skivie77

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread. But thanks for the advice everyone. Elastic weights, dive bomber push-ups etc have been helping / hurting. Have full range of motion and more flexibility than I've ever had, but something is getting torn up enough now that I've have a MRI scheduled as well as a orthopedic specialist. Been told I'm grounded for this weekend but we will see how the following weeks go. thanks everyone. blues skies and extra altitude.

The rigs at premier are spring loaded pilots with a ripcord basically were the hackey would be located. As fare as spreading risers and getting to the cut and reserve handles I don't have any issues that i can tell, I can still do push-ups and pull-ups etc its just the chicken wing motion needed to pull that cord. The only way to practice and pull that cord for me when the shoulder is agitated is dig my elbow into my side and then pull using a bicep curl motion, then extend my arm slightly forward to allow it to rotate back into the hard arch. well looks like I try to get some physical therapy when I get time. I have to figure something out because im not going back to being a wuffo.

Well, Can't afford to do that one right now.. Thats what I'd like to do, but its going to be a while.

looking for tips or suggestions from others with shoulder problems. The story is I broke my Humorous Dec 26th of 2007. Bounced myself of a Poplar tree snowboarding through the woods, and the Humorous split down the middle at the top of the ball joint ever so slightly and i took a roughly U.S Quarter sized chip to the outside off. Luckily no surgery required, they thumbed the chip back into place and 10 weeks later i was snowboarding Big Sky Montana in a motorcycle brace. OK, so time has passed my shoulder felt great, I finally get the Money together to start my skydiving training and boom. The second I start practicing and performing prcp training I'm down for a week. After one jump my arm is useless for about 3 days. I was even Grounded all holiday weekend because the instructors felt my arm wasn't up to the task. The wife's on jump eight and I'm struggling to just get through prcp do to the shoulder. Even practicing them in my living room blows my arm out, The drop zone has no rigs that offer left hand deployment, My doctor says live with it basically! as he doesn't believe surgery will help. Anybody have any ideas remedies or past experience?