A complete write off. Spent Monday hunched over painting decking boards for the new raised bed. Tuesday morning was walking up the stairs when I felt my trapezius go. I'm not really sure what's happening here. It's happened before where I'll have spent a day slogging up a hill with badly packed bouldering mats or some other thing that's bad for the posture. It must weaken/fatigue the muscle and then I'll be doing the most mundane thing (has happened when stepping out of the shower before) and it just "goes". I then spend the next few days walking round like a painkiller addicted hunchback of Notre Dame and frequently rolling around on a tennis ball. Is this what pulling a muscle is?
Round trying First Arête for about an hour but can’t keep hands warm and am making no progress
Quote from: Will Hunt on April 11, 2021, 07:47:25 pmA complete write off. Spent Monday hunched over painting decking boards for the new raised bed. Tuesday morning was walking up the stairs when I felt my trapezius go. I'm not really sure what's happening here. It's happened before where I'll have spent a day slogging up a hill with badly packed bouldering mats or some other thing that's bad for the posture. It must weaken/fatigue the muscle and then I'll be doing the most mundane thing (has happened when stepping out of the shower before) and it just "goes". I then spend the next few days walking round like a painkiller addicted hunchback of Notre Dame and frequently rolling around on a tennis ball. Is this what pulling a muscle is?Yup. Mine goes once or twice a year. It will sometimes feel wonk, and then I do whatever i can to stop it completely "going", stretches, massage stick, hockey ball, roller, but at some point in the next 2 weeks or so it will just go, usually doing something unexpected like getting into car, picking up toothbrush, or drinking coffee. I then have a day or so of intense pain, only lying on a hard floor doesn't hurt. One of the few times I reach for the Neurofen, as I know what works and how long it will last. After a couple of days the pain subsides, and I go onto some light exercise to sort it out, usually I find just hanging off a pull up bar and gradually increasing load on arms until I can get both feet off, and then just doing 10 second hangs with stretching in between. Usually OK within 5 days. For the last year or so I've started doing bent over dumbbell rows on the side of a bench or chairs once every couple of weeks and it seems to have helped prevent recurrences.My brother is the same height as me, and has exactly the same issue, only slightly lower down.
Quote from: SA Chris on April 11, 2021, 09:59:29 pmQuote from: Will Hunt on April 11, 2021, 07:47:25 pmA complete write off. Spent Monday hunched over painting decking boards for the new raised bed. Tuesday morning was walking up the stairs when I felt my trapezius go. I'm not really sure what's happening here. It's happened before where I'll have spent a day slogging up a hill with badly packed bouldering mats or some other thing that's bad for the posture. It must weaken/fatigue the muscle and then I'll be doing the most mundane thing (has happened when stepping out of the shower before) and it just "goes". I then spend the next few days walking round like a painkiller addicted hunchback of Notre Dame and frequently rolling around on a tennis ball. Is this what pulling a muscle is?Yup. Mine goes once or twice a year. It will sometimes feel wonk, and then I do whatever i can to stop it completely "going", stretches, massage stick, hockey ball, roller, but at some point in the next 2 weeks or so it will just go, usually doing something unexpected like getting into car, picking up toothbrush, or drinking coffee. I then have a day or so of intense pain, only lying on a hard floor doesn't hurt. One of the few times I reach for the Neurofen, as I know what works and how long it will last. After a couple of days the pain subsides, and I go onto some light exercise to sort it out, usually I find just hanging off a pull up bar and gradually increasing load on arms until I can get both feet off, and then just doing 10 second hangs with stretching in between. Usually OK within 5 days. For the last year or so I've started doing bent over dumbbell rows on the side of a bench or chairs once every couple of weeks and it seems to have helped prevent recurrences.My brother is the same height as me, and has exactly the same issue, only slightly lower down.Kind of relieved to hear that it isn't just me. Whatever it is I don't think the injury itself affects my climbing too much, it's more that I can't bear to turn my head at all, or fall off and put strain on it when landing. I'll have to dig out the old physio exercises.
M - 8.5 k run in the snow and cold. Got back to athletics to find they had finished session early due to weather and son was standing about with coaches waiting for me to get back. I was that guy..T - Deadhangs - max.W - Surf. First evening surf of the year and first time in the water since October. After northerlies of the previous week, it's fucking huge, head high on sets. I opt for longboard, ack of fitness water time and excess weight stop me from getting on anything smaller. Get in and realise I have no way or even much desire to get out back, have to content myself with laying on some reforms on the inner sandbars and seeing some people get a few great rides out back.T - Some kettlebells, but feeling pretty ragged.F - a bit of light stretching and weights.S - Morning surf. A lot friendlier, mellow sets, some good waves until forecasted winds pick up, and it ends up a choppy mess. Afternoon walk.S - up to Cranhill with kids and mate with his two. Spend most of the time spotting, don't even get shoes on. Afternoon walk.
In hindsight I think keeping my shoes in my jacket may have softened the rubber - rookie error.
Quote from: spidermonkey09 on April 12, 2021, 09:08:08 amIn hindsight I think keeping my shoes in my jacket may have softened the rubber - rookie error. Just out of interest, and bearing in mind I've never been to Malham, how is that a bad thing?