Everything has a price, in one form or another, you pay. A few weeks ago as the year of the Monkey was closing, my shoulders became progressively sore. Rather, I started noting the soreness, who knows when it actually began. I have been denying how serious it might be, hoping that once things settled down a bit they would have the time they need to recover. That was the case last year after all, sadly not this year.
Now is the time to come clean, I am very likely developing a problem in my shoulders. Pushups are becoming more difficult, not in the sense that I don't have the strength, but the front area of my shoulders are feeling it more and more. It really clicked in this past Saturday at Tai Chi when I could feel the strain while executing the movements.
Why did I let it get this far? I have seen what happens when you damage yourself in your training. Have I been using bad technique this whole time? Probably. In my first year in the I Ho Chuan a good half of my 50,000 pushups were piston pushups. The way I did them put incredible strain on my shoulders, chipping away at them bit by bit and I failed to notice. It could also be caused by the months of shovelling I did last year.
Whatever the reason I need to remedy this before it becomes any worse. I want to continue pushing myself to become the best martial artist I can, it just seems I need to go about it in a different way. I have been humbled by my own body... I do want to have pushed so hard up to this point only to be stopped short by my own arrogance.
Any advice that anyone can send my way would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Take care everyone.
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