polegramma
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Oooh, I’m really excited to hear this. My home is FWB! Now when I go to visit family, I can try to pick up a lesson or two as well! Yay!
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Veeners, here’s my experience. That shoulder pain(whatever the cause) isn’t going to go away unless you strengthen the little muscles. The strength gains are very small and very slow. It takes months and I know I got very frustrated, even with great medical care and physical therapy it seemed to take forever. I was lucky that I could still use the non-injured side somewhat for poling. Very carefully. Still building up strength and being careful; even though I feel like I’m 100% again I’m pretty sure I’m not there yet.
So do I tell you that you need to go to the doctor and then get physical therapy and other treatment? That’s what worked for me. -
This has happened to me more than once over the years as I do repetitive tasks at work. For me, it’s always on the dominant side since that side is overdeveloped. My doctor said the key is to be sure I do weight training to strengthen both sides equally. With poling, I can carefully concentrate on developing the non-dominant side “a little more” so it balances out really well. Rest carefully, remember you can’t stretch out a muscle pull. In my experience, trying to stretch that kind of injury just makes it worse.
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I agree, ART is a wonderful technique. It helped me recover from a hamstring and gastroc tear injury. After I had used up all the physical therapy my insurance would cover,I found an ART practitioner and the results were worth the time and money. He also showed me body weight stretches I could do to continue my recovery. It’s not just for legs, but I believe ART certification is specific for different body areas so you need someone who has the certification for legs; if you have a back injury, I think they need the ART certification for back, etc.