RE: rotator cuff surgery

I never did go to a physical therapist...just did the exercises my doctor
gave me.  He started out with my arm straight down and making very small
circles and gradually widened them.  After doing that for a few weeks, he
added moving my arm back and forth but NOT out to the side and not high. 
When all of those were doing well, he added more.  I remember that it was a
very long time before I could move my arm out to the side enough to get a
good scrubbing under it.  Just be patient and do the exercises religiously.

Bonnie Zone 7/7 ETN
Remember:  The River Raisin, The Alamo, The Maine, Pearl Harbor, 9/11


> [Original Message]
> From: pdickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 4/1/2007 5:21:17 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] rotator cuff surgery
>
> Bonnie,
> Did you go to a physical therapist for a few weeks?  When did you start 
> being able to do exercises?
> I dread having my arm in a sling for 6 weeks.  I asked every way I could
if 
> I could just do something during the 6 weeks but he warned me of pulling
out 
> the stitches.
> Tricia
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bonnie Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 12:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] RAIN /international MG conference?
>
>
> >I had that surgery several years ago.  One suggestion:  as you begin to
do
> > your exercises, do them every time you use the bathroom.  In that way,
you
> > will spread them throughout the day.  When I did them this way, I didn't
> > even have to go to therapy as I progressed on my own.  By the time the
> > doctor released me, I could reach my hands in back.
> >
> > Bonnie Zone 7/7 ETN
> > Remember:  The River Raisin, The Alamo, The Maine, Pearl Harbor, 9/11
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: pdickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Date: 4/1/2007 1:07:55 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] RAIN /international MG conference?
> >>
> >> I don't think I will be making it either.  I am scheduled to have
surgery
> > on
> >> my rotator cuff on April 24th.  Then be in a sling for 6 weeks.
> >> I am trying to get my garden where I can stand to look out at it for 6
> > weeks
> >> without getting to work in it.
> >> The speakers at the MG Conference sounded good, but just won't work for
> > me
> >> this year.
> >> I think Ok state conference is in Claremore in May but that won't work
> >> either.  My son is a senior and all that is happening in May will make
it
> >> impossible to add anything to the calendar.  I had thought I might go
and
> >> meet Jesse there.  :-(  But not this year!
> >> I gotta get outside... it is 77, no wind and clear beautiful skies!
> >> Tricia
>
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