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  • #4832
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    Hanley wrote: »
    Haha no I'm kinda glad it was the "good" one. I'd have been devo if I'd gone thru the pain and annoyance of rehab'n the other one only to reinjure it.

    Ah fair enough good outlook. I sort of assumed it was your bad one since you had mentioned stuff about subluxing when doing pull ups, plus it just seemed likely to have been the one previously injured. I guess that is a little better that you don't have to go through the same thing with the same shoulder again.


  • #4833
    podge57
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,640 ✭✭✭podge57


    d'Oracle wrote: »
    Yeah, the welts were worse where the stitching on my tshirt was.

    Are you playing in studs/blades?
    Would it not be worth investing in astroturf/hard surface boots if you are going to play 3 times a week in the summer? They have a load of kind of rubber teeth rather than studs.

    I have about 6 different types of boots, but it doesn't seem to make much difference what I wear, my feet still get cut up. I don't like those astroturf shoes, they just don't feel the same


  • #4834
    cardio,shoot me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,462 ✭✭✭cardio,shoot me


    going to greenday today, dont even like em, but nothin else to do


  • #4835
    d'Oracle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,024 ✭✭✭d'Oracle


    podge57 wrote: »
    I have about 6 different types of boots, but it doesn't seem to make much difference what I wear, my feet still get cut up. I don't like those astroturf shoes, they just don't feel the same

    They are just football boots with different soles....but each to their own.


  • #4836
    cc87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭cc87


    gavtron wrote: »
    went home for a hurling match last night, junior b league semi in case ye're interested...first start of the season as i hadn't been training much with work earlier on.
    Anyway went on a solo run near half time and just as i released the ball got an awful shoulder charge...straight to the ground, next stop A+E...4hrs later they tell me my clavical has come away from my AC joint, a shoulder seperation.

    Fair sickened, didn't even get a free and they ended up losing by 4 points!! Have to wait for the fracture clinic on monday to see the whole extent of the injury but it's looking like 6 weeks in a sling and 2-3 months+ recovery time.
    GUTTED to say the least, looking forward to rebuilding my upper body though afterwards.
    sympathy anyone?? :(

    Had the same injury a few years ago....tis a bollox alrite. Took ages and a few physios before i was happy enough with it to go back playing as well.


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  • #4837
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    podge57 wrote: »
    I have about 6 different types of boots, but it doesn't seem to make much difference what I wear, my feet still get cut up. I don't like those astroturf shoes, they just don't feel the same

    maybe you could have your feet assessed and have shoes professionally fitted for you if you haven't done so already.


  • #4838
    Davei141
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,541 ✭✭✭Davei141


    Vaseline the hell out of your feet before putting on your boots


  • #4839
    podge57
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,640 ✭✭✭podge57


    d'Oracle wrote: »
    They are just football boots with different soles....but each to their own.

    Well I already wear runners for all the warm-up stuff, but I like to wear my match boots for anything that involves kicking.
    brianthebard wrote: »
    maybe you could have your feet assessed and have shoes professionally fitted for you if you haven't done so already.

    I don't think theres anything particulary wrong with my boots or feet- everyone seems to be having the same problem- the ground is hard as rock
    Davei141 wrote: »
    Vaseline the hell out of your feet before putting on your boots

    I do that already, usually helps out big-time




    Anyone watching the tennis on BBC? Theres a match thats been on for over 8 hours, and is 45-45 in the 5th set - its ridiculous!


  • #4840
    d'Oracle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,024 ✭✭✭d'Oracle


    podge57 wrote: »
    Well I already wear runners for all the warm-up stuff, but I like to wear my match boots for anything that involves kicking.

    I'm not sure if we are talking about the same thing.

    I'm talking about these:

    031812_Adidas_Absolado_PS_TRX_TF_Black_White_and_Red_zm.jpg

    Granted I'm fairly **** at football, but they feel alright to me.
    And certainly don't give your feet the hammering that you get from blades/studs on hard ground.


  • #4841
    podge57
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,640 ✭✭✭podge57


    I knew that was what you were talking about, but I can definitely notice a difference between wearing them and regular boots - they are a slightly different shape, and just don't feel them same - but that could all just be a mental thing.

    Its raining now anyway, so hopefully that will soften the ground a bit :D


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  • #4842
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Fake low cut converse in dunnes are only €6 (not the boot style ones), wifebeater t shirts were €2.50, and no stupid logos on them.

    I went in for a baseball cap, and was surprised to see exactly what I wanted, 100% cotton, fully covered (no mesh at the back), velcro strap for adjusting at the back, and a nice smallish rounded peak, with no logos or trim all one colour, navy, had loads of other colours too. And best of all only €2 :)

    Bluegrass version of the old snoop/dre tune.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCAM3C3dpIA


  • #4843
    Carl Sagan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 856 ✭✭✭Carl Sagan


    Since we're all bitching about injuries:

    Try a stress fracture of the 5th metatarsal (bone in the foot). Means I can't squat, run, walk properly without pain or for longer than 20 minutes. I've had it since before Christmas and the poxy thing won't heal.

