Any gym boffins in here

[appollo1]

Originally Posted by Shellywoozle

I have to (no comments) kneel on all fours,

Poor Samson, you cut off his nuts then get down to his level and tease him!!!!!


Upper arm/shoulder strength exercises -

Get a large heavy pint glass full of beer/wine/vodka (whatever your tipple may be) place glass on a low down table.
Squat down to pick glass up (exercising your legs and buttocks)
Pick up glass and slowwly raise to mouth -sip -lower to waist height and repeat til glass is empty.
When empty squat to return glass to table.

Warning - be careful not to drink too much and fall over causing further injury to affected area.

Only you can judge what feels comfortable and my many painful experiences coming back from running injuries are that you MUST listen to what your body is telling you.
No problem with going to the gym, but keep the weights very, very, very low and start with doing very few reps. You need to re-train the movement into the joint and muscles, tendons etc and this isn't done with lots of either weight or reps.
The other risk of course is if you do too much too soon, your weakened body will compensate for the injury by placing more strain on other muscles and this can cause other problems.
If you knacker it again (I've done this loads of times) in frustration at your current situation, you will only make matters worse and be back to square one.
Slowly, gently, easy does it - you'll mend with time and need a little patience as well as rehabilitation etc.
All the best with it.

Power lifting... OK maybe not.

*Nick gets his coat*

[Shellywoozle]

Originally Posted by stephen365

Only you can judge what feels comfortable and my many painful experiences coming back from running injuries are that you MUST listen to what your body is telling you.
No problem with going to the gym, but keep the weights very, very, very low and start with doing very few reps. You need to re-train the movement into the joint and muscles, tendons etc and this isn't done with lots of either weight or reps.
The other risk of course is if you do too much too soon, your weakened body will compensate for the injury by placing more strain on other muscles and this can cause other problems.
If you knacker it again (I've done this loads of times) in frustration at your current situation, you will only make matters worse and be back to square one.
Slowly, gently, easy does it - you'll mend with time and need a little patience as well as rehabilitation etc.
All the best with it.

Fankoo !!

Appollo I will be trying your methods tomorrow night, I think a dim light large building with flashing lights, loud music and lots of men dancing will aid my recovery, especially if they buy the drinks LOL

Nick, let me hand you your coat LOL x

whe I was doing rehab on my knee, they stressed that the variety of exercise was more important than the weights you lift on it. from memory you need to make sure that you balance your exercises so that you dont advance one muscle group to quickly compared to the rest. I woudl defintely recommend speaking to the pyhsio and asking for a set of exercises that you could do at a gym with a weight (if necessary) regime.

I cant tell you much about gyms themselves as I have a coutry wide ban after turning up every ladies night in a leotard and staring through the window. Turns out it wasnt a oneway mirror.

[Nobbylad]

* Stand at bar, reach slowly into jeans pocket, take out notes/change

* Put forearm on bar area

* Raise arm to attract attention of bar staff, point at desired drink.

* Receive drink in open hand, raise to mouth, place back on bar - repeat until glass empty

10 repetitions of above

After a few nights, increase repetitions and intersperse with trips to dart board to ensure even blood flow.

HTH