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przedIt's almost exactly two weeks since I injured my shoulder, and I'm finally almost completely pain free and have slept through the night for the last two nights.
The first week was a whole lot of not fun. I was only sleeping for two or three hours at a time before pain woke me up, so I had sleep deprivation on top of the injury. And while the first two days of watching unlimited TV was rather enjoyable, I started to quickly chafe at not being able to physically do much of anything. (Before he left for work, the Sweetie would cut me two pieces of bread for lunch because the mere thought of doing that myself was painful.)
I had to wait six days to get into the fracture clinic, where they just confirmed there was no fracture or dislocation and wrote me a script for physio. And then I couldn't get into my physio until this past Tuesday, but he was much more helpful. He's got me doing gentle exercises to keep the shoulder's mobility up, and then has one of their techs do laser and electricity treatments on the shoulder.
I made it back to work this week, and got back to my first Taekwando class last Saturday. The first class I mostly observed, but when we were put in groups to do forms, my group picked one of the easier forms and then they all did it one-handed with me in a show of solidarity, which was lovely of them.
It's the Family Day long weekend, and I'm taking it easy and giving the shoulder a last bit of complete rest before I try a more complete training schedule next week. The trick being doing enough to build up my shoulder strength again, but not so much that I irritate the injury.
But it is marvellous to be able to do things around the house without pain constantly making my check my movements.
The first week was a whole lot of not fun. I was only sleeping for two or three hours at a time before pain woke me up, so I had sleep deprivation on top of the injury. And while the first two days of watching unlimited TV was rather enjoyable, I started to quickly chafe at not being able to physically do much of anything. (Before he left for work, the Sweetie would cut me two pieces of bread for lunch because the mere thought of doing that myself was painful.)
I had to wait six days to get into the fracture clinic, where they just confirmed there was no fracture or dislocation and wrote me a script for physio. And then I couldn't get into my physio until this past Tuesday, but he was much more helpful. He's got me doing gentle exercises to keep the shoulder's mobility up, and then has one of their techs do laser and electricity treatments on the shoulder.
I made it back to work this week, and got back to my first Taekwando class last Saturday. The first class I mostly observed, but when we were put in groups to do forms, my group picked one of the easier forms and then they all did it one-handed with me in a show of solidarity, which was lovely of them.
It's the Family Day long weekend, and I'm taking it easy and giving the shoulder a last bit of complete rest before I try a more complete training schedule next week. The trick being doing enough to build up my shoulder strength again, but not so much that I irritate the injury.
But it is marvellous to be able to do things around the house without pain constantly making my check my movements.
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Date: 2016-02-13 10:32 pm (UTC)Glad you feel better.
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Date: 2016-02-13 10:49 pm (UTC)Thanks!
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Date: 2016-02-14 07:51 am (UTC)And what a lovely group to show solidarity with you! And your partner, so thoughtful.
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Date: 2016-02-14 03:32 pm (UTC)The group were definitely awesome. And the Sweetie rocks.
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Date: 2016-02-14 02:07 pm (UTC)Your taekwondo group sounds awesome.
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Date: 2016-02-14 03:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-02-14 02:08 pm (UTC)Your taekwondo group sounds awesome.
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Date: 2016-02-14 03:04 pm (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2016-02-14 03:40 pm (UTC)The class were very sweet to do forms like I had to. Empathy training is part of our black belt cycle, another reason I love our school.
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Date: 2016-02-14 04:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-02-14 05:27 pm (UTC)Getting back into training isn't optional if I want to stay on track for the black belt this year. Which I do, if only because I don't want to have to do this level of training again next year. I'll already have to do early morning Saturday classes if Ros does her black belt next year.
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Date: 2016-02-15 04:35 pm (UTC)Best of luck with retraining your shoulder and getting your black belt. May you recover quickly and completely. :)
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Date: 2016-02-14 05:16 pm (UTC)Love the solidarity of your Taekwondo group. There's a fannfic in there, I'm sure of it...
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Date: 2016-02-14 05:29 pm (UTC)Hmmm, shall have to consider the fanfic possibilities there. *g*
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Date: 2016-02-14 05:32 pm (UTC)The challenge, I think, will be holding back from sparring. That's what I love doing most, but has the greatest possibility of re-injuring my shoulder. Ah well, I can't even carry the bag with my sparring gear yet. ;-)
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Date: 2016-02-15 02:52 am (UTC)*And* you'll be ready for Pros wrestling in August, too. ;-)
(And really, your class sounds like an awesome group of people.)
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Date: 2016-02-15 03:39 am (UTC)My class is definitely an awesome bunch of people. They make the training fun.
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