"Another boring day, I went to the physio again for my shoulder and was told that they usually take a long time to heal, I have damaged my Anterior Deltoid, which is the front muscle in the shoulder.

It was all due to doing something silly in the gym, I understand why older poeple say "pride goes before a fall" now. My training partner couldn't come to the gym that day because of previous engagements with his tennis team, so i was in the gym without a training partner and no one to spot me while i was doing my set. I was working on chest as u do, and got round to the incline dumbell press, i did the whole of my trainign up till then and was feeling quite positive untill i lifted up a couple of 52kg dumbells from my knee and the left one went a little too far, but instead of dropping it, i held it up and tried to correct the positioning of it which didn't help my shoulder, i felt some pain in it at the time but i did it and completed my set of 10 reps although i felt it more afterwards.

I continued to go to the gym regurlarly after that too, i must have caused further damage to it, but eventually after 3 months of pain and not being able to do heavy weights i decided it was about time to get treated. and went to see a sports physiotherapist highly recommended by my friend.

I totally miss training though, i mean i have been running a bit but it dosn't really make up for the training that i would have been doing, i mean it helps but isn't that useful on it's own.
I told the Physio that i have even had a dream about training the other night, thats how eager i am to get back in. she says the tendons connecting the muscle take a while to repair, up to 3 months.

Looks like i'm out for the count and that's alot of gym time/money wasted
so i suppose that should be a warning for us all, make sure u train with a training partner and never neglect your health.

I suppose on the upside it has allowed me to concentrate on other aspects of my life." As Posted http://phil78s.blogspot.com/

Another thing to remeber is how important it is to stretch your muscles before use. cold muscles tear easier, it's like anything though. Take putty as an example, if you warm putty it becomes soft and manageable but if you don't it'll snap or become brittle. muscles r very similar in that sense, it's a choice of stretch or snap!