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If you truly love the team sticks and are willing to buy a small batch then you could place an order through a shop that does team orders. The minimum number per order isn't usually that high.

Common. I described my issues to the neck ortho and basically said it is kind of numb, but kind of tingly and has a dull pain, all at the same time. He said that was not at all out of the ordinary because with nerve issues the nerve is sending weird signals to the brain.

typically no dye necessary for spinal mri's when looking for disc issues. dye is sometimes necessary when looking for a labral tear because it can be difficult to pick up on the images and the dye will fill any cracks or tears in the cartilage.

I'm in the camp of getting to an Ortho as soon as you can, ideally getting an MRI of your neck. I've got 3 levels of my neck fused together and a titanium plate so when anyone starts mentioning any of the symptoms I had before my surgery I always tell them to get it looked at ASAP. Not trying to scare you or anything but like everyone says if you don't get this addressed the nerve damage can really mess things up and living in pain really does take its toll. My only other piece of wisdom here is to push for the health care you want & need. Push to see an Ortho, push for an MRI, push for second opinions, etc. etc. etc. The healthcare system can kinda suck and some providers just want to shuffle you along, pass you off to PT, or give you pain meds or make you go to PT for 8 weeks before they'll see you again. Definitely be your own best advocate and if you want something or you're getting info you don't think is right, speak up for yourself and ask for you what you want.

I had something similar. It started with light muscle spasms just below the deltoid. Then my arm would go numb and tingle. That progressed into fingers numb and pain referred down my arm. Then it went into full pinched nerve, shoulder pain, referred pain, and a month of agony. Went to doctor. X rays showed some wear on a disk. Scared the shit out of me. Went to physio. They gave me stretches and exercises. In a week the pain went from like a 7 to a 2. It was muscle tightness around my shoulders, specifically some muscles in around my peck/armpit area clamping down on a nerve. Took me a few months of stretching all the muscles in my neck and around my shoulders to get things to where there was no pain. It was an hour of stretching every day during that time. The problem tries to raise its head from time to time, but I recognize the feeling and nip it in the bud with regular stretching.

Just because someone says it feels good does not mean in actual fact they are skating better or more efficient. Hence, what we found in the pitch Study done. Ironically, similar happened in the profile study that showed the best performance was achieved at duals and they were 9-10 and 9.5 10.5 all other profiles were slower and less agile. They were 7-13 and 11 foot all with I believe a slight forward pitch if I recall correctly.

Because I can... because that's what I want... so on and so on. It's not like it's cost prohibitive like with a car either... the X version of a car might be $20k more than the regular one. In this case it's maybe $80 vs $100. Since I've already got 45X's which I use for all my skates... Why not just hold out and wait to find what I exactly want? I had the regular 70's in hand, tried them on and felt like they weren't that much different than the 45's anyway.