Cookerhiker
09-04-2011, 12:30
Last December, I slipped on the ice and wrenched my upper right arm close to my shoulder. Months went by without any healing. I couldn't raise my right arm straight up (couldn't lift the bikes to the rack on top of the car), if I slept on my right side, I'd wake up in pain. Finally in late Spring, I consulted my GP who said it was a triceps strain - he prescribed PT.
I had noticed the pain lessened during my 10 day AT section hike in April so I went ahead with my Colorado Trail hike. Started July 24, finished August 30, hiked 481 mostly difficult up-and-down miles, much of it over rocky terrain. The result: no more pain (even when I sleep on my right side). Things are back to normal.
I guess it was my using trekking poles gave my triceps a workout tantamount to PT. At least that's my theory. Any others?
I had noticed the pain lessened during my 10 day AT section hike in April so I went ahead with my Colorado Trail hike. Started July 24, finished August 30, hiked 481 mostly difficult up-and-down miles, much of it over rocky terrain. The result: no more pain (even when I sleep on my right side). Things are back to normal.
I guess it was my using trekking poles gave my triceps a workout tantamount to PT. At least that's my theory. Any others?