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18 55 OF shoulder pain etc

Lately, I dont have a chance to get on the bike during the week until Friday or Sat. I think that is too long to go without any saddle time. The legs get stale and one starts to loose the ability to tick the pedals over well.

Last week Id done a hard high rep/low weight squat workout on Wed Enough to make the muscles tender to the touch. Then hard ride Thurs, followed by road ride with lots of climbing Fri. My legs were toasted. Yesterday I got out onto the Azure for up OF and down beast and up sidewinder.

18:55 up, legs felt better at the bottom, then started to fade. I need a new rear tire, the tread is gone and spinning out too much. Front end still feels wonky. Loosey goosey. Just cant tell if its the wheel that feels flexy, or the fork. Gotta re-bleed the rear brake too.

My right shoulder is still a mess. Time to get a little more serious about treating it. I think a combination of events and continued use has contributed to inability to heal.

It started after we did a fair amount of shoulder work with push presses and push jerks. The problem wasnt the lifting it is my bony shoulder. My right shoulder has a little bony bump protruding from it: the acromion


On my right side it is big bump. The bar ended up bruising that bone I think. Then the next 3 days I rode on the mountain bike which places a fair amount of wear on the front of the shoulders. Then with all that fatigue in place, I was doing some basic pullups. But, its amazing how much load is on the shoulders with pullups when you go all the way down and your arms are too close together. When you arms are fully extended and your shoulder is jammed up into your hear, it places a serious stress on the front part of the deltoid. That seemed to really do me in, and since then it just hasnt felt right. Just too much overhead work combined with bruising the tip of that bone. My right shoulder has always had some strength instability compared to my left

I ice it, rest it for a few days, then go and do something like a few days of mountain biking or back to working out. Ill take it easy, but there is no way you can avoid using your shoulder in daily activity or working out. Never realized this till it has issues.

The issue seems centered around the muscle at the front part of the deltoid (anterior deltoid). When I massage deeply and use the massage ball, muscle is knotted. Seems more so on the right side than the left, but the left also has knots.

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But I think there is more going on here than just muscle. The worst pain is when my arms extended overhead and I hold my right wrist with my other hand and the try to move the arm in an arc to my side. This is an adduction motion, and the thing is, that muscle, isnt used in adduction. If I do this isometric motion against a wall, that muscle isnt even flexed.

Ive been icing it and doing isometrics and stretching it, and it gets a little better, then I go an aggravate it again. The pain is sharp sometimes and even though it feels like its coming from the front shoulder muscle, when I press around with my fingers to try and find it, I just cant pinpoint it.

After more googling, I think I found a potential answer: BICEPS TENDONITIS (LONG HEAD OF BICEPS TENDONITIS). Here is another site.

What struck me was this description:

What does biceps tendonitis feel like?

Pain related to biceps tendonitis is usually felt over the front of the shoulder, often with some radiation to, but not usually beyond, the elbow. Typically, the pain is aggravated by overhead activity and is worse at night. People may report a clicking or popping sensation in the affected shoulder

Makes sense that it is this tendon and not just the muscle. When I press around hard with my fingers trying to see if there is some trigger point in the muscle that is I just cant seem to get to it. The pain is radiated from the front of the shoulder but its deeper. It seems counter intuitive for this to be related to the bicep because I consider it shoulder issue. But when you look at this diagram you can see that the bicep muscle connects into the shoulder joint.


So I think several weeks dedicated to
1) no overhead work
2) limited mountain biking
3) icing
4) isometric and band type strengthening excercises
5) stretches for biceps/shoulders
6) vitamin I or naproxen

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10 of the most horrifying mutants from the TMNT toy line!

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a true phenomena that has ruled the world from the late 80s to the mid 90s and has miraculously made a modern comeback thanks to a new cartoon show and a very successful Michael Bay-Produced film.  Since the 80s Playmates have produced 100s of action figures for the TMNT toy series and today were going to take a look at 10 of the turtles most monstrous friends and foes!

Im sure most of you are well aware of this character.  Easily one of the coolest toys of my childhood, Mutagen Mans torso is clear and hollow allowing kids to fill it with water.  Also included were bits of guts that could freely float around.


Made up of various slugs and worms Wyrm was one of my favorite toys growing up.  With a few swift pulls a number of small worms would come tumbling out of his mouth.  What more could a deranged kid ask for?



An exterminator from Dimension X, he has four arms, an ax, and a giant stinger. Nuff said.

...Hes a gigantic mutated brain. Yep.

Half man-half fly!  While he was pretty cool in the show my fondest memories of the guy are from Turtles in Time.  His recent incarnation however, is much more terrifying and should be hitting stores soon!
A big heap of sewage and trash with ooze pouring through various orifices, its easy to see why kids fawned over this character.  If Playmates gets their way the modern version of this character will be nightmare inducing!

I can still fondly remember the day I received this figure from my Grandmother.  Pizzaface is a deranged pizza chef that had a bad encounter with a bit of ooze.

Half exterminator-half cockroach, working for Playmates during this period must have been a lot of fun.  Scumbug is an extremely creepy character and remains one of my favorites from the earlier line.

The latest series draws a lot of inspiration from past horror films, the episode Dream Dimension was heavily inspired by the Elm Street films and featured a group of monster Beavers that preyed on teenagers through nightmares.  One of the beavers was even voiced by Robert Englund!  

The Squirrelanoids first appeared in Invasion of the Squirrelanoids in the 2012 TMNT series.  Clearly inspired by the Xenomorph, the mutant characters prove to be a pretty dangerous foe.

