The Injuries Thread - Page 19

1. Google a pic and mark where it hurts.

http://i42.tinypic.com/e8wx9j.jpg

I have marked it with a red circle. I believe this is a common area for people. I have no idea if it is just a pinched nerve, or something else.

2. What exercises hurt? Which shoulder articulations hurt? Make sure you check both with passive motion and resistive/active motion.
http://www.exrx.net/Articulations/Shoulder.html

I will tell you about my main problem here. It is not "hurt" but rather, my right hand has a little tremor. Basically in relaxed position it is fine, normal. But when I put my hand up like when I want to give someone a hi-5, then it will shake. No pain, just shaking. And when I look down as far as I can, I can feel some kind of uncomfortable pain in that area in the picture I marked before. I have been to a physiotherapy, he said to strengthen my should/neck muscle, but it did not seem to work, or I just did not do them enough.

This also stops me from doing lifting. I have always wanted to start lifting but this kinda stops me. Or perhaps I SHOULD do lifting to strengthen the neck and shoulder muscles therefore stopping the problem(tremor)? I think it may well be a muscle imbalance. My GP (General Practitioner) told me to see physio (which I explained above) or if it does not work, a neurologist since my problem seems to be my nerves. But I really do hope you can give me some advice first before I go to neurologists which are so expensive....

3. What type of pain is it? Burning? Ache? Tingling? Sharp?
Explained in Number 2

4. What would you rate the pain at on a 0/10 scale? 0 being no pain, 10 being go to the emergency room.
Like I said no pain, though I feel a little bit of weakness when gripping something with my right hand.

5. Acute or chronic (chronic more than ~6-8 weeks)? What date was onset? How has the pain improved since the initial injury?
I have had this since maybe ...4 years ago.

6. Have you been training through pain? If so, how long?
Exactly, like I said I am not too sure if I should lift weights or not. Perhaps I should, to strengthen the muscles, but I noticed that once I have lifted weights, the tremor seems worse. Perhaps I should just keep doing it? Who knows, maybe stronger muscles = less tremors.

7. How deep is the pain? Is it more superficial tissues? Or does it seem to be more inside or around the joint? Describe it.
I cannot exactly describe the pain. But I feel it has something to do with the picture I marked up there. WHen I lift my shoulder including my hand, it does not shake as long as I don't make my hand "stand" like when Im about to give a hi-five. However, if I relax my shoulder, but give hi-five, it shakes. Therefore, I believe it is just my hand?

8. What have you been doing for recovery purposes?
Strengthening shoulder, back and neck muscle liek my physio said. But I did not see any results. If you think I didnt do it enough, I am glad to do more again.

9. What seems to help? What seems to make it worse? Is it constant? Does it increase/decrease with certain activities?
Resting seems to help, I notice when I wake up, it shakes very little compared to during the day, where it shakes quite a lot. What makes it worse? Activities in general, I guess. The more I use it, the worse. But if this is the case then I cannot lift weights..? I still think it is just my weak muscles that I need to strengthen by lifting to improve my back/shoulder/neck muscles.

10. Check the tissue quality of the surrounding muscles. Which ones are tight? Which ones are tender? Is there any swelling?
No, nothing like these.

11. How does it feel after exercise (if any)? How does it feel at the beginning of the day? How about the end of the day?
Explained in number 9.

12. Any previous injury history?
Nope, never.

13. How's your posture?
Perhaps I sometimes hunch,(back is not straight). I also believe having good posture helps a little with my tremor.

14. What is your current workout routine for that bodypart? Do you play any sports?
I play soccer for a club. For that body part, I am waiting for you recommendations if I should strengthen the shoulder/back/neck muscles.

15. Any other information I should be aware of or that comes to mind that may help?
Well, everything is pretty much summed up in your questions. I hope to hear a reply from you eshlow, you are my hope, no exaggeration. I have been to doctors, they told me to see physio, which had no result on me, or neurologist, which is expensive like crazy...

So yes, that is all, if you need more info please feel free to ask me.

Thank you very much eshlow.

1. Google a pic and mark where it hurts.

The X on the upper arm is a pain I have on both sides, that I mostly feel when i move my arm forward (as if when im swining my arms when walking).
The other one is harder to explain, its just below the inner side of my left elbow. If you would hold your arm in 90 degree angle with the palm of your hand turned upward, you can feel two "lumps" of your bones/joints that are aligned vertically. The muscle in question is the one that seems to start between these two joints and runs along the lower arm.
2. What exercises hurt? Which shoulder articulations hurt? Make sure you check both with passive motion and resistive/active motion.
Dips, French press with bar. When not exercising the mentioned muscles in my upper arm hurt when I walk and make the swinging motion with my arms.

