Exercising with an injury

HeatherFP13 · June 2012

Hi!

I injured my shoulder a couple of days ago. I tried to workout yesterday, but was unable to do any of the exercises which involved the shoulder (no planks/plank jacks etc, and many of the exercises involving weights). I am going to give my shoulder a rest for a bit, and up my cardio in the mean time. How much cardio should I do so that I don't loose momentum? I have be doing the 30ds (again...I did it in March as well) and started the c25k 2 weeks ago. I start week 3 tomorrow. Any ideas on exercises I can do that don't involve the shoulder...and how much should I extend my cardio? My sister's wedding is in 2 weeks and my anniversary is in a month. I can't afford to stop losing now!
I'd appreciate some advice!

Thanks!

Mayor_West · June 2012

Do you know what the nature and severity of your injury is? Have you had it checked out by a doctor?

Injuries come in different varieties- until you know how badly you've hurt your shoulder, it's too soon to make a determination about what you can and can't do as far as exercise is concerned.

HeatherFP13 · June 2012

It hurts to move my arm up or down and side to side. (I can't even lift my arm to brush my hair). I can't have hardly any weight in it (I can't even lift my purse). I have not been to a doctor. I live in a remote area and it takes 2-3 months to get an appt. It's not bad enough I want to go to emerg. It's not terribly painful unless I'm moving it. Then it is. I have torn ligaments before (ankle/foot) and this is not nearly that bad! lol I really think that if I just rest it and do some very gentle stretches it will be fine. I am just afraid of quitting strength training (even temporarily) and relying solely on cardio. I'm only doing 20-45 minutes 3x week of cardio right now, not including my hiit training, so I could up that. I am not sure how much I should do or how long to rest my arm. I am going to be tempted to get back at it as soon as possible! lol

Exercising with an injury

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