Custom/Hybrid Tommygunz Bicep rebuild

Tommygunz

Tommygunz

Team PHP
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Wisconsin
Trying to keep the rest of my body growing. I always feel like working out every other part of your body except the injured part help the injury to heal faster. Just have to be smart and dedicated! I get funny looks all the time only using half of a machine or just one weight but gotta stay motivated! 2015 here I come;)
 

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McDog

McDog

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Staff member
Location
South Florida
I have been dealing with a chronic upper hamstring sprain since May after a triathlon. Finally getting some improvement recently with help of physical therapist giving me a treatment plan. Frustrating isnt a strong enough word but your injury is worse and your attitude is better. Thanks for the inspiration and attitude check.
 
Tommygunz

Tommygunz

Team PHP
Location
Wisconsin
Thanks! Its gonna be tough I'm sure mid season to not be down but still being on the beach and coaching riders to the best of my ability and representing PHP will still keep me up!
 
Tommygunz

Tommygunz

Team PHP
Location
Wisconsin
Well after a visit to the doc yesterday I got the best news ever! Turns out I should be able to go back to work hopefully around April sometime and best of all.......I will be able to ride around the same time!!!
The self therapy I have been doing and taking care of my arm has put me months ahead! My doc told me the worst case scenario to start with and yesterday I felt high as I walked out of the office!!!I felt like a kid at Christmas! Lookin forward to hopefully meeting a bunch of you guys at some freerides this year! The Tommygunz Midlife Crisis Jetski Tour is on!!!! Whoop whoop!!!
 
Quinc

Quinc

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Location
California
Tommygunz said:
Trying to keep the rest of my body growing. I always feel like working out every other part of your body except the injured part help the injury to heal faster. Just have to be smart and dedicated! I get funny looks all the time only using half of a machine or just one weight but gotta stay motivated! 2015 here I come;)
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I will have to track it down but there is a study proving this. I believe it was based on the improvements stretching the non-injured extremities had on the injured extremities. I did the same thing when I broke my ankle and ended up getting out of my cast 3 weeks early. Was able to front squat 385 a few weeks after that. :)
 
Quinc

Quinc

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California
I want to say there is another study as well but I haven't found it yet.

A 10-week stretching program increases strength in the contralateral muscle.
Nelson AG, Kokkonen J, Winchester JB, Kalani W, Peterson K, Kenly MS, Arnall DA.
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It was questioned whether a unilateral stretching program would induce a crosstraining effect in the contralateral muscle. To test this, 13 untrained individuals participated in a 10-week stretching program while 12 other untrained individuals served as a control group. For the experimental group, the right calf muscle was stretched 4 times for 30 seconds, with a 30-second rest between stretches, 3 d·wk(-1) for 10 weeks. Strength, determined via 1 repetition maximum (1RM) unilateral standing toe raise, and range of motion (ROM) were measured pre-post. In the treatment group, the stretched calf muscle had a significant (p < 0.05) 8% increase in ROM, whereas the nonstretched calf muscle had a significant 1% decrease in ROM. The 1 RM of the stretched calf muscle significantly increased 29%, whereas the 1RM of the nonstretched calf muscle significantly increased 11%. In the control group, neither 1RM nor ROM changed for either leg. The results indicate that 10 weeks of stretching only the right calf will significantly increase the strength of both calves. Hence, chronic stretching can also induce a crosstraining effect for strength but not for the ROM. This study also validates earlier findings suggesting that stretching can elicit strength gains in untrained individuals.

PMID: 22297415
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Tommygunz

Tommygunz

Team PHP
Location
Wisconsin
So far it seems to be helping!

Also have a killer deal on my 2013 Carbon Hurricane at $6000!!!! Need a new Hurricane as a get well gift:)
 
Nate_D

Nate_D

Location
Houston, TX
I might be mistaken, but I believe I read a similar study showing the effects of free, non bound, circulating testosterone and IGF-1 having a positive effect on recovery for injuries. I believe they found working out non injured muscles increased both of these and are believe to facilitate repair. I could be mistaken, it was years ago I read this.

When's the hurricane build thread?


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Tommygunz

Tommygunz

Team PHP
Location
Wisconsin
Nate_D said:
I might be mistaken, but I believe I read a similar study showing the effects of free, non bound, circulating testosterone and IGF-1 having a positive effect on recovery for injuries. I believe they found working out non injured muscles increased both of these and are believe to facilitate repair. I could be mistaken, it was years ago I read this.

When's the hurricane build thread?


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Yea from all my other injuries and years of rehab I learned that active rest is the best and to work around the injury.

And as far as a build thread goes, once my hull sells the 2014 Hurricane will be getting built at The Ski Clinic and here asap!:)

Gotta start the year out fresh! New hull,motor, pump and bionicly fresh arm! Oh yea!!!!
 
Tommygunz

Tommygunz

Team PHP
Location
Wisconsin
Started physical therapy last week and going really well! Last week and this week are just doing range of motion and hopefully next week I will begin to do some light resistance work. I still can't lift more than 3-4 lbs as per doc's orders with my left arm so hopefully I can get back to it slowly next week. It's amazing how weak you can get so fast....
 
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