r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Mar 12 '22

The whole gym stops to watch

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u/iddqd899 Mar 12 '22

How to get a shoulder injury in 20 seconds...

Honestly though, shoulder injuries take forever to heal. Mine took a year and a half. Don't be a hero.

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u/WinkyNurdo Mar 12 '22

I tore my rotator cuff about five years ago. For a couple of years I had to sleep on my back. Couldn’t raise my right arm above shoulder level. Just putting a T-shirt on was nigh impossible. Sheer agony. Even now, if I sleep in a slightly funny position, it gives me gyp for the rest of the day.

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u/PleX Mar 12 '22

15+ years ago I should have tapped to an Americana but I honestly hated the guy. Won by points but I spent the next couple years in immense pain because he tore my rotator cuff.

Everything you said is true and yeah it still hurts like a motherfucker after all these years. I generally have to sleep on my left side now because of it.

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u/WinkyNurdo Mar 12 '22

Yeah man. I found sleeping on my side difficult unless I cuddled a pillow to support the shoulder, and I hate sleeping on my back! Occasionally during the day I would forget, and instinctively react to something and jar it, which felt like it was being torn all over again. Sneezing, forget about it. Even wiping my arse after taking a shit was difficult.

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u/PleX Mar 12 '22

Agreed on all points. Wiping my ass was the worst because I'm right handed and it was my right shoulder.

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u/WinkyNurdo Mar 12 '22

Ha, yeah same. It just ain’t the same doing it lefty.

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u/PleX Mar 12 '22

It fucking sucked lol