Voltaren Gel, anyone use this for joint problems

[oldmusclemike]

Do the PT. They will give you exercises specifically chosen for your injury, which is where the exercises I was talking about come from.

Spending money on something that will keep you away from the knife is money well spent imo.

Thanks halfwit, I thought you would chime in. The PT people are going to call me next week

 

[Transporter]

Thanks halfwit, I thought you would chime in. The PT people are going to call me next week

Just went through the same shit Mike. Partially torn rotator and few other tears ( labrum etc ). Actually wanted to throw up when I read the results of the MRI...Anyhow, I spent three months in therapy and it's a lot better. Just be patient with it since it will take it's time on getting better. People at therapy told me that shoulders generally take from 9 months to a year to get better. Good luck bud!

 

[oldmusclemike]

Just went through the same shit Mike. Partially torn rotator and few other tears ( labrum etc ). Actually wanted to throw up when I read the results of the MRI...Anyhow, I spent three months in therapy and it's a lot better. Just be patient with it since it will take it's time on getting better. People at therapy told me that shoulders generally take from 9 months to a year to get better. Good luck bud!

Thanks it is good to hear that. I'll check into the therapy next week. The Deca and the shot helped the pain as well as my lifting. I'm on a heavy lifting routine right now and I was thinking will I tear it more because the pain has subsided quite a bit.

 

[Transporter]

Thanks it is good to hear that. I'll check into the therapy next week. The Deca and the shot helped the pain as well as my lifting. I'm on a heavy lifting routine right now and I was thinking will I tear it more because the pain has subsided quite a bit.

Yes you will do more damage to it if you keep lifting heavy. Deca and I am sure they gave you a Cortizone shot, it will mask the pain therefore if you keep lifting heavy, you will aggravate it even more. I know it's not what you wanna hear but I would chill out on the weights and let it heal

 

[oldmusclemike]

...I'm fvcked now......So I have been lifting what is heavy fir me, Basically a heavy mass building routine. 4-8 reps after a good warm up.

My shoulder hurts some on almost all exercises. Not quite all but many and it's hard to work around.

Now starting a few days ago when my Ibuprofen wears off I am in a bit of pain. I wake up in the am and fvck... I'm afraid I might tear it more. So does anyone know about what the operation would entail. Is it a simple repair ? I have had an umbilical hernia repair and it's quite simple, as far as operations go... ouch

Any thoughts, advice , suggestions? I haven't asked a doctor. If I have to stop lifting again, well fvck it. I'm just getting tired of this fvcking age thing. Really fvck you guys just don't know how small and skinny and shitty it gets.

Maybe it's time to just fvcking get old. Just be as most of these old fvcks are. This could really severely screw my head. I'm getting tired of life anyway. No more wife no fvckin women. Ha try to get a date ate my age. Ha!

Sorry to unload but I don't know what to do.

 

[Roush]

have your tried working in pre exhaustion sets prior to your heavy working sets? this will help you isolate the muscle you plan on working without having to go as heavy as normal, but still allow you to fail in the 4-8 rep range.

example -- you do a heavy bench press, but your shoulders are giving out and failing on you BEFORE your chest is. Yet, you are trying to work your chest and it never gets to a point of failure because of your damn shoulders.
well right before you do your heavy bench press, you pre-exhaust your chest. do 3 sets of high rep flies to failure until your chest is pumped and fatigued, then go right to your heavy bench press (using lighter weight then normal though) . your chest will give out and fail in that 4-8 rep range, and this time it will happen before your shoulders have a chance to fail, because the chest was pre-exhausted.

benefit is your'll get more chest isolation, still be able to go heavy, and take strain off the shoulders.

 

[oldmusclemike]

have your tried working in pre exhaustion sets prior to your heavy working sets? this will help you isolate the muscle you plan on working without having to go as heavy as normal, but still allow you to fail in the 4-8 rep range.

example -- you do a heavy bench press, but your shoulders are giving out and failing on you BEFORE your chest is. Yet, you are trying to work your chest and it never gets to a point of failure because of your damn shoulders.
well right before you do your heavy bench press, you pre-exhaust your chest. do 3 sets of high rep flies to failure until your chest is pumped and fatigued, then go right to your heavy bench press (using lighter weight then normal though) . your chest will give out and fail in that 4-8 rep range, and this time it will happen before your shoulders have a chance to fail, because the chest was pre-exhausted.

benefit is your'll get more chest isolation, still be able to go heavy, and take strain off the shoulders.

Thanks, I never tried that. I always went by the theory, do not get fatigued so that you can have the energy and strength to lift as heavy as you can to failure. I was going for a MASS building routine.

But ya know I really am not going to grow at my age. I mean get any bigger than say I was two years ago or many years ago. I may be rushing it just to re-build the mass of my muscle memory, if you understand that. I am trying to push my limits. Maybe I should slow down with wanting the results to soon. Sounds like a newbie lol.

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Ya know these were 2 -3 years ago and I just want to get that back. That's all. I'm not much now but ya know this would make me happy at my age now. I don't know if it's gonna happen if I don't go heavy.

I didn't even like to post them but that's all I got (now) Ya know I just want to look like a lifter again or an old BB.

I'm gonna try it, what you said. I know I'll get a pump but pump and building are different.

 

[blakey]

Wish you luck mate
Ive used tb500 for recovery but this is for after surgery not instead of
Tb 500 and rapi gel has helped me over the years
Broken
Face
Hands
knees legs
Torn ligement
Done a good bit of damage
Rapi gel is good its only a heat gel sort of thing but its ment for race horses so its a bit stronger than the stuff ment for us humans helped me with some things anyway goodluck mate dont give up