8 July 2009
Thought it was about time for an update after about 17 months!
Things are much better now. Sometime over the last year or six months I found I could do more and more without aggravating my shoulder. I started the side-lying bent arm raise (rotator cuff exercise) and found it wasn’t a problem anymore. I started on 3 x 15 with 1 kg, and I’m now on 3 x 12 with 2 kgs (shortly to up reps to 15). Shoulders are feeling much stronger and sturdier. I’ve also been doing some curls and overhead triceps extensions (abt 3 x10-12 with 4.6kg), and even did 10 pressups yesterday, which felt great! First time in 3years and 3 months!!
And I’m back playing again. Nearly. Been practising an hour a day playing left-handed for the last few months, and just started a little on the right too. Sat in a couple of times in town – it’s gonna take me a while to get my feel and ‘ears’ back! But everything’s looking good.
And in the meantime I’ve learned to play piano – maybe the whole experience wasn’t so terrible after all. I’ve certainly learnt a lot.
