M Brian

I rolled my car about 2 week ago (05 plate 2.0 tdci focus )
and after totalling the car I managed to get out etc

but have hurt my shoulder - from the seatbelt more than anything - nothing really has came out in the way of bruising and the nurse at hospital said looks ok, just muscle damage probably take a while to ease up - take ibrupofen etc...

I have good and bad days with it and can generally feel a dull ache - really feels weak and painful if I lift awkwardly with it though....

now thing is... I was just getting back into training and all was going well and I was starting to feel good about things and get myself back on track.

Has anyone got any tips on getting over this injury quickly or what I can do?

DaveMCMkIII

rest from training, but maintain movement and i suspect a physio would give you an elastic band which enables you to put light forces on the damaged muscle. Id avoid training, but maybe do a few very very light exercises that exercise the injuried muscle (e.g. shoulder presses with a a big bottle of water. However, physio insnt my area and do not do anything which makes the muscle sore or tender etc. I am aware though that one the main problems in sport and exercise is reoccuring injuries due to reuturning to exercise or a sport to soon.

Paul Eggleton

Look on the bright side though, you can put more effort into your leg training, and once the shoulder is healed you can focus on that.

Paul.