The road back?

A visit to an ortho doc yesterday turned up no obvious problems, except for the whole pain-in-shoulder thing. He gave me a six- to eight-week shoulder workout plan to try to strengthen some parts of my shoulder(s), which he thinks might be all I need to get into a pain-free environment.

Oh, that and better posture.

ortho fun

Although I've been out of the water for the summer, I'm still enjoying all the benefits of a defective left shoulder. My kind doctor lady is hooking me up with an ortho guy, though, an apparent hotshot at arthroscopic surgery, but hopefully also someone who can concoct a non-surgical solution.

The massage lady, excellent and dear to me though she is, has only kept me above water. At first, her work was a huge improvement. Now it is keeping me a little bit ahead of the chronic pain. So that is big progress, but I'm certainly at a plateau. I just want to be able to swim and weave without all this god damn discomfort.