Every once in a while I have a day that kicks pain up a few notches more than expected, and I feel terrible. This is one of those days. Started light strength exercise in physical therapy yesterday. I was tired and sore at the time, but waking up . . . Brought on those thoughts of why the heck did I even have surgery? What was I thinking? Oh yeah. I thought I was in pain and this would be a good solution. Boy was I an idiot. I had no idea what real pain was.
Last night I used the sling temporarily, to see if it would help my arm/shoulder rest. It didn’t help, so I gave up. I used my early morning pre-work time to ice instead of starting PT. I often regret it if I don’t get a complete set of PT done pre-work, so this is a big deal. I snuck in little sets of 5 or 10 of an exercise as often as I could throughout the day. It hurts to even raise my forearm from hanging down to the right angle (former sling position). Let alone holding anything (I'm allowed up to 1 pound). I refrained from messaging my physical therapist that my arm hated him today. Idk how many nerve endings are in those muscles, but I swear they all feel irritated and aggitated, having woken up after all this time in dormancy.
Eventually forced myself to complete every single rep of assigned exercises. I barely eeked out a couple optional exercises. Usually I do a slew of extra exercises even if they're not officially assigned. If we've done them in a PT session, I figure it wouldn't hurt to do a few every day at home. Used the cheap Frisbee I got yesterday, for one maneuver (it's the right size) and used my new pulley to get my arm up behind my back. Didn’t do much, and but I tried.
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