If it causes pain or the injury to get worse, don't do it. I could stop right there, but this is another lesson I've had to learn time and time again.
Your body is pretty fantastic at giving feedback when something isnt right. Often, this feedback can come weeks or months before the actual fuuuucccckkkk. And that's exactly what most injuries are. They arent the 'well i did one weird thing and my body didnt like it.' Oh no no. That's what i tell God, my wife, and the gram. It's more like, ya my neck is constantly nagging at me and i have to foam roll this giant knot in my back daily to avoid pain but ill just do some farmers to stretch it out. This is a child talking.
The fact is, the more pain free days you have, then the more pain free days you will have. Read that again Roger. If you are pain free for 3 months after an injury while still staying mobile and active, you won the prize. If you are over the main ouch but still feel pain 3/7 days of the week, you have not addressed the problem.
Status report: neck injury
- acute pain in neck when it stretches towards my right side.
- extreme weakness in my left arm.
- extreme pressure felt in my neck when i assume a pushup positon.
This counts out most bodyweight pulls and presses, barbell squats, barbell deadlifts, and (sad enough) keg carries. This sucks, but more importantly it leaves behind some gems that can be exploited. DB floor press, ghr, sled drags, light farmers walks, high angle bw rope rows, and bulgarian split squats. This, is, a nice little corner I'm backed into.
All of the nono list items are on hold. My goal is to remain pain free for a month before venturing outside of my hole. This leaves a month to get amazing at movements ive never really paid attention to before.
New rule:
Every workout has a feeler tab. What hurt. Is it persistant. Scale from 1 to 10. Be aware and remember.
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