shellylh Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Yesterday at the gym, I tried pushing myself to go a little lower than I have been going (to parallel) and did back squats instead of front squats. Bad decision, I feel that I may have re-injured my piriformis muscle - I originally injured it doing physical therapy about 4 months after my surgery. What is worse it that today I woke up with some pain and inflammation around the hip (which I also happened to get when I injured my piriformis before). I am hoping that it isn't major and that rest and ice will help. I am so fucking tired of being injured and going to doctors/physical therapy. I suppose I should just stick with light weight front squats for the rest of my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augsburger Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 (edited) Are you taking anything/ Ibuprofen for the inflammation? Edited March 23, 2014 by Augsburger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 ibuprofen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted March 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Try traumeel. Comes in pills and ointment. My 57 year old body definitely gives it 2 thumbs up. Also no gastric or kidney side effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 (edited) Injuries suck, Shelly. Here's hoping it's just a minor one. Edited March 23, 2014 by Salt Peanuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Injuries suck, Shelly. Here's hoping it's just a minor one. This! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypasswordis Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Yesterday at the gym, I tried pushing myself to go a little lower than I have been going (to parallel) and did back squats instead of front squats. Bad decision, I feel that I may have re-injured my piriformis muscle - I originally injured it doing physical therapy about 4 months after my surgery. What is worse it that today I woke up with some pain and inflammation around the hip (which I also happened to get when I injured my piriformis before). I am hoping that it isn't major and that rest and ice will help. I am so fucking tired of being injured and going to doctors/physical therapy. I suppose I should just stick with light weight front squats for the rest of my life. To add to getting higher heel height shoes and warming up/stretching properly, there may also be a form issue. Were you going to parallel before and are trying to go deeper or above parallel and trying to get to parallel? Going to parallel (and especially pausing there) is the worst thing you can do for your knees. Are you high bar or low bar squatting? Think about lifting with the posterior chain at the bottom of the hole instead of with your hip flexors or knees, and always keep your back arched, core tight, and your torso upright, especially in a high bar squat. Maybe someone who goes to the same gym who you trust is knowledgeable in the squat can check your form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Injuries suck, Shelly. Here's hoping it's just a minor one. This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 I have a feeling that it is more to do with my lack of flexibility in my hip (which was made worse after having a surgery) than form. I just don't think it is good for me to be doing back squats with this problem especially at my age. It really sucks but I am tired of inuries. To add to getting higher heel height shoes and warming up/stretching properly, there may also be a form issue. Were you going to parallel before and are trying to go deeper or above parallel and trying to get to parallel? Going to parallel (and especially pausing there) is the worst thing you can do for your knees. Are you high bar or low bar squatting? Think about lifting with the posterior chain at the bottom of the hole instead of with your hip flexors or knees, and always keep your back arched, core tight, and your torso upright, especially in a high bar squat. Maybe someone who goes to the same gym who you trust is knowledgeable in the squat can check your form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mypasswordis Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 It very well could be, but it doesn't hurt to make sure. Hope it's nothing major as others have said. I currently lift at a gym whose coach once held a world record (I believe it was in the clean and press) and wrote an encyclopedia for weightlifting, and there are several members competing at the national level so it's very humbling to lift with them and everything is very technique based, both in terms of preventing injury and lifting heavy. That ends up being the first thing I think about when lifting. There are older members at the gym as well including a former Chinese national weightlifter, who can still squat pretty damn heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Unfortunately, I go to the university gym so about 90% of the people there have incorrect (really bad) form - it is hard to not say something to them. They do have a couple of trainers and I think one of them is pretty good so that is an option. If I end up going back to the physical therapist, I can ask one of the trainers there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullguise Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Hope it's not too bad Shelly, heal well and quickly....definitely worth getting an opinion for form..... Me: back from a whirlwind weekend in NJ, Bar-Mitzvah and other family togetherness.....made great time driving, both ways.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadphoneAddict Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Get better soon Shelly! As we age we just have to deal with our increasing physical limitations, as we'll get new ones on a regular basis until it's over. I know it sucks to try to stay healthy when our body keeps letting us down. So, we're in Pagosa Springs CO for spring break, and wife and kids go skiing at Wolf Creek Monday. I'll stay in the condo and read or watch movies, due my lung issue. Tuesday we'll spend a large part of the day at the hot springs, and return home Wednesday. We had the condo till Thursday, but my wife has to work then - otherwise they would ski two days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 It's raining in my kitchen and the plumber is upstairs, cursing. My sainted mother arrives from the Vineyard tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Aren't those lines from a Billy Joel song? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Upgraded my MBP with a new SSD. Winclone failed miserably in moving my Bootcamp partition to the new SSD, which forced me to re-install SuperDrive back into my MBP so I can install Windows 7 again. It was a waste of $30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Aren't those lines from a Billy Joel song? Alternate verse to While My Guitar Gently Weeps, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seed Lady Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 oh Shelly - ick - piriformis is evil. sorry. Seed Lady has a happy today...... for those who still wonder what was so thrilling at the Petaluma Seed Bank...... I now harvest the Asian Winged Beans. They are great, and now I see why they are not in stores, very short shelf life, they get droopy in 3-4 days. Boiled or Steamed they taste like wonderful green beans, without big seeds in the middle, they are tender. They are large too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 I just discovered that the Mute switch on my treasured Audio Research LS-9 preamp got torn off by my headphone cables last night. It's a toggle with a momentary throw, and now the mute is randomly triggering every time I get anywhere near the preamp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Winged beans look groovy, Bonnie. I'm not really sure what you're doing with your headphones, but this looks like a pretty beefy switch to get torn off by a cable. Presumably, you can get a new switch in there easy enough... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 They are quite beefy switches, in keeping with the AR's tanklike construction. I surmise what happened is that the dual-XLR-to-RCA adapter and requisite four XLR connectors were enough mass to get ahold of the poor switch and yank it sideways. I'm not sure what was the boneheaded move by me that caused that part of the headphone cable to make contact with the switch, but such matters are academic at this point. I have to get the AR repaired. It's the center of my headphone/speaker rig. I have used it every day since I got in late 2008, and I'm gonna miss it while it's gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbut Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Unless you happen to live next door to AR and your preamp is still under warranty, they'll probably direct you to an authorized repair guy near you. For something as straightforward as this, I suggest you just check for a local guy with good reviews and just contact him directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlSeibert Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 I had a borrowed SP-9 for a while. The bats on those switches were really long. It would be easy to tear one off, given the leverage available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbut Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 My Convergent Audio Tech. preamp has those long handle switches too. Unfortunately, I think that some of the manufacturers have stopped making the really long ones (silver contact). So matching existing switches may be tough. On the fortunate side, they aren't that expensive and usually just have a couple of wires connected so replacing both wouldn't be that much more. Bonnie, those are some crazy looking beans! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlSeibert Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Retrieved BOTH of my cars from the mechanic. I dropped the Smart off with Marty yesterday for routine maintenance. When i jumped in the Crown Vic to go to work, there was battery strangeness. I figured, OK, Maybe I didn't drive it enough last week. So I jumped it and drove it on the freeway for a while so it would have the chance to charge. No such luck. It ended up at Marty's for a new alternator. Have I not made enough sacrifice to the automotive gods? I provide a good home for two of the things for fuck sake. I don't think it's too much to ask that at least one of them operate properly on any given day. I drove Bonnie's Honda today - v-e-r-y carefully - lest it land at Marty's , too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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