nwmanitou
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actually, I have pulled a Calf doing this swing. My side and torsoe is very sore at the moment, but that's because I was riding the Vomet Comet yesterday. The fun little stomach bug took out half the office this week.
Um, I guess with any physical activity it's always a good idea to warm things up first. A few years ago, when I first learned this cast. I really hurt my shoulder. First, I had a flat tire out in the middle of no where. We didn't have a jack so I deadlifted the back of the car so my friend could put a block under the axle. Before lifting it by the wheel well, I tried to lift the car by putting my shoulder in the door, I felt every bone in there pop when I tried. After returning to town on a spare tire, I proceeded to show off my sling for some friends by casting as hard as I could for about an hour. My arm was worthless for almost a year after that. I couldn't even through a ball bare handed without extreme pain that lasted for days. When I got to college I went to a sports doctor. He gave me some exercises and within a week my arm was good as new. I had whats called a Subluxating Shoulder, though to what degree I don't know. Basically one group of muscles and tendons were much stronger and tighter than their opposing group, causing severe strain on the weaker part of my shoulder whenever I would thow. Our bodies are suspension bridges, carefully balanced. Our muscles will injure themselves to maintain that balance so it's good to make sure they are strong enough to handle it.
In a nutshell, I threw my arm out and targeted weight training is what fixed it and has prevented new injury.
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