    I've beaten the heat by clearing out my garden and putting the weights out there. A nice little breeze passes through and makes it bearable.


  • #4844
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    Carl Sagan wrote: »
    Since we're all bitching about injuries:

    Try a stress fracture of the 5th metatarsal (bone in the foot). Means I can't squat, run, walk properly without pain or for longer than 20 minutes. I've had it since before Christmas and the poxy thing won't heal.

    I've beaten the heat by clearing out my garden and putting the weights out there. A nice little breeze passes through and makes it bearable.

    You can't train without pain, or you can't train?? :D


  • #4845
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    Carl Sagan wrote: »
    Since we're all bitching about injuries:

    Try a stress fracture of the 5th metatarsal (bone in the foot). Means I can't squat, run, walk properly without pain or for longer than 20 minutes. I've had it since before Christmas and the poxy thing won't heal.

    I've beaten the heat by clearing out my garden and putting the weights out there. A nice little breeze passes through and makes it bearable.

    are you not on crutches?


  • #4846
    TommyKnocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,829 ✭✭✭TommyKnocker


    brianthebard wrote: »
    are you not on crutches?
    +1

    If you are continuing to train with the stress fracture and walk around on it, then you can't be surprised that it is taking a long time to heal

    Best Regards,

    M


  • #4847
    Carl Sagan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 856 ✭✭✭Carl Sagan


    brianthebard wrote: »
    are you not on crutches?
    B-Builder wrote: »
    +1

    If you are continuing to train with the stress fracture and walk around on it, then you can't be surprised that it is taking a long time to heal

    Best Regards,

    M

    My doctor just told me to stop doing squats, running or lengthy walking. It's only recently that I've stopped doing pretty much everything.

    Pain in the arse. Or foot more like.


  • #4848
    Vegeta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,392 ✭✭✭✭Vegeta


    Getting serious waves of nausea today and I am squatting tonight, that's going to be interesting.


  • #4849
    brianblaze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭brianblaze


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
    Vegeta wrote: »
    Getting serious waves of nausea today and I am squatting tonight, that's going to be interesting.


  • #4850
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    This is absolutely worth the 15 minutes it'll cost ya to watch...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc


  • #4851
    Parsley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,144 ✭✭✭Parsley


    Hanley wrote: »
    This is absolutely worth the 15 minutes it'll cost ya to watch...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KL

    do youtube tags just not work for you, or what?


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  • #4852
    brianthebard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,165 ✭✭✭✭brianthebard


    Nothing steve jobs says is worth my time.


  • #4853
    d'Oracle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,024 ✭✭✭d'Oracle


    Hanley wrote: »
    This is absolutely worth the 15 minutes it'll cost ya to watch...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

    Meh.
    Maybe its just the fact that he is an overly agressive megalomaniac.

    But he is no Randy Pausch.


  • #4854
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    d'Oracle wrote: »
    Meh.
    Maybe its just the fact that he is an overly agressive megalomaniac.

    But he is no Randy Pausch.

    His "Last Lecture" is unreal. Haven't watched it in a year or so, must block off an hour over the weeekend and watch it again.
    Parsley wrote: »
    do youtube tags just not work for you, or what?

    Wasn't I one of the first people around here to start embedding vids?

    Back in your box :D:D


  • #4855
    d'Oracle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,024 ✭✭✭d'Oracle


    Hanley wrote: »
    His "Last Lecture" is unreal. Haven't watched it in a year or so, must block off an hour over the weeekend and watch it again.

    Its a bit of a tear jerker.
    He must have had some strength of character to put it together and deliver it.


  • #4856
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    d'Oracle wrote: »
    Its a bit of a tear jerker.
    He must have had some strength of character to put it together and deliver it.

    I love the way he closes it... it's just like "gaaah.... amazing".


  • #4857
    gavtron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭gavtron


    yeah Pausch was amazing, i read his book in one sitting, couldn't put it down, powerful stuff!


  • #4858
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    gavtron wrote: »
    yeah Pausch was amazing, i read his book in one sitting, couldn't put it down, powerful stuff!

    What's it called? I need a new book to read. Might get it tomorrow.

    Just finished reading Mad, Bad and Dangerous To Know by Ran Fienes actually, I wasn't all that impressed by it. The stuff he's done is INCREDIBLE, but it just didnt' come across that well in the book I thought.


  • #4859
    ragg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭ragg


    pausch lecture was incredible - one of thoese things that really makes you stop and think


  • #4860
    gavtron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭gavtron


    Hanley wrote: »
    What's it called? I need a new book to read. Might get it tomorrow.

    Just finished reading Mad, Bad and Dangerous To Know by Ran Fienes actually, I wasn't all that impressed by it. The stuff he's done is INCREDIBLE, but it just didnt' come across that well in the book I thought.

    It's called The Last Lecture as well, only about 200 pages. It's very like the lecture itself basically goes through the process behind the making of it and has tips for time saving etc.


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  • #4861
    ragg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭ragg


    he has another lecture on time management


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