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shavenferret on 21 March 2025
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Jumpin said:
Jumpin said:

I've been lazy with the workouts lately, and getting back into it, I fucked my arm and back doing weighted cardio about a week ago, and haven't been able to do even basic calisthenics without a lot of pain. Nothing I'll see a doctor about as it's already about 30-40% healed, but it's going slower than I figured it would. Hot/cold therapy works wonders, and weed makes the pain vanish (and each time I get high, it seems to fix it about 5-10%, but I'm not going to work out while high with an injury.

Thought I'd just warn, if it isn't common sense already, do not jump back in full steam, even after just a few weeks off - you'll regret it. And I've made this mistake multiple times before, usually injuring my chest, which takes a lot longer to heal (in my experience, 1-2 months).

I'm about 5 weeks in, and still need to ice my arm, my shoulder, and my back for at least 5-10 minutes a couple times a day after stretching. Which is down from the 8-12 heat & ice treatments I was doing about a month ago. It's about 75-85% healed now, I'd estimate. Also, weed tends to help me sleep, and it also helps with the healing process, as the nights I do use cannabis I find it heals enough for me to have a great morning, but I tend to start feeling pain by the end of the day (or night, it's like 4:30am where I am now, and I'm just taking a break from working on my current project segment, which I will probably finish sometime around noon).

Then a weekend of Xenoblade Chronicles X, and I'm going to start on mild calisthenics next week, I feel like I'll be there. But this week it's been mostly 30-45 minutes of stretching per day across 2-3 sessions. This is a fucking pain in the neck!

I'm actually healing as well from a horrific injury 

I noticed that healing is increasing when i did the following:

-Carnivore diet-- guess all the protein helps heal muscles

-bpc 157 - atheltes cheat sheet, used the pills, increases blood flow

-yoga - makes my joints feel great, they are more padded now, testosterone is up because the stress hormones (cortisol) is down, and arms are bigger from that, even though i'm not working them any more