Well, my shoulder popped, and now it hurts to the point when I lift up my arm straight in front of me, there's a sharp pain. It popped like when you pop your knuckles when I went to warm up and do arm circles/windmills to stretch before riding.
After the pop it didn't hurt immediately, but the pain started to grow as I went riding, and about an hour into riding it became unbearable to do anything but pedal around. Pain when I yank up on the handle bars or lean forward to do a nose manual. Just leaning on the bars though, the pain is nonexistent.
So, looks like all my decently quick progress is coming to a halt because my shoulder is gay. What do I do in this down time? I figure there has to be SOME light exercises so my muscles don't "atrophy" (I know they don't actually atrophy, but I'm using it as a couple steps back context). If I do a push-up, it hurts, but it's not unbearable, just annoying/uncomfortable. Imagine somebody squeezing your joint. That's what the push-up pain/threshold is in that shoulder.
After the pop it didn't hurt immediately, but the pain started to grow as I went riding, and about an hour into riding it became unbearable to do anything but pedal around. Pain when I yank up on the handle bars or lean forward to do a nose manual. Just leaning on the bars though, the pain is nonexistent.
So, looks like all my decently quick progress is coming to a halt because my shoulder is gay. What do I do in this down time? I figure there has to be SOME light exercises so my muscles don't "atrophy" (I know they don't actually atrophy, but I'm using it as a couple steps back context). If I do a push-up, it hurts, but it's not unbearable, just annoying/uncomfortable. Imagine somebody squeezing your joint. That's what the push-up pain/threshold is in that shoulder.
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