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Anabolic Beast
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- Nov 16, 2010
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This is to log my journey to rehab my left shoulder after having a full repair done on December 22. Last Wednesday (Jan 3) I had my post-op visit and got the stiches removed. An X-ray of my shoulder showed the anchors in the bone holding good so far.
Began physical therapy yesterday (Jan 4). For this shoulder I'm going with a different Rehab facility than I'd used for my past two surgeries. This first session was a light session as the therapist hadn't received and looked over the op-report from my surgeon yet. Said he'd have it before our next session this coming Tuesday. For this session he just wanted for us to become familiar with each other and to test my range of motion. He then had me do pendulum swings where I bend over at the waist and just let my arm hang and swing freely. I did the swings from side to side, then front to back, then finally in a clockwise direction all for 30 reps each. At the end of the session they iced my shoulder for 10 minutes. He instructed me to do the pendulum swings followed by ice 2 to 3 times a day everyday till our next session.
Began physical therapy yesterday (Jan 4). For this shoulder I'm going with a different Rehab facility than I'd used for my past two surgeries. This first session was a light session as the therapist hadn't received and looked over the op-report from my surgeon yet. Said he'd have it before our next session this coming Tuesday. For this session he just wanted for us to become familiar with each other and to test my range of motion. He then had me do pendulum swings where I bend over at the waist and just let my arm hang and swing freely. I did the swings from side to side, then front to back, then finally in a clockwise direction all for 30 reps each. At the end of the session they iced my shoulder for 10 minutes. He instructed me to do the pendulum swings followed by ice 2 to 3 times a day everyday till our next session.