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I have been battling a lot of shoulder and arm pain for months on my right side. Finally got Dr. to get me an MRI. So it seems I have bad arthritis in my shoulder and that's causing my muscles to tense up. She believes this is caused from humping Volkswagens on my back for 20 years in the Army. The weight of heavy loads over the years is now showing the toll it put on my body.
This in turn is some how pinching a nerve that runs down my arm to my finger tips. needless to say I been all fucked up lately:thumb: Dr gave me muscle relaxers and those have allowed me to relax the muscles in the area which loosened up and a lot of the pain is gone. I come off muscle relaxers for a few days and the stiffness tightness and pain start to return. Take pills again for a few days..it gets better.
Bad thing is shes saying that she believes the lifting(although I lift relatively light) could also be contributing to the tightness of the muscles in my back/ shoulders/ neck area. She said I shouldn't do weights just stretch and use resistance bands.
I feel if I stop Ill fall out of shape fast and don't want to do that so Im looking for any ideas any of you may have? I try to go 5days a week normally my workouts are at lunch time and last about 50 min to a hour.
Im of the mindset of continue lifting, but maybe cut down to 3 days a week instead of trying for 5 days a week and just do cardio the other 2 days instead of lifting.
The thing is this..the arthritis cant be healed or removed as you all know and will only get worse with time...but Its the muscles/ strength/ shape of the body I don't want to loose and want to prevent from loosing. getting older sucks...:grin::grin:
This in turn is some how pinching a nerve that runs down my arm to my finger tips. needless to say I been all fucked up lately:thumb: Dr gave me muscle relaxers and those have allowed me to relax the muscles in the area which loosened up and a lot of the pain is gone. I come off muscle relaxers for a few days and the stiffness tightness and pain start to return. Take pills again for a few days..it gets better.
Bad thing is shes saying that she believes the lifting(although I lift relatively light) could also be contributing to the tightness of the muscles in my back/ shoulders/ neck area. She said I shouldn't do weights just stretch and use resistance bands.
I feel if I stop Ill fall out of shape fast and don't want to do that so Im looking for any ideas any of you may have? I try to go 5days a week normally my workouts are at lunch time and last about 50 min to a hour.
Im of the mindset of continue lifting, but maybe cut down to 3 days a week instead of trying for 5 days a week and just do cardio the other 2 days instead of lifting.
The thing is this..the arthritis cant be healed or removed as you all know and will only get worse with time...but Its the muscles/ strength/ shape of the body I don't want to loose and want to prevent from loosing. getting older sucks...:grin::grin:
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