Chopping with the MOAB/New chopping project(pic heavy)

[knife hunter]

THat is amazing Dan!:thumbup:

I really appreciate these pics of her being beaten, but not nearly as much as I appreciate your service to this country.

Thank you

 

[uyotg]

uyotg, I had a SLAP repair in 2006 on my left shoulder where they repaired the glenoid labrum. In April 2012 I separated my right shoulder. Some tendons and ligaments broke and my shoulder is permanently partially out of the socket. The doctors have never said anything about my rotator cuffs. Basically I can't throw things, putting a spin on a football kills me, I can't keep my arms over my head long and I can't swing a baseball bat.

When I chop with my right hand I stand right foot forward and swing from my left shoulder to past my right hip. With my left arm I just do the opposite, left foot forward, swing from right shoulder to left hip. I started off slowly, just a few minutes a t time and kept at it. Now I'm even slowly starting to do overhand swings again... slowly

Glad to hear it's working out and that you're improving. I'm no expert, but I'd think the impact from chopping would make it worse, no?

I've learned that it's important to always keep good posture when exercising, especially the shoulders as they're pretty unstable. Keep your shoulders back--never hunch them forward when working them out, the point being to exercise specifically the shoulder muscles and not tense your neck or other nearby muscles. Just bringing that up because it seems easy to accidentally hunch them forward when you're doing an across-the-front-of-the-body movement like that. But of course ask your doctor, not a random guy on a knife forum

 

[Hindsight]

Nice work and great pics. That had to be a heck of a workout.

 

[Need2Know]

Nice MOAB, makes me want one even more than before...didn't know that was possible.

 

[Raging Rhino]

Beautiful knife and country there...I'm jealous on both counts. Your commitment to that old oak is inspirational. I also can't imagine how chopping could ever be good for injured shoulders, but what do I know. If its helping that's great... Good luck with your body and felling that monster oak.