It's taken a long time for me to get round to putting this on the forum, but better late than never I guess.
Early October last year I injured a muscle in my back while doing plyometrics
. I have been that I have torn an intercostal muscle (I can feel it around about a couple of inches below my left shoulder blade i think). I was also told that it can take 4-6 months to heal
. Late January now, it hasn't healed yet. I don't notice much difference in it healing cause its happening very VERY slowly. At least now i can do most of the martial arts training as long as be careful and not overdo it without making it worse. I have cut down on my martial arts and physical training a fair bit. for physical training not doing any upper body just hand/wrist/forearm, legs and abs.
Aside from what I've mentioned, what can I do in order to help it heal faster and/or better?
Is there any danger in doing lots of hand/wrist/forearm exercises but no upper arm?
Are there any ways I can exercise the upper arms or upper body without affecting my injured muscle? (I'm sure of lost a LOT of strength in the upper body from not been able to exercise it for so long).
I hate not been able to train as much as I would like to, and this is definetly the worst injury i have ever got. Answers to my questions and any help in general would be greatly appreciated.