Thanks Tom. When I went in to my doctor with MRI in hand I told him I wanted to run a marathon in one year and to do what he needs to do. He told me, to be honest with myself and make sure I never miss a therapy session. Being he was a pro-basketball ortho I have confidence :-)

Look forward to hearing how the Olympic lifting goes, Son....the snatch! The jerk! Classic! :-)

Sounds good, Brent, hope you're running 26.2 in 2013. :-)

Hot young thing I have been chasing around the gym introduced me to her chiropractor there today. We hit if off, I told him I've never had an adjustment in my life. He worked on my shoulder for 2 minutes and I had more range of motion after 2 minutes then I've had in 6 months. Going in for a formal visit next week.

:-) :-)

My view on chiropractors have changed since I started seeing mine. Especially since he is sports and strength oriented in his practice. I think it will really help you, Pops.

Me too, Son. The chiro is a competitive bodybuilder, so he isn't going to tell me to quit lifting. And my shoulder feels the best it has felt in months right now after just a couple minutes of informal treatment in the gym. :-)

That is awesome Tom. Whenever, I get injured I see the Chiro--it beats taking pain meds and promotes healthy joints.

A good chiropractor is a God send! I asked him about my shoulder last week and he gave me a game plan for the next back workout. My shoulder creeks like crazy when doing pull up's and I have avoided this exercise for the last 6 months or more. He said I have to do more chest and tri stretches before doing them.

Hope it works for you, Moses. :-)

Brent, I am hoping that this doc can bring my shoulder back at least to the point where I don't cry during chest and shoulder workouts. :-)

Tom, what hurts more, incline or decline. Heavy decline usually hurts.

Inclines are the best for me, Brent, I can usually work through the discomfort with minimal "popping". Flats are OK.....I don't do declines, never have. I don't care for the position. I work lower chest with a combination of weighted dips and Hammer Strength declines.

So... after just resting for 2 days and we hit the gym yesterday, decided to do chest again and I had a really nice pump. Took the same amount of PWO and BCAA and my chest day was on. Felt extremely good!

Trying to distract myself from doing back...

I love doing back, Huy, probably my favorite at this point.

Heading over to the chiro's office shortly, to see if I can get my shoulder worked on today, or at least an appt. later in the week. :-)

Where's geRRy?

Decline and close grip flat bench I have never been into. I feel my energy is better spent targeting the main part of the muscle. Chest sags with age, why make the sagged part even bigger?

They needed another player to make it 5 on 5 bball so I decided to play... played a few games and that just a majority of my energy. Waste of a PWO, still managed to do my back but wasn't as strong as I wanted to.

Where's geRRy?

Cardio is good too, Huy, just back first on your next back day!

HEY! What's with that avatar?! :-)

I like the Chiro a lot, he took X-rays and confirmed I have a neck that Frankenstein's monster would consider a degrade. Did some work on my neck and shoulder, and tells me he is going to change my life. Cool, just keep your clothes on, Doc. :-)

wheRe's geRRy? I bet the next time he sees me, he punches me right in the face.

Is it scar tissue that's the issue? If so, check out Graston Technique. If your chiro is not certified, look for one that is. Makes a huge differernce. Basically they scrape the scar tissue off the area and it gets absorbed into the body. You'll have a big black-n-blue mark, but tremendous range of motion. 1 or 2 treatments are all that is needed.

I am quite suprised your chiro took an X-ray. That's used more as a sales pitch to confirm what they already know in terms the customer is more likely to bite on than just the chiro's opinion.

Here's the link: http://www.grastontechnique.com/

Thanks Moses. :-)

He is certified. He mostly wanted the X-Ray of my neck (and he did not charge me for any of the X-Rays) to see the angles of my cervical vertabrae. My neck lools like E.T., the vertabrae are basically is a straight line jutting forward....no curvature whatsoever.

My shoulder issue doesn't appear to be scar tissue, it looks more structural to me. I will ask more questions on my visit today. Thank you for the link.

I am sure you must have scar tissue areas, just about anyone who does any real exercise will. You can feel them when the dull blade scrapes along the skin. The scar tissue is slightly raised. I am sure your chiro can feel that by hand too.

Cool, Moses.....I will ask that today, and also if he is familiar with the Graston Technique.

What (if any) multivitamins do any of you take? Thoughts? For the past couple of years I've taken Opti-Men(good value/good product). Have always been interested in Orange Triad so picked up a couple of bottles and plan on starting it when I polish off my current bottle of Opti-Men.