Friday SUrvival

[tomakeanoffer]

I'm honestly not sure what to say this week. I'm still trying to wake up a little and remember how to be a person, but know that I adore you all and am happy you are still here and surviving.

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This post is for:
• being excited about the things you've done this week
• asking for help if you need it
• venting about anything that might need to be flailed over.
• showing off something cool you've done/made/experienced this week.
• being generally enthused and excited about things that have happened.
• just being thrilled that you survived.

Come drop into the comments and let us know how you're doing and how things have gone. While I may not respond to every comment myself, all of you are free to respond to each other and get encouragement, help or whatever else it is you need. If you want to vent without advice being given, please say so and if you want cheering or tips or anything, let us know that too.

I do ask that if you have any triggering topics, that you mention them in the subject line or first line of your comment. This is just so people can make informed decisions on what to read and keep everyone okay. <3 Thank you so much.

Comments

[flamingsword]

Rotator cuff tears can get painful, so you have my sympathies.

As to advice, if you have stopped doing your physical therapy exercises, slowly add those back to your weekly schedule until it hurts less. Most of the time, it is recommended that you keep doing those exercises permanently to keep the injury from becoming worse as the muscle loses strength. If you were taught to stretch your muscles to the point of pain, never do that again. They used to have a backwards understanding of the nerve signalling during stretching.

For old connective tissue tears, I recommend ten minutes of heat on the muscles and then ten minutes using a cold gel pack (refrigerator cold, not frozen) and repeating for a few cycles. The heat will relax the muscle and the cold will soothe any inflammation. If you try it and your body does not like it, I don't recommend repeating it. A significant fraction of people don't respond well to changes in temperature. I hope you are one of the lucky ones.

[dhampyresa]

I wans't given any exercises to do at home, but I was told I could pick swimming back up (slowly).

Thank you for the advice!