The physio is walking distance from my house. Walking distance means a different thing to me now though, as walking is very slow, so what would have taken 15 minutes before now takes over 35 minutes. And it's very tiring, what with the lack of sleep and having to constantly deal with pain and working out how to do even simple things that didn't used to require thought, I'm always tired.
Anyway, enough whining. I arrive and she is very nice, and goes through what happened, and asks what I usually do for exercise. Well, pilates, was planning to start dressage again (guessing that's a way off now), and running. I was actually just about to do Week 5 Run 3 on June 10th, the Sunday after the accident. I really miss running. And baths. And being able to stretch out my back.
We amuse ourselves for a while trying to decipher the writing on the referral form. We can make out pendular, and the fracture symbol, and not much else.
We start with pendulum exercises, after I have taken my arm out of the sling. Mr Shoulder has give me a lot more confidence about my arm - it sounds stupid, but I really didn't understand how my arm was supposed to support itself, given that it was basically completely severed at the top, so how was it not just dangling uselessly? I mean, I know that the muscles and tendons and ligaments (and even skin) would hold it together, but it also seemed like it might drop and dangle and really, really hurt. But it didn't drop and the muscles do seem to still work, at least as far as not letting my arm drop off.
I have cheated slightly by finding this video and trialling some of the exercises https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qufBSaz8QgM Some I just cannot imagine being able to do, ever. But at least I have some idea of what is coming. I feel that these exercise videos would actually better be done by someone who actually *has* a proximal humerus fracture, because watching a healthy person swing their arm about in a carefree fashion just makes you feel more broken.
I walk back home after, with instructions to do the exercises 3-4 times a day and a printout of exercises with notes.
Anyway, enough whining. I arrive and she is very nice, and goes through what happened, and asks what I usually do for exercise. Well, pilates, was planning to start dressage again (guessing that's a way off now), and running. I was actually just about to do Week 5 Run 3 on June 10th, the Sunday after the accident. I really miss running. And baths. And being able to stretch out my back.
We amuse ourselves for a while trying to decipher the writing on the referral form. We can make out pendular, and the fracture symbol, and not much else.
We start with pendulum exercises, after I have taken my arm out of the sling. Mr Shoulder has give me a lot more confidence about my arm - it sounds stupid, but I really didn't understand how my arm was supposed to support itself, given that it was basically completely severed at the top, so how was it not just dangling uselessly? I mean, I know that the muscles and tendons and ligaments (and even skin) would hold it together, but it also seemed like it might drop and dangle and really, really hurt. But it didn't drop and the muscles do seem to still work, at least as far as not letting my arm drop off.
I have cheated slightly by finding this video and trialling some of the exercises https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qufBSaz8QgM Some I just cannot imagine being able to do, ever. But at least I have some idea of what is coming. I feel that these exercise videos would actually better be done by someone who actually *has* a proximal humerus fracture, because watching a healthy person swing their arm about in a carefree fashion just makes you feel more broken.
I walk back home after, with instructions to do the exercises 3-4 times a day and a printout of exercises with notes.
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