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After shoulder dislocation, Pictures/video showing very limited range of motion in shoulder!

video done JUN 4th 2018:

Demonstrating how I still have limited range of motion a long time after my dislocated shoulder occurred the night before Easter(APR 1). Video done JUN 4. I can use my uninjured left arm to stretch my injured right arm further which demonstrates some of my shoulder muscles in my right arm do not function at this time! I do continue to stretch my right arm with and without the help of my left arm! I do swing a 5 lb dumbbell through this range of motion I have in my right arm to strengthen it and can do a bicep curl holding two 5 lb dumbbells in my right hand. Also can do a squat to chest exercise two handed with 20 lb dumbbell for over 1 minute now!

For further background on this accident and my rehab start with this blog post and then check out later blog posts on this subject:

https://astrogoodwin.wordpress.com/2018/04/07/how-am-i-feeling-6-days-after-my-shoulder-was-dislocated-and-put-back-early-easter-sunday/

My range of motion in my right arm is quite limited. I did have my dislocated arm worked on at the VA hospital ER on Easter morning and I am sure the professionals brought in on call after me waiting a number of hours in pain did the best they could with the help of Xrays! I just had a lot more damage from my very hard fall onto a concrete sidewalk than just a dislocation as pain in elbow, hand, upper arm, shoulder and ribs for weeks after accident continuing to the present seems to indicate. Have not been back to VA hospital since missing a walk in type appointment due to not finding parking in massive traffic jam at hospital 8 days later on a Tuesday! I was in pain and my friend driving was also in pain due to injuries still healing from an car accident around Halloween! I gave up on the VA which was hard to get rides to and which may have costed me time and money I could not afford with my dire financial situation!

6/13/18 updated with latest video on my progress!

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by astrogoodwin on May 29, 2018 • Permalink

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Posted by astrogoodwin on May 29, 2018

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My accident recovery and the challenges of being extremely unique in a spiritually backward world

Everyday I do left handed weightlifting along with rehab for my right arm/shoulder, an intense quarter mile run, many extremely intense and painful 3/4 of mile meditative walks! I do push my limits and the intensity of my meditative walks do make my pain in my right arm/shoulder worst! Being a spiritual pioneer that tries to challenge the limits of what I can handle spiritually, I try to make my cat-like crouched meditative technique even more intense so as to feel the pain even more acutely. I battle the pain in order to learn to handle it better, and also heal myself. The ability to handle pain really well is needed in order to develop the intense spiritual strength required to handle the really really serious problems of this challenging reality we are part of……………………………….

I do pay for how hard I push it with arm and shoulder pain at night! But, I am getting more use to intense pain and still get some good sleep! At least I can sleep lying down which I could not do for 4 weeks after the accident/fall/dislocated shoulder. More than a dislocation happened in this fall, my body is feeling pain in elbow, hand, and right side of chest! I did not think of other injuries when at the ER when I had a dislocated shoulder that demanded immediate attention. Have been on my own medically since that ER visit which suits me fine. I do best dealing with my medical issues on my own, and can not afford to do otherwise………………………………………………………………………………………………………

I do have serious survival issues that make so much in my life extremely difficult and society plays an extremely strong role in this due to its failures in serving me as well as it does others who have more “normal” needs! Society provides jobs, housing, and all sorts of public services for people who are very normal in their abilities, but is way too backward spiritually to understand and help address the basic need of someone as uniquely abled as me. People assume I fit in to society a lot more than I do and can be quite clueless as to the real circumstances I face trying to survive in this world. I am pretty much one of a kind and that is why I am the spiritual pioneer I am! I do not qualify for social security retirement due to limited work history and would not be alive today if not for the help of family and friends…………………………………………………………………

So many people with positions of power and influence in this world are really spoiled and arrogant, often blaming the victims of their inadequate policies/actions and abilities rather than becoming more responsible in their approach. They become too intoxicated by the money they make and power they are able to yield! Heavy spiritual consequences result in this highly technological age we now exist in when a society lacks an adequate level of spiritual maturity to deal with the serious problems within it! Seeing things from many sides and angles in all of its complexity is not easy! People often would rather have a tribal type mentality that irrationally ignores or condemns that which they are not familiar with! Religions and societies can be quite tribal and irrational in how they evaluate the value of what they believe to be true as compared to what others not in their group/ organization believe………………………………………………………………………….

https://astrogoodwin.wordpress.com/2017/10/09/links-to-my-spiritual-stuff-on-internet/

Right Shoulder dislocation update: rehab and my extremely valuable spiritual purpose

I could not sleep lying down for 5 weeks due to pain and refused to take pain killers or to risk hurting arm in sleep! A few days ago, I found a position on my back with a pillow holding my arm up in a position it could tolerate, although it was still painful! I do seem to have rotator cuff damage limiting my arm movement and producing pain! I can now eat with my right hand, brush my teeth with both hands(right hand helping best it can) and use a can opener! I still type with my left hand only! I can lift water bottles(not huge ones) with right hand, but using biceps only! When I do my frequent meditative walks, I do alternately swing my arms toward the front of my body which should help loosen up my range of motion! I do carefully test my range of motion in my right arm and do experiment a little with exercises found on youtube videos on shoulder rehab.

Did not go back to VA hospital since emergency room visit at time of accident(very early morning Apr 01-Easter.) Gave up on VA hospital after finding a serious parking problems there(when going to a walk-in appointment 9 days after accident) with an awful lot of traffic circling the hospital over and over again trying to find any parking spaces that would become available. I was in severe pain due to discomfort related to being in car and dealing with seat belt and my friend who drove me was also not feeling well! I was going to tell them anyway, that I would do the rehab on my own while at that follow up appointment! I can not afford anything that could put me in more dire financial shape, and trust myself a lot more than the medical profession when it comes to understanding my neurologically different body which I am extremely tuned into spiritually due to intense effort at this over a lifetime!

I may not know exactly what is going on related to all the damage that occurred as a result of the fall, but I can still use my extremely well trained intuition along with my knowledge and research in health and healing to guide me. I have been avoiding outside medical help my whole life and depending on myself to keep myself healthy, so this approach is not new to me! I have dealt with quite a number of serious health situations in my life on my own, motivated to quite a degree by my financial situation along with my confidence in my own ability to handle it on my own! Healing has a very strong spiritual side to it, which science often underestimates! My focus being extremely on the spiritual allows me to come strongly from that direction when it comes to healing myself.

We are still so backward spiritually on a planet that tends to be very resistant to advancing further in a a rational way in this area! People like me struggle to exist despite having so much to offer! I am training spiritually to handle extreme pain lately in order to make me stand out to a really great degree spiritually from others. I have to go up against the arrogance that exists in a time in which so many serious problems exist that people so readily choose to ignore! Crises often are required in order for people to lose their spiritual arrogance and face the harsh reality with the humility required to do the hard work required to find and apply the answers and solutions needed to make this world a healthy place to exist on spiritually! I have done my part and I need people to value and utilize what I have to offer spiritually! I should not be struggling just to survive in this world! I have so much stuff on the spiritual that is all over the internet! Anyone who is into advancing themselves and this world further spiritually should be willing to explore the value of what I have come up with! The collective mindset on this planet is just to locked in spiritually, making it hard to get certain ideas to reach many people. I just have been pretty much ignored with few people even reading what I have presented over a decade of posting stuff on the internet. For those who are serious about making a positive difference spiritually here is my link to links to an awful lot of the stuff I have on the internet: