help me with my depression

[Buddy_Christ]

shoulder problem started in June, but wasn't so bad that i couldn't continue to lift. it just bothered me occasionally.

it steadily got worse until i noticed this big ass hard knot on my shoulder. it just wouldn't go away.

went to the doctor maybe a month ago. he said it's an AC strain. gave me some anti-inflammitory stuff.

so i keep lifting as heavy as i can day in and day out (that's where i fucked up). i've had some good days and some bad days because of the shoulder.

last week i had 2 great days of lifting. 2 sets in particular stood out as showing some real progress. i was very pleased. i fought through the pain to just keep going.

Monday sucked ass. hit chest, tris, and front delts. i could feel pain while benching and while it didn't hinder me as far as reps/sets went, it was just annoying as hell.

today did back/rear delts/traps//bis and my shoulder is just in pain now. while my deads were good, my pullups totally blew ass compared to what i did last week. my side laterals hurt like hell, and i knew they would, so i started off light.

plain and simple - i have to seriously back off of upper body work until this heals.

yes, this is depressing. i was really hoping to build up my chest this semester so it can catch up to the rest of me.

this fucking sucks.

i'll continue to squat and dead, and i'll keep up with the upper body work, but i've gotta go light enough so there's no pain.

so until this problem heals up, there goes any chance for the progress i was hoping to make by the end of the year.


so how do you deal with injury?

 

[Raina]

In my case (not being able to do upper at all for a year between 2 surgeries), I just really really focused on my diet and did what I could. The key I suppose to to realize that in the scheme of things, it's probably only a matter of months. While it sucks and is quite a mind-fuck, it's really a short-term problem. Good luck and I hope you feel better. Are you doing any kind of physical therapy or anything to help? Overdoing it won't help you at all.

 

[Forge]

Rest and heal bro, if you don't your body will force you to the hard way. And cheer up, you could be foxygel and really be in a world of shit.

 

[Subzeero]

its better late than never. you have figured it out. give it a break. I started training not so long ago and my body was obviously not as strong as my determination. So it will hurt here and there some times and i would rest that part and just do warm ups on em. The pains went away in about a week. Almost always, except that shoulder pain that keeps coming back.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

I've had rotator cuff problems(strained rear, front) for years. Being depressed isn't gonna help it go away, as with any aspect of life. I've gone to a chiropractor to break up scar tissue, but it's up to you to ease back into the lifting routine without overdoing it. Shoulder injuries suck, and mine still flares up from time to time, but you need to just keep working at recovering little by little. It's better to do that than to go heavy right away and further injure yourself.

 

[Buddy_Christ]

In my case (not being able to do upper at all for a year between 2 surgeries), I just really really focused on my diet and did what I could. The key I suppose to to realize that in the scheme of things, it's probably only a matter of months. While it sucks and is quite a mind-fuck, it's really a short-term problem. Good luck and I hope you feel better. Are you doing any kind of physical therapy or anything to help? Overdoing it won't help you at all.

it's the mind fuck thing that's getting me.

no PT for it. i could go to the doc again, but then i'd have to explain why it hasn't had time to rest, and that'd open up a whole other can of worms.

 

[Raina]

Rest it for a while and see how you feel. The body gets pretty pissy if you push it when it's hurt. You can do what I did and get really creative with weird ab and leg workouts. Like I said, I did what I could. But moving the focus to diet helped. Improving myself that way somewhat balanced things out.

 

[Ulcasterdropout]

work what you can. Set backs aren't fun...

 

[p0ink]

you think battling depression is hard? try convincing your girlfriend to have her third consecutive abortion. now that takes finese

 

[Buddy_Christ]

you think battling depression is hard? try convincing your girlfriend to have her third consecutive abortion. now that takes finese

i wouldn't really call it a depression, just more like how Raina put it...it's a mind fuck. it sucks ass too. i've been depressed before, this isn't really depression. had to throw some decent name for a thread title up though or else it'd just get ignored.

some good suggestions and advice from all. i'm just worried about what happens in a month or two when i'm feeling ok to go attack upper body again. going to have to rebuild strength again. sucks.

 

[chewyxrage]

how is your bench form.....powerlift style or bodybuilding style?

i know I fucked my shoulder up real good before I started to keep the elbows in (more PL style) and every now and then when I get to my heaviest set, my form will slip and I'll fuck it up again for a week.

 

[vinylgroover]

use a butt plug to ease the pain...........kind of like acupuncture.

 

[Testosterone boy]

you think battling depression is hard? try convincing your boyfriend to be content being a bottom. now that takes finese

Ya drive a truck?

 

[danielson]

are you still tasking the anti-inflammatory meds?

corticosteroids can increase your risk of depression i think, im not sure if some NSAIDS can as well....maybe worth telling your doctor

 

[georgie24]

time to focus on a good diet regimen, i will have surgery in a few weeks and getting ready mentally.