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"my blown-out rotator cuff"

yep. i've got two bad 'uns. the thanks i get for 10 months of hard work at the gym and absolutely NO weight loss (also $450 poorer)

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You may be well off:

I went along just fine with an occassional cortisone shot until I quit the work outs,
real problems started when I 'grew up' stuck with a job requiring a desk-top and leaned on the damn thing [shoulder].

Doing crunches didn't help the back over the long run either....