Therapy sucks!

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Mike lambert

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As you know I had shoulder surgery at the beginning of the month. So besides going crazy just sitting here, I have started therapy. WOW! Didn’t think in 2 weeks I got that stiff and sore! So I have things I have to do at home and one exercise is to squeeze a ball of clay for a few minutes. They wanted me to buy an official hunk of therapy clay, but I got that covered!
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Keep up with your prescribed self-disciplined at-home therapy for your shoulder. Yes, it will hurt, and yes self-induced pain, even to gain back (some) shoulder mobility is counter-intuitive to the human psyche of self-preservation and just plain common sense (unless you like doing that). All I can tell you is just keep up with it. No pain, no gain is very true in physical therapy; it`s just difficult to motivate yourself to do so. If you do not, you could (emphasis supplied) suffer long-term mobility and strength in that arm/shoulder that you may kick yourself for not keeping up with it. Once mobility is lost, there usually is no way to get it back like it was, or it is much slower to come back. Long story short? You cannot replace time in the present, but you can surely loose it for the future.

My selfish interest is I would not see your MOST interesting detailing exploits and opinions on products and equipment in this forum in the future and for that I would be truly disappointed.
 
Mike lambert- Heh heh, I might`ve known you`d find a Griot`s solution even for this!

Q though, it it the right firmness? There were a few different types of that Therapy Clay back when my wife was rehabbing and I have different squeeze-materials that cover a pretty wide range of firmnesses. Just wondering if they had some specific level of resistance in mind...
 
Bet you`re going to have the cleanest hand in Md when the month is over!!

And you may have to buy a new tub clay as well after you`re done. Lol...

Tom
 
Great Pic, Mike !!
Hope and pray that you continue to heal and improve mobility..
Nothing more important than getting back to the normal you enjoyed before it went off..

Thanks again, seriously, no one works harder than you on here, and is such a great guy at the same time..
And then, you take the time to photograph, document, edit, and post probably just a small portion of what you do for the benefit of all of us !!!

Thanks also, many thanks, to your Sweetheart who we all know is the one who keeps it all going for la familia Lambert..
Dan F
 
Can probably tell you more about shoulder recovery than you want to know, Mike. Suffice it to say that your therapy will pay off in spades if you’ll do it religiously. Door pullies are your friend. ;)
 
Yes, PT sucks... it does regain ROM (range of motion) and strength faster with a professional who`s job is to force you into those strange positions that hurt now, but will long term benefit you.
 
I wish you a speedy recovery, Mike.

Be careful not to overdo it.

My seventy-nine-year-old uncle just had back surgery involving two rods and about four shims (discs). He got through the surgery fine and could walk better four hours after surgery than he`s walked in twenty years.

But he caused a large hernia to become much more herniated and painful while doing his strenuous physical therapy several weeks afterward. He had emergency surgery for that and said the hernia surgery was much more painful than the back surgery.

In hindsight he believes he should have demanded less resistance in his physical therapy.
 
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