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Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Jul 27 4:07pm | Replies (48)
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@gingerw Thanks for the advice. A massage is definitely helpful. I had invested a few weeks ago in a massager from Amazon. It has heat also and it does feel really good. Painful at first but with heat it helps relax my shoulder and neck muscles. I guess since it was out of socket for a while it is going to take some babying and time to feel better. I made the mistake yesterday of knitting on a sweater. After over doing it I found that I also use upper arm and shoulder muscles to knit and was in tremendous pain last night. So no knitting today. I have to let it rest and use the heating pad on it. 🙂
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@suzanne2 Paying attention to what our bodies are telling us, is very important, and I think is a key to helping to heal. You found that out by knitting too much. If you are like me, crocheting or knitting is a way to relax, and "get your mind off things". That is, until we overdo it, and our fingers/hands/shoulders remind us! When our cat is on my lap, and I crochet, I am holding the piece and yarn differently, uncomfortably so, so that she doesn't constantly try to "help" me. My shoulders remind me that was not smart!
Your muscles got stretched out for a while, having the shoulder out of place. Please be gentle on yourself, and relish the progress of baby steps to get it back to where it should be.
Ginger