Laying Low - shoulder has been a bit out of commission

 Apparently, I must have done something while I was sleeping, or maybe aging and jumping back right in too quickly, possibly over-doing it (no, not me!)...but my L shoulder was quite sore and my range of motion limited for the last couple of days. Actually, I found a 'rotator cuff' exercise that seemed to help. So I have been doing minimal exercise - just 10 min the other day; 15 min low impact plus 15 min strenuous housework today (I figure that counts-if I break a sweat, that's the point of exercise, right? So if it happens to be while I am doing something useful, it counts).


Anyway, prepping for the big 5% challenge continues. Will be blogging daily this week.

Have been retraining in nutrition and optimal eating strategies. Realizing I eat way too little protein, so working on that.

Had to switch to Pacific time (where I live sometimes, though not at the moment) to get some of my Spark day things in before midnight!
emoticon

Member Comments About This Blog Post
  • vRITZIBROWN
    You're smart to be working the shoulder gently. Hopefully it's not on the arm you do the heavy cleaning with. Glad you're on the 5% challenge. Last Summer was my first and it helped me to strengthen several areas. Treat your shoulder with respect, there's still plenty of ways to work out and I know emoticon emoticon
    2526 days ago
  • vUSMAWIFE
    emoticon
    2526 days ago
  • vBONNIEMARGAY
    Wishing you relief.
    2526 days ago
  • vno profile photoCD5745313
    You're smart to treat the injury with rehab exercise now. I've had 2 "frozen shoulders" in the past 10 years, both as a result of injury that I ignored until my range of motion was severely impacted.
    Eventually I ended up in a rehab program which fixed the problem.
    Good luck!
    2527 days ago
  • vTENNISJIM
    You can do it
    2527 days ago
  • vMELYROD18
    emoticon emoticon emoticon
    2527 days ago

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Blogday 13(-5)_100days: 'How're you getting groceries?' (& some bi*ching & whining)

Image
  A team I'm on posted the q: "How have you been getting groceries". I started to answer, but once I got into it, and got personal, I opted to not post my very long answer to clog the thread, so I'm posting here. Most of the team did some form of online ordering. I go in and shop, sometimes taking advantage of senior hours, sometimes doesn't work out w/schedules. Also, 4 times so far, my sister, who's an essential IT nursing home worker, and out and about for herself anyway would get us stuff, but she's very into meat and not great at veg. {Okay...here's the bi*ching & whining}: I have no one else to tell, except my one sister (not the IT one, the ww one) and have already said after this is over I am leaving or not doing it anymore: I'm very picky*/specific about veg as is mom about random stuff, and she's 80; I currently live with her (and dad, 85), and still get shouted at because nothing's ever perfect—but the whole fam knows that an
Read more

Solstice Blessings

Image
  Blessed is he who speaks a kindness; thrice blessed is he who repeats it. - Arabian proverb This is an issue for me today, and everyday, as I am working towards managing anger better. I sincerely believe that "Spreading goodwill can return to you"...basically moods are catching. Living with mom can be a trial...she is often playing the martyr. SPARK says: "This quote can be read in a few ways, and all of them are worth thinking about. First, complimenting and encouraging others is one of the easiest and most powerful ways to be a positive force in someone's life. As long as you're sincere, repeating that encouragement as often as possible can have effects that far outweigh the effort. Countless people have exceeded their own expectations just because others believed in them." This is true, and I found it to be so as a teacher. But sometimes, like with family, it just is not appreciated. "Second, giving positive feedback works even better if done publi
Read more

Dec. '21 SMART -er Goals Plan & Visualizations

Image
30 days hath...November....so it's time to write out my: D e c e m b e r 2021 SMART -er Goals Plan Tomorrow is Wed., Dec. 1, day 1 of a new month (+ a new moonth cycle begins Sat. Dec. 4: New Moon in Sag...more on that in another blog post) When thinking about my goals recently, I had several things I noted that I wanted to include in my goals list, though key was weight loss, after being shocked at the Dr.'s office last week (the rest are the 7 self-improvement goals at the bottom):     -KEY goal: weight loss,⚖😏🙆🙈🙉🙊😻 of course (ideal would be 10 pounds down, then 100 in 2022, then the rest in 2023). Unfortunately,😢😭😿 I won't be able to hit my original goal of 200 down by doing 10 pounds a month by my 60th in early Feb., 2023, but that's okay,😨😢😟, I guess,😧😦😣😬 or so I am trying to tell myself👽👸😝😱😳👅...it would have been great to do so😔😒😑... but I messed that up with my re-gain in this 2nd year of the pandemic (... PANDEMIC ) after a strong lo
Read more