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Thursday, August 22, 2013
Friday, August 16, 2013
Adventures in Physical Therapy
It's been about 2 1/2 weeks since I was discharged from the rehab hospital. I made an appointment at the local outpatient clinic of the same company. Got there Tuesday AM for my intake evaluation, only to find that they don't participate in the county medical program, thus ending the interview rather quickly.
I went back to the same company as the hospital where I had the surgery, knowing they did take the county's program. They got me in this morning (at 7:15 - ugh), and I did the paperwork, was evaluated, and given some exercises to do there, and at home over the weekend. I also have appointments for several weeks out.
The therapist said that my hip flexibility was better than most people my age ( quite a bit, based on what he showed me). I can only attribute that to Sue at Mindful Movements out in H. B., who taught me stretch and Pilates for many years. The thing I learned from her that will serve me the most is how to isolate and use any given muscle group. It makes the exercises I have to do a lot more effective, since the idea is, for example, to work on my lower back, and not my glutes at the same time. With this particular exercise, it's common for people to use the glutes, and it takes practice and attention to keep them relaxed while working the lower back muscles.
The thing I miss most is the voltaren - the anti-inflammatory that I take for the arthritis in my hands. The tramadol and valium just don't put a dent in the ache. Dr is afraid of infection (?), which is why he is holding me off them. See him again in a couple more weeks, so maybe that will change.
I went back to the same company as the hospital where I had the surgery, knowing they did take the county's program. They got me in this morning (at 7:15 - ugh), and I did the paperwork, was evaluated, and given some exercises to do there, and at home over the weekend. I also have appointments for several weeks out.
The therapist said that my hip flexibility was better than most people my age ( quite a bit, based on what he showed me). I can only attribute that to Sue at Mindful Movements out in H. B., who taught me stretch and Pilates for many years. The thing I learned from her that will serve me the most is how to isolate and use any given muscle group. It makes the exercises I have to do a lot more effective, since the idea is, for example, to work on my lower back, and not my glutes at the same time. With this particular exercise, it's common for people to use the glutes, and it takes practice and attention to keep them relaxed while working the lower back muscles.
The thing I miss most is the voltaren - the anti-inflammatory that I take for the arthritis in my hands. The tramadol and valium just don't put a dent in the ache. Dr is afraid of infection (?), which is why he is holding me off them. See him again in a couple more weeks, so maybe that will change.
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Second Post-Op Visit
Got the last of the staples out today. Healing well. Got a better idea of what was done and where the cyst was in all of the mess. The soft tissue is being held together with dissolvable sutures, which sort of go away as the soft tissue heals.
I meet with the out-patient Physical Therapy people Tuesday, for (yet) another evaluation. I expect that the work there will be more challenging that the work at the in-patient clinic.
The whole mess should be "optimal" by Christmas.
Yay.
I meet with the out-patient Physical Therapy people Tuesday, for (yet) another evaluation. I expect that the work there will be more challenging that the work at the in-patient clinic.
The whole mess should be "optimal" by Christmas.
Yay.
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