3. What type of pain is it? Burning? Ache? Tingling? Sharp?
Sharp(ish)

4. What would you rate the pain at on a 0/10 scale? 0 being no pain, 10 being go to the emergency room.
1 - 2
5. Acute or chronic (chronic more than ~6-8 weeks)? What date was onset? How has the pain improved since the initial injury?
Acute
6. Have you been training through pain? If so, how long?
Just three days after it started more or less
7. How deep is the pain? Is it more superficial tissues? Or does it seem to be more inside or around the joint? Describe it.
Muscle just below the skin
8. What have you been doing for recovery purposes?
Stretch as good as possible before the exercise
9. What seems to help? What seems to make it worse? Is it constant? Does it increase/decrease with certain activities?
Stretching/massaging seems to make it better a bit.
10. Check the tissue quality of the surrounding muscles. Which ones are tight? Which ones are tender? Is there any swelling?
Muscles all seem to be pretty tight
11. How does it feel after exercise (if any)? How does it feel at the beginning of the day? How about the end of the day?
Pain during training, none after unless I make a certain movement that strains the muscle in question.
12. Any previous injury history?
No
13. How's your posture?
Pretty much straight (normal)
14. What is your current workout routine for that bodypart? Do you play any sports?
It’s in my arms so I use it with most excercises. I go to the gym about 4-5 times a week and practice muay thai once a week. (1.5 hours)
15. Any other information I should be aware of or that comes to mind that may help?
It’s not a serious injury yet, just looking to prevent.

1. Google a pic and mark where it hurts.

I would describe it as being the quadriceps tendon as well as one of the medial tendons(not sure which). Only on my right knee.

2. What exercises hurt? Which shoulder articulations hurt? Make sure you check both with passive motion and resistive/active motion.
Squatting, climbing stairs and at one point walking. Mainly movements where a load bodyweight or above was applied.

3. What type of pain is it? Burning? Ache? Tingling? Sharp?
Varied. But I would describe it as a sharp pain when a load was applied.

4. What would you rate the pain at on a 0/10 scale? 0 being no pain, 10 being go to the emergency room.
4-5

5. Acute or chronic (chronic more than ~6-8 weeks)? What date was onset? How has the pain improved since the initial injury?
Acute. The onset was about 3weeks ago. Initially the pain was too intense to walk on. There was swelling and stiffness of the joint. After RICE'ing for a a few days(3-4) the pain subsided and I could walk and climb stairs again. I started a slow/light resumption of training but just recently felt a similar pain again. There was no swelling this time and I could walk and climb stairs the next day.

6. Have you been training through pain? If so, how long?
Not before the initial injury. I stopped training for a week and began slow training and stretching after.

7. How deep is the pain? Is it more superficial tissues? Or does it seem to be more inside or around the joint? Describe it.
At the surface. I suspect its the tendons around the joint.

8. What have you been doing for recovery purposes?
RICE intially.
After a break from training for one week I resumed slowly building intensity and loads.
But felt a similar onset and thus halted training again.

9. What seems to help? What seems to make it worse? Is it constant? Does it increase/decrease with certain activities?
Rest and RICE.
Once the swelling had gone down stretching.
Not sure what is causing it to get worse.
The pain is not constant. It subsides after resting and RICE
It seems to increase sometimes after doing high intensity training above aerobic levels. (I swim for fitness).

10. Check the tissue quality of the surrounding muscles. Which ones are tight? Which ones are tender? Is there any swelling?
Currently there is no tightness or swelling. One tendon on the rear outside of the knee is a little tender.

11. How does it feel after exercise (if any)? How does it feel at the beginning of the day? How about the end of the day?
Sometimes after excercise it feels a little stiff but not sore. After the two noticeable incidents it was painful when loaded.
Feels fine generally at the beginning and ending of the day.

12. Any previous injury history?
I did have osgood schlatters when I was younger.

13. How's your posture?
Normal

14. What is your current workout routine for that bodypart? Do you play any sports?
I swim and do weights regularly. Generally one or the other everyday.
If I swim its for at least an hour to 90mins. Of mainly aerobic intensity but I also do some anerobic and sprint training.(I use to race)
If its the gym its about 45mins of excercises on a pair of muscle groups always rotating between sessions. Followed by abs/core and stretching.

15. Any other information I should be aware of or that comes to mind that may help?
I am flat footed.
Generally pretty fit and within healthy weight(180cm and 71kg).
I don't run alot but sometimes I cycle either on a real bike or a machine.
edit: I have also noticed that when stretching my quads I can hear/feel clicking noises in the right knee but not the left

I thought I had given this injury proper time to recover but it flaired up again (albeit to a lesser extent the second time).
I avoided doing any weights on my legs during this time. I could squat my own weight when the pain had subsided.
I was building intensity in my swims when the pain occurred again.
Is it a case of giving it more time for it to recover fully?
If so how long?