#Shoulder tendonitis

[anftherapy]

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[ryanthel0ser]

[lovesodeepandwideandwell]

I want to ask you questions about yoga and the best yoga to do (feel free to answer when you have time or not at all, I’m just curious)

I've been doing Yoga with Adriene videos on youtube for like 7 years now. She's very minimal on the ~spiritual~ stuff and high on the practical. My friend thinks she talks too much but I like it cause I can absolutely zone out to her voice and not get stressed from silence :P she does a lot of shorter videos for specific purposes, so you can pick like hips or neck or energy. I also love her 30-day programs that she posts every new year, cause then I don't have to spend any time thinking about what kind of video I want to do, I just do the next one!

When I get bored of Adriene, which I sometimes do, I like Darebee workouts (darebee.com). A lot of their stretching workouts incorporate yoga poses, and actually the first yoga I started doing was a quick morning routine of theirs. It doesn't have the breath and flow and downtime incorporated that Adriene does, and I honestly find that those things make a big difference to my mental health over time, but every now and then a Darebee break is nice.

[creations-by-chaosfay]

I'm 100% serious when I say that if anyone buys the Cutie Breeze quilting frame for me, I'll make a quilt for them equal to the amount they paid for it. It's on my Throne list. This thing will make it possible for me to machine quilt using my regular machine while treating it like a longarm machine. I'll be finishing soooooo many quilts, and they'll be less expensive because it's done on a machine and take significantly less time than what handquilting involves.

I'll need to practice before I'm comfortable selling what I finish, so those quilts I make will be at a discounted price.

There's a very real possibility I have EDS. Even if I don't, I live with chronic wrist pain in both wrists, and tendonitis in my left hand and thumb. This device will serve as an accommodation for these issues.

As of posting this, there are three still available. They're also 40% off. This is normally $1k USD, and it's on sale for $600. You will be my hero and get a quilt in exchange for this.

Please and thank you.

[hubr1s69]

benchmark finished the hair!! next on the agenda is 2 days of texture polishing and then it's onto rigging

[silverskye13]

uh. is it a bad idea to sleep with a wrist brace (or future knee/ankle braces i get) or is it fine as long as it's loose enough

(i currently have bloodwork in and i possibly have arthritis or smth along those lines, very very bad muscle and joint pain, daily in legs and occasionally in wrists, but it started with only wrists)(aka why i have wrist braces but nothing else)

tbh im just sending this to you because. i think you mentioned joint pain stuff. but if not you can ignore.

(Oh also im gonna try to get a cane if i can but we'll see. other achey tips,, very appreciated? im taking the supplements i should and everything, exercising, but unfortunately nothing's been getting better and ive been dealing with it since 15/16)

Oh jeez! I'm sorry that's something you're dealing with anon. Joint pain gets really intense. Unfortunately I can't help much. Most of my personal issues stem from tendonitis and carpel tunnel, which while they give similar pains, give them for different reasons than arthritis. Mine is stress from repetitive motions, yours [possibly?] isn't.

So! Blanket disclaimer here that I'm not a doctor and I never saw a physical therapist. Below are my personal anecdotes. If you've already seen a doc or physical therapist about your arthritis, I recommend asking them specifically about sleeping with a wrist/knee/leg brace before taking my advice.

I've personally slept with a wrist brace when my pain was at it's worst -- especially when I still needed to draw during the day, so keeping the brace on while working wasn't helpful. I toss and turn and contort a lot in my sleep, so the brace helped keep my wrist stable, and gave me some compression while my muscles were learning how to relax again.

I saw some relief after I've tried it, but if it's something you're experimenting with, I would do it cautiously. I've read online that some people don't think it's beneficial [mostly because, if the brace is too tight or you experience swelling at night, it can cut off blood flow and become painful or, in extreme cases, might damage nerves. This is, obviously, not a problem I've had. But given arthritis specifically involves swelling and inflammation, it's a caution you might want to keep in mind.]

If you're in the experimental stage, and it's an option you would like to try, I would start with your brace loose? When I tried it the first time with my wrist brace, I made sure I could still wiggle my wrist around pretty good [normally I kept it tight enough during the day that it was difficult to bend my wrist when it was on.] Just having the brace made me want to lay more still. I also experimented with sleeping on my side with a pillow under my elbow, so it stayed at a 90° angle, and my arm stayed more or less perfectly horizontal. It was difficult to sleep like that, but it helped me keep my arm in a position that didn't induce the same repetitive stress. If you want to check out this YouTube video here, the last option she goes through with all the pillows is what I used the most.

Otherwise, most of my pain regulation involves taking hot showers, doing regular [hourly, half hourly] stretches. Things like that. Because my pain is mostly tendonitis, generally speaking, rest and stretches does most of my help. Also taking specifically anti-inflammatory pain killers, like ibuprofen, because the stress pain comes from inflammation. Hot and cold compresses, sitting with the painful limbs elevated. I'm sure all things you've heard before, but they're worth recommending again just in case.

It's also worth mentioning this stuff isn't an overnight cure. When my tendonitis was at it's worst, starting the sleeping with a brace / propped up on a bunch of pillows / stretches / etc helped in a matter of 5-10 days, and if I stopped at any point during that time, the flare ups would resume. I remember getting really pissed when I [finally] figured out playing video games strained the same muscles, so the reason all my "resting" didn't help sometimes was because I was too dumb to actually rest. Now when I draw for a few days in a row and my shoulder starts burning, I stop what I'm doing and find a good TV show to disassociate to for the rest of the week.

I'm sorry you're dealing with all this. It sounds like your pain is worse than mine was, and I know mine made me miserable. I am wishing you so much luck with your coming tests! I hope they find the root cause of all this, and some more specialized folks can get involved to help you find relief. Stay safe anon.

[logansgaar]

Please tell me there's a fic out there of someone without superstrength like Sam, Sharon or Zemo trying to pick Bucky's arm up for him after he takes it off for some reason (or an alternate scene of when it was removed in TFATWS) and immediately regretting it because holy fucking shit Bucky you said the vibranium arm is lightweight and comfortable, this thing is like 20lbs what the FUCK

Picking up 20lbs when you were not anticipating picking up something that's 20lbs hurts okay, what does Bucky mean the old arm weighed more, man is your spine okay??

(thanks to sabeedraws for the math)

[cannibalgh0st]

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[valend]

I’ve hand written 36 pages these past three days and it genuinely feels like my arm is about to fall off it hurts so much

[astridthevalkyrie]

everything you see ab being the oldest daughter is true btw why am i the family therapist AND punching bag smh

long ass depressing rant in the tags srry i got a wee bit emotional

[sysig]

Muscles are fun (Patreon)

[star-ocean-peahen]

so its not normal for your shoulder/chest to go click click click click when you laugh apparently

[theinfinitedivides]

oh God. oh f*ck we finally got Heon to speak banmal bc of Ji Yong my head is in my f*cking hands

[arodrwho]

i have got to remember to make an appointment with an actual primary care doc

[silverskye13]

[grumpy noises] gonna have to either stop drawing for a bit or start wearing my wrist brace again. Maybe both.

[whystrain]

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