Scooby's Home Bodybuilding Workouts Training Around Injuries

Everyone gets injured at one time or another, and more active people tend to get injured more.  Part of bodybuilding is learning how to train around injuries, if I avoided the gym every time I had an injury I would only train 10 months a year.   OK, so you've been injured and gone to the doctor.  Because you read my section on what to do if injured before you went to the doctor you have discussed with them what you can and can't safely do at the gym, my suggestions below are generalities so make sure and follow your doctors advice!

INJURY	WHAT YOU CAN PROBABLY STILL DO
foot, ankle	all upper body exercises and abs
foot, ankle	possibly hamstring curls, possibly leg extensions
knee	all upper body exercises and abs
hand, wrist, elbow	for chest: pec deck (where pads press against biceps/triceps)
hand, wrist, elbow	for back: lat pull-downs done using hanging ab straps.  Support your triceps from the loops then do a "pull-up", see the back workout section for instructions how to do this exercise at home.
hand, wrist, elbow	all lower body exercises, abs and cardio
shoulder	all lower body exercises
shoulder	cardio
shoulder	others as specified by physical therapist

The trickiest injury to work around is a shoulder injury because all upper body exercises use the shoulder, for this you really need to work with a physical therapist to keep from aggravating your injury.  If you get injured, view it as an opportunity to focus on some body part you have neglected.