Just wanted to share some information with my online swimming enthusiasts. After a month of "recovery" from my shoulder injury I was still not where I wanted to be (I am too impatient I know), so I went to see a PT yesterday. He did things to my arm/shoulder that I was certain would have my upper body in traction by the time the sun came up this AM. My premenition was to be incorrect as I feel fine this AM. I feel some muscle soreness from doing my cuff exercises with some threa-band but other than that I feel very good. I have decided to give my shoulder a week off of any pulling and stick to kicking workouts; talk about boring. Has anybody else ever received a trasndermal electrical transfer of anti-inflamatory? I got one yesterday and I am wondering how legit this practice is. I don't suspect that it is dangerous but I do question it's effectiveness. If I am not getting prodded with needles and surgical instruments I tend to think that something is not right. Perhaps I am opening a new door for myself.
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I received a very similar treatment for my knee a few years ago, though I'm not sure anything was actually put on the pads, they may have just been electrocuting me for fun :rolleyes:
However, I found out after I finished my PT that those electro-therapy sessions, while stingy and kind of weird to me, actually worked.
I know what you mean about thinking you would end up in traction. When I was doing PT for my knee, they used to sit me in a backless desk chair with wheels, tie a three foot rope to it and another desk chair, and place one of the therapists in the other chair. The objective, of course, was for me to pull said therapist around the clinic, which was supposed to make my hamstrings and quads stronger. The only thing it really did was make me feel like a mule. There was even a race one time, between myself and a very tall gentleman, recovering from a football injury. They gave us each a physical therapist, except they gave him the smallest girl in the place, and they gave me a guy who could have been Arnold's stunt double. Needless to say, I lost :D
I received a very similar treatment for my knee a few years ago, though I'm not sure anything was actually put on the pads, they may have just been electrocuting me for fun :rolleyes:
However, I found out after I finished my PT that those electro-therapy sessions, while stingy and kind of weird to me, actually worked.
I know what you mean about thinking you would end up in traction. When I was doing PT for my knee, they used to sit me in a backless desk chair with wheels, tie a three foot rope to it and another desk chair, and place one of the therapists in the other chair. The objective, of course, was for me to pull said therapist around the clinic, which was supposed to make my hamstrings and quads stronger. The only thing it really did was make me feel like a mule. There was even a race one time, between myself and a very tall gentleman, recovering from a football injury. They gave us each a physical therapist, except they gave him the smallest girl in the place, and they gave me a guy who could have been Arnold's stunt double. Needless to say, I lost :D
