Dooges
26-03-09, 04:57
I’m one of the many that worry about these neurological type diseases. I’m still worried about MND because of the way my left shoulder and left leg feel right now. The shoulder feels funny with a weak feeling down into my bicep. The leg just feels different to the to the other and I’m not sure if it gets fatigued sooner than the right one does. I can still do my dumbbell weights at home and push ups etc with the left arm becoming harder to lift towards the end of my set. I am right handed so you would think this would explain itself to me. Sadly my fears remain. To be honest to myself I’m doing this as apart of a strength test for myself and not for the actual benefits that weight training can give you. I’m also constantly checking my motor skills and finer movements in my hands checking for any degeneration of movement or ability. Does any of this sound familiar to anyone.
I went to the physio yesterday about my shoulder and the feeling of slight weakness in my arm (bicep). He told me that my left shoulder was sitting slightly forward putting strain or pressure on the tendons shoulder. This was due to my posture. Slightly hunched forward. I would need to strengthen my back muscles to bring my shoulders back into alignment and to help support the front muscles. I have to admit that when at the gym I do tend to concentrate on my arms, shoulders and chest etc than my back muscles… I’d had a previously been carrying another muscle/tendon related shoulder injury as well, so his explanation is totally plausible right? But this feeling in my bicep is new.
So last night with this fresh in my mind I walked with my shoulders back and was constantly stretching out and back my left shoulder. To the point where it started to hurt. It seemed to help the feeling in my bicep and the stretching felt good.
So I wake up this morning and the shoulder stills feels weird but the bicep feeling has lessened.. But because of my fears about having MND the sensations in the shoulder and the slight perceived weakness, in my mind it still could be something more sinister. The thing is I know weakness is a symptom of MND and I’m fixated on that even though it is highly improbable that I have a disease of this type. As my day goes on at work I can sense the feeling in my bicep return. Could it be my desk ergonomics?
So let me ask you, , can we get fixated on certain parts of the body, in my case the left arm and leg and have the normal feelings that your average person would not even worry about, and take these feelings for being different in the other arm/leg.? Thus start to worry that something must be seriously wrong.
Hope this makes sense and look forward to your replies.
Brad
I went to the physio yesterday about my shoulder and the feeling of slight weakness in my arm (bicep). He told me that my left shoulder was sitting slightly forward putting strain or pressure on the tendons shoulder. This was due to my posture. Slightly hunched forward. I would need to strengthen my back muscles to bring my shoulders back into alignment and to help support the front muscles. I have to admit that when at the gym I do tend to concentrate on my arms, shoulders and chest etc than my back muscles… I’d had a previously been carrying another muscle/tendon related shoulder injury as well, so his explanation is totally plausible right? But this feeling in my bicep is new.
So last night with this fresh in my mind I walked with my shoulders back and was constantly stretching out and back my left shoulder. To the point where it started to hurt. It seemed to help the feeling in my bicep and the stretching felt good.
So I wake up this morning and the shoulder stills feels weird but the bicep feeling has lessened.. But because of my fears about having MND the sensations in the shoulder and the slight perceived weakness, in my mind it still could be something more sinister. The thing is I know weakness is a symptom of MND and I’m fixated on that even though it is highly improbable that I have a disease of this type. As my day goes on at work I can sense the feeling in my bicep return. Could it be my desk ergonomics?
So let me ask you, , can we get fixated on certain parts of the body, in my case the left arm and leg and have the normal feelings that your average person would not even worry about, and take these feelings for being different in the other arm/leg.? Thus start to worry that something must be seriously wrong.
Hope this makes sense and look forward to your replies.
Brad