Hi,

This is a cry for help. I purchased Kelly’s book last week as I’d been recommended it from a friend after I stressed and worried about how much money I’ve spent on physio’s and chiropractors over the last year. I’ve just over half way through and so far I love it- but I’m struggling to actually piece together what’s wrong with me. Here’s a long story short:

In May ‘2013, I dislocated my shoulder playing Rugby twice in the same match. As a result I tore my labral and went under the knife almost a year later in July ’14. It was a high anterior labral tear (2 to 5 o’clock and they claim it was extending superiorly into anterior SLAP. (I’m not certain what this means)

Surgery was a success and recovery went well. However, I was disappointed with the PT follow up after being discharged from the care of the orthopedic team. I was quickly released and given a few exercises to continue in my own time. I did this, but I think they misinformed as I’ve had issues ever since.

As a result, the initial problem has escalated and I now have imbalances in the whole posterior chain. I have paid in excess close to £1,000 in follow ups with physiotherapists and chiropractors but none seem to have helped me iron the issues out which is extremely discouraging.

When I asked one of the PT’s for an assessment, they came back with “You have imbalances around the shoulder and scapula with a weakness of the posterior cuff muscles. This is probably not helped by a tightness of the pectoral and medial rotators of the shoulders.”.

Around 4 weeks ago, I was diagnosed with a bulging disk by another chiropractor after I struggled to walk or stand after a set of deadlifts- they claimed this was an accident waiting to happen as I had imbalances in my back where the “smaller” muscles weren’t working, I can’t help but think it’s all linked and this recent chain of events could have been avoided.

Now I know it’s almost impossible to assess without seeing pictures, videos or heck even me in person, but as I said- I’m really, really starting to lose patience and give up completely. I need as much help as possible.

I’m eager to finish the book and devise my own mobility plan, but I was equally as eager to ask for some advice from some of you on here. I’m 27 now, trust I’ll never play a game of contact sport in my life but I would quite like to train pain free and look somewhat symmetrical- reaching my arms overhead would be a bonus and being able to externally rotate my shoulders would also be nice. Getting rid of what I call my “turtle neck” would be the icing on the cake.