PT Progress

I went to PT today, and it was my last visit before I return to the orthopedic doc tomorrow. So the therapist ran a bunch of tests to see if my mobility has improved.

I got my arm almost all the way up when I raised it straight out in front of me, and up over my head. Big improvement when I couldn't raise it more than 90 degrees in the beginning.

I also raised my arm straight out at the side up quite a bit. Not all the way up over my head, but still, a big improvement. In the beginning I couldn't raise it over 90 degrees either.

In my grip, there was a big improvement, too. I went from 40 pounds to 80 pounds! She was real surprised with that. Pleasantly surprised.

See, I DO do the excercises at home!

She said she suspects the doc will keep sending me to PT with this kind of progress.

Progress. That's such a comforting word. I guess I get unrealistic expectations, and I hope that I'll be all fixed and back to normal after a few weeks, and I let myself get discouraged when that doesn't happen. So instead, right now I'm kind of celebrating inside. Okay, so maybe I don't have the shoulder of my youth, but at least I have a heck of a lot more movement and a heck of a lot less pain than I did a month ago. And I worked hard! So I deserve a little celebrating!

So that's my little mental pat-on-the-back for the day, LOL!