A pain free evening!

Oct
31

A pain free evening!

Posted by Kevin Doak on Monday at: 7:00pm (October 31st, 2011)

After the physical trainer manipulated my rib back into place this morning, I promptly headed over to the weight room for an additional 1 hour weight session.  At some point I popped it out again.  This afternoon I had him do it all over again.  This trainer is amazing, he apparently worked with the USOC during the last olympics. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Olympic_Committee

He started out cracking my entire back; a process that is apparently called "thoracic release".  His first attempt didn't work very well on me, so he said, "lets try a different method, this isn't going to be very comfortable".... and it wasn't.  He basically folded my head and chest forward, put his arm under me and put my spine into an S curve three times.  I've never heard so many cracks in my life!  Next he had me fold my hold my opposite shoulder with my hand and push against his hand with my elbow, he popped the rib right back in without an issue.  Afterward he did some rather painful massaging behind my left shoulder blade to try to prevent it from happening again.  The guy is really helpful and I was overwhelmingly thankful for his assistance.

After he adjusted me, I swam a 5,000 meter practice without issue, I feel great!  I think weights are definitely what cause this.  I did some light research about the condition and it can be a chronic issue.  

I'm really glad it's resolved but chances are I'll just do it to myself all over again tomorrow when we lift again :(

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