Pikey

Thought I’d add this update in the interest of providing an accurate picture of the day to day of getting ready for a show…

It’s been a tough few days; I’ve not had a good night’s sleep since Friday and have started questioning why on earth I put myself through all of this. I started getting a swollen medial head of my left Delt on Saturday and didn’t really think much of it, or do anything about it, after ignoring the discomfort all day Saturday and Sunday by Monday I was in quite a significant amount of pain and could barely move my arm, the medial head was so swollen it was restricting movement. I also had cold sweats so either a reaction to the pain or infection…

Not had the ice and heat packs out since I packed in Judo…if only I’d started when I first noticed the problem.

Last night I applied ice and heat three times once before training and twice afterwards, along with a good soak in a hot bath. I’ve also applied ice and heat for 20mins after cardio this morning. The idea being that by cooling the inflamed area most of the blood and lymph is forced out and then by heating it up fresh blood and lymph is drawn back in. This should help repair any tissue damage and flush any toxins.

The swelling seems to have come down some today and I have movement back if not a full range. However some of the fluid has moved and I now have fluid down to my elbow and no definition in my left triceps or outer side of the upper arm.

The good news is I have no perceptible heat in the area so I don’t think I have an infection, I’ll continue with the massage and hot and cold treatment, so hopefully that will sort it out over the next few days.

I’ve increased my vitamin C intake to 5gram per day split morning noon and night as it does help combat infections, if it’s not right in the next few days I’ll go and see a doctor. Like loads of blokes I hate going to the doctors, stupid I know but I am what I am.

I dropped carbohydrate from my last meal from Sunday night, I’ve added to the bulk with non root green vegetables to try and get a full feeling in my stomach. I think I’ve tightened up some, I’m going to go through to Saturday on lowish carbs about 135gram per day and see how depleted I look and how I feel in myself, then will have a high day on Saturday and take a good look Sunday morning. At which point I’ll decide what I’m doing next week, if all is progressing I’ll probably do the same again with a moderate week two weeks out and then carb deplete and load over the last week

I must start putting a routine together…I think I’ve settled on posing to Sisters of Mercy after deciding I can’t move well enough to try anything with a faster beat. I had been toying with posing to the Weather girls and “its raining men” but have bottled it… 