The Long Road Of Rehab
Well, it has been a LONG time since I’ve written anything on this blog. Some people have started asking me privately where my posting went on P90X or fitness in general, so I thought I would take the time to let everyone know what is up in my world.
If you’ve followed my blog for a while you know that I have had shoulder issues for quite some time. Most of the workouts I do from Beachbody invovle upper body work (pull-ups, push-ups, shoulder presses, flies, etc). After the last couple of years of the pain getting worse, and then having my shoulders completely fail on my during my latest round of P90X, I knew it was time to seek medical attention.
At the end of August I started increasing my visits to a chiropractor to get things adjusted. After 2 weeks of absolutely no relief there, I knew it was time to see an orthopedic (I was very afraid of a cuff tear at this point).
On October 5th, I was diagnosed with bursitis/tendonitis in both shoulders. I also have bicepital (spelling?) tendonitis in my left arm which explains why the pain was shooting all the way down to my elbow.
So right now I am in physical therapy 3 days a week.
I can say that mobility has improved in the right shoulder tremendously. I’m able to move that arm now pain free in directions I could not before. But resistance on that arm still causes severe discomfort.
My left arm has not improved much at all. We are still trying to aggressively treat it, but it simply is not improving.
I go back to the orthopedic on November 15th, at which point I’m probably going to have cortisone injections to help get the joints to heal faster.
On top of the shoulder issues, I’ve had project after project at work which have kept me very busy, hence the lack of blog post coming out. I’m committed to keep this blog going and updating everyone on my fitness journey.
In fact, I’ve just entered a 45 day challenge with another couple vs my wife and I. Goal is inches lost between now and December 15th. This is the hardest time of year for a challenge for me because…well, I love sweets this time of year (I rarely have them January – August, but something about October – December makes me want them more). I’ve gained just a little bit back since I had to stop P90X completely but have already started losing some of it again.
My diet also has not been the best, but working on improving that tremendously. My main focus is controlled calorie count, a wise selection of how much I consume/what I consume, and then getting into an exercise routine that keeps me moving (which is hard….I LOVED my upper body workouts, and now I can do nothing with my arms outside of the training I do with the therapist).
So, that’s that. My goal is by December 15th to be back to a fairly slim point and hopefully getting ready for a round of P90X2 starting sometime in January, provided the shoulders cooperate.