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7 Pairs of Gold Boots to Invest In

Photo via: Fashion Me Now

All that glitters is sometimes gold especially when it comes in the form of a boot. The golden boot adds an element of modern-rocker to any outfit. Luckily, a variety of brands dove into this trend. Check out 7 pairs of golden boots to snag asap.

Get the look:

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40 YEARS OF TURBO VIDEO

MANY THANKS TO FRAZER SPOWART,E GARAGE AND ALL AT PCNA

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10 interpretations of who started WW1

Why did World War I start?

Here are 10 interpretations from different historians. One historian blames Germany, another Serbia, and another blames decision makers in Germany, Austria, and Russia.  BBC Magazine printed them last year for the 100th anniversary of the war.

Each argument is short. Students could read them, note the argument and evidence for each and then either discuss their findings or make a written argument of their own about the cause.

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A Herd of Snugglesauruses

I recently made some new dinos for the shop! They are similar to an item I used to make, but these are even better... they have an improved design, stand up by themselves, and have two rows of adorable ruffles down their back! Just the right size for babies, and super cute too! There are seven different fabrics I used for the ruffles, here is a sampling:




And here is the whole herd lined up for a group photo:


Fun stuff :)

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10 Years of Mean Girls

No, I didnt see Mean Girls 10 years ago when it first came out. I do remember it popping up in all of the little pre-tween magazines that I used to hoard, but I never saw it until it popped up on TV one day in 2007. I recorded it off the TV on one of those gigantic fossils we used to call videotapes. Unfortunately, the first three minutes cut out of my recording, so I never saw those first three minutes until I bought it on DVD a year later. Yet, I didnt need those three minutes. Mean Girls was, and forever will be, my favourite high school comedy of all time. Hell, probably even my favourite comedy of all time. Why?

Because 7 years since I first saw it, Im pretty positive there hasnt been a day go by that I havent quoted it in some way. Like seriously, there is a quote for every life situation:

When someone does well with something: "You go, Glen Coco!"

When someone asks someone else why theyre white: "Oh my god Karen, you cant just ask people why theyre white."

When youre a mother: "Im not like a regular mom, Im a cool mom."

When its raining: "Theres a 30% chance that its already raining!"

When you dont want to go out with someone: "I cant go out *fake coughs* Im sick."

When someone annoys you: "Boo, you whore."

Possible valedictory speech: "Im sorry that people are so jealous of me...but I cant help it that Im so popular."

When needing to do a rap: "Yo yo yo all you sucker MCs aint got nothing on me! From my grades, to my lines you cant touch Kevin G! Im a mathlete, so nerd is inferred, but forget what you heard Im like James Bond the third, sh-sh-sh-shaken not stirred - Im Kevin Gnapoor! The Gs silent when I sneak through your door. And make love to your woman on the bathroom floor. I dont play it like Shaggy, youll know it was me. Cause the next time you see her shell be like, OOH! KEVIN G!"

Literally the entire script is quotable. The entire thing.




But why is it that Mean Girls stands the test of time and feels as fresh as it did 10 years ago? Why is it that we can quote it on a daily basis even after all of this time? Because Mean Girls is still very real. You may think that a film with such overdrawn caricatures such as a plastic surgery obsessed mum, the regulation gay best friend and the dumb blonde couldnt be aiming for realism in the slightest. However, it is the simplicity of the characters that makes this movie work so well. Each character is exactly who they are. Regina is the bitch. Gretchen is her loyal follower. Karen is the one who is too dumb to know whats going on. And Cady is built up by this.

Cady, for better or for worse, is the epitome of a teenage girl. No matter what people tell you, you cant be yourself at high school. Unless youre completely sure of what you wanna be. Cady is the one that gets gobbled up and spat out by everyone around her. Yes, this is a comedy. But it is also painstakingly true.


Oh, and lets not forget that it is based on a non-fiction self-help book. Just as everything is quotable from the script, everything also has a certain shred of truth to it. Im not sure how much help it would provide as a survival guide for navigating cliques at school (my school wasnt even big enough to have a clique problem), but Id say it is a pretty good place to start. It shows you the people to avoid, the mistakes to avoid, and how to tell if you have ESPN or something.

I could wax poetic for years on why Mean Girls is the best thing that ever happened to 12 year old me who stayed home sick from school one day and first saw this grace her TV screen. And it is still about the best thing that happens to 18 year old me watching it for the fiftieth time on a rainy afternoon in Christchurch. You know those movies that you grow up with? Mean Girls has left an indelible mark on my life in ways that I cant really explain. And even though Im out of my high school years, I can honestly see me watching this movie for another ten years and my view wouldnt have changed.

All I can say is thank you, Mean Girls. Thank you for the quotes. Thank you for launching the careers of people like Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried and Lizzy Caplan. Thank you for giving us Lindsay Lohans best performance. Thank you for keeping it real.

But lastly, heres a question: how many of you have felt personally victimised by Regina George?

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10 Amazing Pictures of The Amazon

The Amazon rainforest is full of life. Reflecting environmental conditions as well as past human influence, the Amazon is made up of a mosaic of ecosystems and vegetation types including rainforests, seasonal forests, deciduous forests, flooded forests, and savannas. The basin is drained by the Amazon River, the worlds largest river in terms of discharge, and the second longest river in the world after the Nile.
Here are amazing pictures of the worlds largest rainforest.

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