Yes! Mixed results!
Nov. 9th, 2014 03:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vicarzToday was a good day in the gym. Today's experiment was to try squoots again. I felt fine, 135, 185, 225 with almost no pain at all. I had to even up my stance and returned to the famous bounce at the bottom. I felt some pain at 255, and then had pain in my lift at 285 (only did 4 of 5). However, while the numbers were nothing special - it felt ok. It felt a lot fucking better. I really pushed it - I was even on my feet, pushing with both sides, diving lower and letting the tension give me a slight bounce at the bottom - I was feeling ok. I had to take a dive, but I was also being reckless and lifting like I used to without all the compensating for pain. I wasn't pain free, but I was definitely pain reduced.
I'm concluding the cortisone shot did work - well. Not a miracle. Not in 24 hours. Perhaps not even in 48. But I _was_ able to do reasonable DL conventional. I _was_ able to squat nearly properly. Maybe I won't set a bunch of records, but my great relief is the conclusion seems to be: yes the labral tear is the problem, which means yes the surgery could be a solution.
I'm concluding the cortisone shot did work - well. Not a miracle. Not in 24 hours. Perhaps not even in 48. But I _was_ able to do reasonable DL conventional. I _was_ able to squat nearly properly. Maybe I won't set a bunch of records, but my great relief is the conclusion seems to be: yes the labral tear is the problem, which means yes the surgery could be a solution.
