Subject: RE: Name The Most Demotivational Thing You Have Ever Heard...Not sure this is the most demotivational, but an ortho doc told me NEVER to raise my arm above the plane of the horizon -- no swimming free, no shoulder presses, nothing that takes your arm above your head (for life). I supposed that would have included reaching up to get a cup or glass out of the cabinet? He told me this while coming in for a minor tear and tendonitis in my rotator cuff after a fall cross country skiing. I got some PT and with persistence and some ART and strength core training I am painfree. I continued swimming and chose not to have the cortisone shot he recommended. That was about 3 1/2 years ago and I now swim regularly 3 x a week, often in the ocean, have done approx. 12 sprint tris, 2 olys, 1 HIM and am training for my second HIM. So there, doctor man. ![](https://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/images/emoticons/smile.gif) |