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[auntiemeesh]

Once upon a time, I had muscles in my left arm. They weren't very strong, admittedly, but they were at least functional.

We have a childproof gate at our door, at work. I can open it fine with my right hand. Problem is, as often as not, I'm carrying a child with my right arm and that hand isn't free. I cannot open it with my left hand. This presents problems.

I added weights to my arm work this weekend, to see if I can fix this problem. I can only do bicep curls, because I can't fully complete any other motion, even weight free, yet. But I can do three pounds with the bicep curls, no pain at all. So that is of the good. I will be able to restore at least some measure of strength.

I made the mistake of also trying to do some external rotation exercises, with the stretchy band. I can pull the band about an inch before that one hurts. I did ten anyway, which was the mistake, as I can really feel that muscle protesting every time I move my arm now. I guess I'll just have to continue being patient with that one a little bit longer.

Comments

[ani-no-mouse.livejournal.com]

I hope you can soon get that left arm back to a functional level without too much pain! At least these new babies in your room should be considerably lighter than the ones who graduated to the next room, right?

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

These guys are a lot smaller/lighter than my old group, that's true. And several hours later, my arm has calmed down and is no longer screaming at me every time I move, so I'm feeling reassured that I didn't really do myself any damage this morning.

[shirebound]

I hope you can work your way back to full strength. It'll be a gradual process. *encouraging hugs*

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I need a store where I can buy a few doses of patience. I've never been good at waiting and I know that I still have months to go before there's any reasonable hope of being back to 100%.

[lyda-pearl.livejournal.com]

persitance will pay off...good luck with it.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I have a hard time remembering that I need to do the heat/exercises/ice/advil routine every day. The arm really does feel better when I do that, but despite it being over two months, it hasn't become habit yet.

[feaxede-steorra.livejournal.com]

How annoying that the healing of your arm takes such a long time! I hope there will be (more) progression soon.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I gather from other people with similar injuries that it takes anywhere from six months to a year to get 100% and I'm only a little over two months in, so I've got a ways to go still. But I can see/feel real progress in some areas so I have faith the rest will come, too.

[antbee362.livejournal.com]

Shoulders do take a long time to get right. Be patient and do what the therapist says.

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I probably should go in and see the therapist again, at some point, since I'm still working off the exercises I got from him two weeks after the injury, and it's been over two months now. There might be other things I should be doing that I don't know about.

[antbee362.livejournal.com]

Worth at least a phone call to the therapist perhaps.

[whtmtnwmn.livejournal.com]

Anything on the 'net about shoulder rehabilitation that might help?

Happy healing!
=D

[auntiemeesh.livejournal.com]

I'm sure there's something, somewhere. When I first hurt my shoulder, I did a bit of research and found some good exercises, but I can't do any of them yet, because my shoulder still hurts to move in a lot of ways, and the one thing that everyone agrees on is that it's important to stay in a pain-free zone when doing this sort of rehab.