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Steve Swartz wrote:
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- Physical Therapy for Rotator Cuff tear recovery. Lots of good fun with rubber bands.

- Physical Therapy for Golfer's/Shooter's Elbow recovery. Even more fun with rubber bands.

Note that none of these very useful and appropriate exercises involve any "weightlifting" per se. Nor are they technically "Strength Training" (well, I guess that depends on your definition).

Steve,

Maybe you could give a little more detail on these routines?

I used to laugh at my wife going to the gym, I would suggest she go outside and work on the garden etc. that way she would get strong and acheive something useful at the same time.

I have learned my lesson. Conditionning is therapeutic, draw in more blood, encourage the bone and ligaments to strengthen themselves.

And I am most interested to learn what you and other shooters do to heal the elbow and shoulder.

Best Regards,

Gordon

Gordon:

The best source for these exercises is a trained physical therapist, one who specializes in sports medicine. They have some kind of a union or something; in that I am not familiar with any "open sources" of those neato sheets they give me with line drawings of people doing the exercises.

I will look around for a public domain source and get back to you . . . it's hard to describe the exercises without pictures!

(A book on physical therapy? A website?)

Steve

Would prefer Richard Kang to chime in here . . . I'm a patient not a doctor onthis stuff . . . but follow the information below at your own risk (you should really spend some quality time with a health care professional- well worth the money).

Rotator Cuff

http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen ... s/265.html

Tennis Elbow (lateral epicondylitis) vs. Golfers Elbow (medial epicondylitis)

http://www.cyberpt.com/cptcondtrt4tenelbow.asp

http://www.cyberpt.com/cptcondtrtgolferselbow.asp

View the videos/follow the links as required.

Again, make an appointment with a trained, licensed Physical Therapist who specializes in Sports Medicine!

Steve Swartz

Thank you Steve,

That is most ineresting.

I know I should deal with pros, but I am a die-hard do-it-yourselfer.

Don't worry, I won't sue you if I end up crippled by these routines:)

Best Regards,

Gordon

Thanks for this information!

weight lifting routines

What kind of weight lifting simulates a bench press that I can do without a spotter? I like to go to the gym alone. I am trying to develop my upper body. I am an extreme novice and know nothing about weight lifting. I would like to do an exercise that develops the chest. But I don't like to work out with anyone else because the weight lifters scare me. I don't need someone pushing me to do something that will hurt myself. And I don't want to be humiliated because I have trouble lifting the bar without the weights.
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gordonfriesen wrote:

Steve Swartz wrote:
And I am most interested to learn what you and other shooters do to heal the elbow and shoulder.

Best Regards,

Gordon

In my case it was the knife, it meant 6 months off shooting :-( but that was 29 years ago and worked a treat :-) and I have won International medals since then.

richtera

Go to a gym and get a private consult with a certified trainer. Just as a coach is invaluable in shooting, a trainer is irreplaceable in weight training.