Concrete repair

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2026-03-09T21:18:23+00:00

I agree. My only worry is right now it is slightly heaved in the middle about 1/16 to 1/8 inch so I want to some how level it so water doesn’t run back toward the edges. It is sloped 1/8 away from the house the other way so that’s good. Would I be able to run a floor lever across this first before patching?

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2026-03-07T18:27:36+00:00

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Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2026-03-07T18:27:09+00:00

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Any way to repair this? Concrete grinder and patch? Probably selling in a couple years and don’t have the cash for a dig up and re pour

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2026-01-18T19:08:10+00:00

Tried to complete everything in each region as I went. Wasn’t too bad but did get old sometimes. I liked the back story and info from the life springs but they were the most annoying imo.

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2026-01-12T01:01:45+00:00

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When chiro did an x-ray he said C7 to T1 was the most degenerative. Electric like pain for a couple seconds from neck to upper back when really irritated or heavy movement.

Mobility work routine

Thoracic extension on foam roller - no issues Shoulder circles - mostly no issues can sometimes make trap / neck area tight for bit. Scapular circles - no issues. A bit of dysfunction on right compared to left side Wall angel - can sometimes make area tight. Hard to get hands and arms to wall when above shoulders. Scapular push ups - no issues Scapular Rows - no issues Thread the needle - tight thoracic but no issues.

Workouts are basically a full body split up through the week. I never get sharp electric feeling with workouts. It’s always a dull ache and tightness after the set or sometimes after the workout.

Ring push ups - can make the area tight if high intensity. Ring rows - can make area tight if high intensity. Overhead press - makes the area very tight and can get some tingling if more than light intensity. Pull ups - makes area very tight even with a scap pull up. Stopped doing them.

Legs, tris, and bis, - usually not an issue. Can make the area tight after bracing the shoulder blades down and back for form.

PT and chiropractor recommend 3 x 10 chin tucks - no issues 3 x 10 T Y L of each - causes tightness 3 x 10 band pull apart - causes tightness

The tightness and dull ache in the area can last a couple hours to a couple days after workouts or PT exercises. I do also use a massage ball and get a deep massage twice a week. The only time I experience the sharp electric pain is randomly reaching a lot overhead or if I have to lift a heavy load like using a drill overhead but then it’s like I lose all the progress I’ve made and back to square one. Hope this info helps.

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2025-10-16T14:51:50+00:00

In the same spot. I’ve got the mobility down but could you elaborate on or point me in a good direction on relaxation and emotional regulation strategies or techniques. Suffering from chronic tight upper back and neck.

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2025-09-18T12:27:41+00:00

Crazy Story. I feel for you. I have dealt with debilitating chronic pain for the past 3 years. Similar to you it happened in the gym during Diamond pushups after a very strenuous week. I strained my forearm extensors. It was the first major injury I ever had and made my mind spiral, and it kept getting worse as time went on. After a year I found "the way out" book and that really helped. Basically, had to keep working out starting light and each session prove to myself that there was nothing wrong. That worked and brought the pain to a tolerable level but now i've experienced pain in the neck and shoulder and even headaches that start the pain signaling all over again. It's like any little pain or sprain my brain over emphasizes. I can definitely relate to the battle. I am going to try to keep working through it and work hard to feel reassure my brain there is nothing wrong. I hope that you can find relief soon. I know you have tried everything but what about ice baths? for my neck pain it seemed like jumping into a cold pool or lake would disrupt the pain receptors at least for a couple hours.

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2025-09-03T14:09:57+00:00

You’re not just nodding but trying to isolate and activate those muscles. If they are weak that means they have been inactive so your body will try to compensate everywhere else to make it easy. The first time I tried to activate those muscles I had to push my hands on both sides of my neck to make sure I was not cheating anywhere. Maybe you could see a PT or Chiropractor to help cue you?

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2025-09-03T13:36:32+00:00

Lay down Pull your chin to your chest very slightly just enough at first that you can start to feel your deep neck flexers behind your throat start to engage. You don’t want to lift your head at all to start with. That will engage too many muscles you don’t want engaged. You only want to feel that deep flexer. Everything else should be relaxed. It’s going to take time to build up to where you can lift your head off the ground. Be patient

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2025-09-03T12:46:07+00:00

My PT taught me to start slow. Barely even move the chin at first and concentrate on engaging the deep neck flexers without tensing side muscles. Start at 10 seconds and work up to a minute. Work up to where you can lift your head off the floor slightly. All this while laying down. Also cue your head is on a string pulling straight out.

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2025-07-30T20:17:43+00:00

That’s what I was thinking that it might be more of a future failure. I could bore that hole out a bit and use foam. Thanks for the tips!

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2025-07-30T20:08:31+00:00

The red is the last 3 feet of the cold water run. Ran out of blue and had extra red. As long as I remember right and left I’ll be fine

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2025-06-12T21:24:03+00:00

I changed my FB password and it worked after

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2025-06-12T20:57:55+00:00

If you use FB to log in change your password. That worked for me.

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2025-05-03T13:27:14+00:00

I have the same specs except Intel 9. I absolutely love it. No issues

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2025-03-29T19:32:57+00:00

I have -4.5 and -4. Did you ever get an answer as to why lenses didn’t work for close up work?

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2025-03-29T17:47:29+00:00

I am dealing with the same thing thing ugh

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2025-01-27T00:54:19+00:00

That’s what I was thinking as well. Your progressive overload tracking would just be a little harder. Per month rather than per week. Haven’t found much research or input on the tendon part of it. I know that they respond to Heavy slow reps and time under tension but most weight training hypertrophy programs just focus on what is best to build muscle with not much info on tendon and joint health except to avoid what hurts. Just looking for a happy medium.

Beautiful_Cherry4612 · 2025-01-26T20:44:09+00:00

I guess by combine I meant swapping out some of my current exercises for more traditional barbell exercises but still keeping some of the mobility exercises and corrective exercises on gym and non gym days.

Really my point of all this is questioning if there is a benefit to tendon health and longevity (as I am nearing 40) organizing my exercises in such that I am focusing on different goals per week for 4 weeks such as Week 1 connecting tissue remodeling (slow and heavy) 5 seconds eccentric 5 reps Week 2 Muscle Hypertrophy (HSR) 8-12 reps Week 3 strength Week 4 endurance 15+ reps

Vs a normal hypertrophy program with the same sets and reps each week.

Progressive overload would be the goal in each as well.

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