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Hi Reinhard,

Thanks for all the links. Personally I hate stretching (or anything 
that would add time to the magical 14 minutes) so I will probably 
jump on any excuse to not do it. But it's nice to get some 
background info.

My left arm has no swelling anymore. It feels just a little tight 
when I stretch it out fully. The right arm is 100% normal (well, a 
TINY bit of stiffness :P). Therefore I'm considering the best way to 
(re)start SG. I might start out by doing the same motions with a 
broom for a few days, to see how that goes. Then what I need is a 
way to add small amounts of weight to the broom, to work up to 8 
lbs. Someone I know who's into fitness recommended containers of 
water for this (and she was also responsible for the broom idea). Is 
this cautious enough or what? :) I just don't want to take any more 
chances on hurting my puny pathetic arms. 

thanks,
Ariel

--- In , Reinhard Engels 
<beautiful_idiot@y...> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ariel,
> 
> Glad to hear you're almost back to normal...
> 
> I need to look into the tendonitis thing a bit.
> 
> I don't stretch, except for yawning at my desk at
> work. I feel slightly guilty about this, but that's
> the only ill effect I've noticed. I don't want to give
> you bad advice, you probably should stretch. But I
> don't want to lie either: I don't.
> 
> More here:
> 
> http://shovelglove.com/group/439
> 
> And here and here and here and here and here:
> 
> http://shovelglove.com/group/440
> 
> http://shovelglove.com/group/442
> 
> http://shovelglove.com/group/445
> 
> http://shovelglove.com/group/468
> 
> http://shovelglove.com/group/470
> 
> And probably elsewhere if you poke around the group
> archives.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Reinhard