Left shoulder has had bursitis intermittently ever since I decided that the rowing machine was a good idea. It wasn't. It turns out rowers get shoulder bursitis! Ironically, I've lifted weights on-and-off for years but never had shoulder problems (I don't do any "behind the neck" movements).

Left wrist sometimes get strained and/or sprained in a way that makes the conventional "curling" position very painful. Recently my right wrist developed this same problem. I noticed this after mowing the lawn. Things that do not hurt at all: lifting (pulling, pressing, or hammer-grip curling) very heavy weights, playing the drums (I did have wrist pain within the first six months of playing drums, after which I learned correct technique and have not had any wrist problems for YEARS). Things that instantly cause a SHARP PAIN: trying to close the overhead door on the back of my van, trying to open a window, pushing against a steering wheel with the pinky side of my hand.

Summary

Things that injure me: rowing a boat, mowing the lawn.

Things that are perfectly safe: lifting weights, playing drums.

Okay, show-off. We already made a thread about your superior brain. Quit hot-dogging!

Nice try, now get out there and mow the damn lawn. :haha:

my left shoulder has been hinky for a while. it gets better and worse. it's not bad right now..... I think it has to do with the location of my printer. i have to reach back and up a lot to load forms.

R.I.C.E.

Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation.

Continue to work around little nagging injuries, avoiding movements that aggravate them.

Went to get a wrist splint to immobilize my wrist during activities like driving. Looked at many of them before I found one (an Ace) that had a splint on BOTH SIDES and not just the "carpal tunnel" position.

I have problems with both of my wrists before I even started typing as much as I do. It is getting worse, but I just take it in stride. My legs are even worse (hips, knees, ankles) because of being double jointed and never tightening up the ligaments. I figure when my arms mess up, it is just my body trying to even itself out.

I have a "small tear of the radial insertion of the triangular fibrocartilage complex" that is, some of the connective tissue that connects the forearm bones to the wrist bones. This is from an MRI report. Haven't been back to the Ortho doctor to discuss. Might require surgery, possibly just immobilization and steroids (from what I am reading). Also need x-rays to evaluate for "ulnar variance" that is, the two bones of the forearm are not the ideal length in relation to each other.

Have you called to get the orders for the X-Ray yet?

I've tried. Never could get someone to answer the phone. Also, radiology had already called them before for this. I expected they would've already been here, but they weren't. I will have to keep trying to get them to answer the phone, and then probably argue with a series of people to convince them that the doctor did, in fact, want plain films to evaluate ulnar variance, as we had discussed this at the time.

Make sure you aren't trying during lunch... I'm sure you know that. You might also try leaving a message...

Don't you guys live near each other?

HLJ is the best

ever.

Arthritis. Knees, hips, hands, jaw, and neck.

And today I'm constipated, too.

Razzy, you're not supposed to tell everybody!

But thanks.

I can't seem to get the inflammation out of my pointer knuckle er... *google* 2nd metacarpal of my dominant hand. I think it is fencing and concrete work.

Right now, this is the quote below the tip mug:

Suppose he's masturbating! I'm liable to wind up on the ceiling!
- Woody Allen, _Everything you Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask_