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[email protected]ParticipantThis thread is more than a year old. But I will provide an update in case others have this problem. As it turns out, my left scapula is almost entirely frozen as a consequence of a 40+ year old injury. Bilateral lifting just isn’t in the cards for me. That “little” problem affects my entire movement pattern on that side and bilateral lifting is just plain ugly.. We focused on that area for several years with everything short of surgery – and THAT isn’t guaranteed to actually work. I also won’t undergo surgery so I can do Olympic lifting. I have moved onto other lifting styles and activities that my body can actually do properly. My shoulder anatomy isn’t normal and that isn’t going to change. While I am doing very different things these days, my body is responding without further injury. I will take it! To me the most important thing is to focus on physical activities that are sustainable for life, and for me, this isn’t.
07/23/2014 at 8:07 pm in reply to: Hip(?) (Iliopsoas? Pectineus?)issues in deep squat with upright torso #74993[email protected]ParticipantI did break out the foam roller tonight again, and rolled my adductors for the first time in awhile. I wasn’t sure that I should have done that before. I did find tenderness when I was rolling it, looking at an anatomy chart it looks like the tenderness is in either the Adductor Longus or Magnus (or both). It isn’t painful, just tender. I did tweak my knee on that leg last month and while that has calmed down, I do wonder if that is somehow related. Thankfully the adductor symptoms have decreased a lot over the last couple of days and as long as I don’t do something stupid I think it will be fine. I’ve never done this before however, I wish I knew what caused it…
07/23/2014 at 6:25 pm in reply to: Hip(?) (Iliopsoas? Pectineus?)issues in deep squat with upright torso #74992[email protected]ParticipantDavid, thankfully nothing I do with the KB hurts, and since I’ve a competition in December I want to keep it that way 😉
07/23/2014 at 6:23 pm in reply to: Hip(?) (Iliopsoas? Pectineus?)issues in deep squat with upright torso #74991[email protected]ParticipantNo problem Sheldoneous, and your posts were helpful. I am feeling much better, and it is starting to look like I may have simple pulled something that is healing. We can’t figure out how I did that, but my adductors are feeling much better.
I do wonder if you are dealing with the consequennces of what they call “gluteal amnesia”. I’ve also dealt with this, basically our quads, hammies, and hip flexors start doing work that our glutes SHOULD be, and this can lead to an entire host of problems. I do deal with this, and I suspect that I always will. No matter what I do, my glutes seem to stay on the weak side. They are stronger than they used to be however 🙂07/23/2014 at 6:41 am in reply to: Hip(?) (Iliopsoas? Pectineus?)issues in deep squat with upright torso #74985[email protected]ParticipantNo problems with sitting cross legged, and I do the couch stretch all of the time. No problem – I can’t access the pro-episodes. Haven’t noticed a problem pulling my leg into flexion.
It may also simply be that I’ve pulled something and need to let it heal. My coach had me do something yesterday that was a bit different and there was no pain. I am a competitive kettlebell sport lifter (GS), and thankfully none of my usual work seems to bother it. I DO, at times, feel soreness there where my inner thigh connects when I am seated at my computer, but that is getting less and less.[email protected]ParticipantNo, David that is impossible, and there are mechanical reasons for that. Yes, I’ve seen multiple specialists on this. PT, ART, chiropractors. I am now working with an Osteopath who has had more positive results than anyone, but there is only so much improvement that can be expected without surgery. So far there are no recommendations to pursue that as they consider it quite likely that my shoulder wouldn’t improve – this dysfunctional situation has been around for most of my life. I am not trying to work on my OH position – just focusing on my front squat and trying to determine if that needs to go the way of OH lifting or if I’ve hope.
Kaitlin, thanks for the links to the triceps and elbow information, I hadn’t thought about those! It can’t hurt to try 🙂I AM very thankful that my shoulders are so stable however, I can lift anything below shoulder level without a problem, and my Osteopath’s exercises are even finally allowing me to gain a bit of strength in my bad shoulder/arm – I really didn’t think that was possible![email protected]ParticipantMy coracoid process is blocked from moving properly – and yes, I did smashing and mobilizing for months until we figured out the problem. I had a broken humerus and collar bone at 13 that wasn’t treated properly and then I was sedentary for the next (mumble, mumble) decades. Consequences from the improperly treated shoulder has led to a mechanical problem that has really effected my external rotation. Thankfully that shoulder is VERY stable, so deadlifting and related lifts aren’t a problem. The problem comes when I want to do something at shoulder height or higher.
What I am trying to figure out is if there is something else that might be impacting my front squat that I CAN do something about, or, conversely, if I might be blaming my front squat problem on my shoulder when it is something else. I do lots of mobility/smashing/etc on neck, traps, scapula, pecs, first rib (as much as I can), and also work on hips, quads, hammies, calves and feet.[email protected]ParticipantI can’t tell when I do it Kaitlin, I was getting some tips the other day from a kettlebell master instructor and he drew my attention to it fast – I am supposed to not drop my hips below parallel until this is sorted. The thing is, “I” can’t tell when I am doing it :”>
I AM starting to spend at least as much time on my hips for mob work as I do my spine/shoulders. Hopefully this will help to address it.[email protected]ParticipantApparently I start butt winking as soon as my hips drop below parallel… 🙁 If I’ve read this thread correctly this is generally an issue from tight hips? That is a known issue I have.
[email protected]Participant[email protected]ParticipantI gave up on the up and down motion because that doesn’t seem to actually do anything. When I use that motion I can’t seem to even find the tender spots, let along work on them. I will check out Episode 69 tonight.
Last night I placed the LAX ball in the “belly” of my calf and sat back on it – as far as I could. While I wasn’t all the way back on it there was most certainly some evil stuff going on – but I don’t have the flexibility to really work in that position – unsure if that is my hips, knees or both.[email protected]ParticipantThis week I used a barbell to smash that calf – I placed it underneath my calf and, after placing all my weight on the leg, I sheared it left to right. Oddly enough that didn’t hurt at all – but when I do that with a foam roller it feels like there is a large something snapping back and forth – sometimes it actually stops the movement unless I decrease the pressure.
So far I’ve not found a friend comfortable enough to smash it with their foot. I will try the method you describe with putting a lacrosse ball between calf and thigh – I may not have enough mobility for this but will attempt it. I KNOW I can’t get my butt on my heel :”>[email protected]ParticipantI did this to myself when I first used a foam roller on my lats – I apparently went too far below the ribs and bruised interior “stuff” (have no idea what) from being stubborn. It took me several weeks to get over it. Pull back on the force until her tissues get used to it. Some of us just bruise really easily!
[email protected]ParticipantWrist guards rock and will remove bruising from the equation. KB wrist guards aren’t actually padded in the traditional sense though there is some, they actually have a thin sheet of metal that helps to spread out the force. They are inexpensive, best $15 I’ve ever spent.
I do have problems with too tight a grip when I do KB cleans which causes the KB to hit me with too much force – focus on not having a death grip on the KB handle. I had bruises on top of bruises on my upper arms before I finally understood what my coach was telling me. I am only referring to cleans here, but the same concept applies, don’t have a death grip on the KB.[email protected]ParticipantFor me focusing on KStars mob work seems to be doing the trick. That foot had a significant surgery 10 years ago and I think things just got tacked down over time – and it was a long time before I could walk properly. The crazy calf tightness (talk about the pain cave!) has eased a lot, and at the same time the heel cord is relaxing. I can now walk properly after running 😉
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