
Grade 3 AC separation
On November 14, 2011 I was hit by a car while cycling to work. My performance in the collision resembled that of a Hollywood stuntman in his prime – airborne, crashed onto the hood, airborne again, slammed into a parked car, and finally came to rest on the road. The result was a grade 3 [...]