Wow Bobbie, just reading that wore me out! Larry Willis Retired and proud of it
Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com > From: Gmail <bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com> > Date: February 19, 2016 at 9:54:33 PM EST > To: lwillis...@yahoo.com > Cc: quad-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Shoulders - exercises > > I've been a quad since 1973 and have ALWAYS done a series of stretching > exercises which includes my shoulders. > > ****do the below at your own discretion***** > > Take arms out of covers, gently stretch arms/shoulders up over your head. > Have someone help if you can't. > > Stretch eyes, they are muscles too, by looking left, looking right, looking > up and the down. > Put right hand behind left elbow and gently pull then do opposite elbo. > > I sit up in bed, doing long sitting, and lean forward putting my hands under > my legs and pull gently. Sit up and repeat. > > Sitting up, as tall and straight as possible, I take my right hand place it > inside my right knee and my left hand behind me anchoring me ... the look > over my left shoulder. Repeat this looking over my right shoulder. > > While balancing place both arms behind my lower back and try to touch elbows. > With both hands on my side bring left ear down to left shoulder, hold for 10 > seconds, repeat 5 times. Do the same with right ear and shoulder. Then do the > very same thing except when you bring your right ear down to your right > shoulder turn your head ever so slowly to the right as far as comfortable and > hold for 10 seconds. > > Lastly, roll your head from ear to ear. Never roll it back ... it's not > natural. > Bobbie > > > Smile Everyday > >> On Feb 19, 2016, at 8:34 PM, lwillis...@yahoo.com wrote: >> >> Billy, I have been a c5 quad for 45 years. In the last ten I have noticed a >> big difference in my arm strength and endurance. I have become very weak in >> all my still working muscles. I chalk it up to growing old. Joints hurt too. >> Growing old is a b...ch. growing old as a quad is a double b...ch. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com >>> From: William Lang III <blan...@icloud.com> >>> Date: February 14, 2016 at 12:02:49 PM EST >>> To: greg <g...@eskimo.com> >>> Cc: quad-list <quad-list@eskimo.com> >>> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Shoulders >>> >>> Greg, >>> >>> My shoulders have gotten progressively worse over the 26 years I have been >>> a quad. A number of factors have gone into degrading the joint and tendon >>> in both shoulders. Because we have little or no triceps we rotate all >>> shoulders in ways they are not intended to be used. We really can’t help it. >>> >>> I have been through trials where they took blood, spin it down into >>> platelets and reinjected it into the shoulder cavity. using an ultrasound >>> to guide the needle they scraped calcified bone to fool the body into >>> thinking it had to rush white blood cells into the cavity. The procedure >>> was horrific, and the results not worth the pain. >>> >>> Right now I get injected with cortisone and lidocaine, every three months. >>> This relieves the pain but there are diminishing returns. Eventually this >>> is not going to help either. like you my left shoulder (I am right-handed >>> so I don’t know if this matters) is my worst one. >>> >>> I use a product called Bio Freeze. It helps for a while. I Know the pain >>> lessens at times with certain positioning. >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> >>> Billy >>> In Feb 11, 2016, at 6:16 PM, greg <g...@eskimo.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> My shoulder is so sore, like a knife stuck in my left shoulder blade. It >>>> can hurt so bad some days I want to throw up. Other days nothing. The sun >>>> or heat pad helps, but nothing else. No pain meds even dent the pain. Even >>>> though I have no feeling in most of my arm, it often feels like I have a >>>> numb nerve going down my arm out my middle finger. Like I banged my elbow >>>> really hard on something. >>>> >>>> I have weird shoulder blades, but doc said not sure that would cause my >>>> issues. From years in a chair, and sitting back with shoulders back, my >>>> shoulder blades touch. Sometimes even over lap. >>>> >>>> Greg >>> >>> William Lang III >>> blan...@icloud.com >>> last 4: 0160 >>> DOB: 05/12/1949 >>>
