First off, I am in no way hating or talking shit about people who do cross-fit, barefoot marathons, or any other Paleo type shit, but I think Joe Rogan said it best when he said something along the lines of "doing cross-fit to essentially be the best at working out" With that said I began incorporating cross-fit workouts into my training mainly because (as all people who train for fights know) there just isn't enough hours in the day to train all aspects of MMA, let alone weight lifting/cardio workouts (Especially with school/work, etc.)
Long story short, after about a year of consistently doing these type of workouts I developed some kind of strain in my shoulder/trap area. It didn't seem to major and I was still able to workout with the occasional pain here and there and then one day (6 months ago now) I was doing an intense shoulder burnout during a cross-fit workout and I felt an extremely agonizing pain in right shoulder. Over the weekend I felt it go to shit. Here I am now 6 months later with the same issue and pain that never goes away. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping I don't need surgery but I'm already done with physical therapy and I'm due back for an MRI next week which will determine how bad it is and the type of surgery needed.
During these past few months I've been doing tons of research and talking to people in physical therapy, gyms, and my workplace about rotator cuff issues and many regret having surgery. Guess it's one of those procedures that isn't exactly guaranteed to fix anything. In some cases it actually makes things worse and takes away strength, dexterity, and range of motion.
Again, I'm not bashing cross-fit or any aspect of our beloved sport, but listen to your body and don't overdue things like I did. This might turn out to be a life altering injury for me and I wouldn't wish this happen to anyone else.
It's true when they say you don't know how good you have it until it's gone, I'd do anything to be able to fight again now
Long story short, after about a year of consistently doing these type of workouts I developed some kind of strain in my shoulder/trap area. It didn't seem to major and I was still able to workout with the occasional pain here and there and then one day (6 months ago now) I was doing an intense shoulder burnout during a cross-fit workout and I felt an extremely agonizing pain in right shoulder. Over the weekend I felt it go to shit. Here I am now 6 months later with the same issue and pain that never goes away. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping I don't need surgery but I'm already done with physical therapy and I'm due back for an MRI next week which will determine how bad it is and the type of surgery needed.
During these past few months I've been doing tons of research and talking to people in physical therapy, gyms, and my workplace about rotator cuff issues and many regret having surgery. Guess it's one of those procedures that isn't exactly guaranteed to fix anything. In some cases it actually makes things worse and takes away strength, dexterity, and range of motion.
Again, I'm not bashing cross-fit or any aspect of our beloved sport, but listen to your body and don't overdue things like I did. This might turn out to be a life altering injury for me and I wouldn't wish this happen to anyone else.
It's true when they say you don't know how good you have it until it's gone, I'd do anything to be able to fight again now
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