I think it's time to teach Nora that old saying,
"March comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb"... We had what I'm
hoping is the season's last snow storm today. We even got enough snow
for Nora to get a snow day.
John
and I ventured out for his follow-up with the orthopedic surgeon to
check on his shoulder. The doctor's report: he's made nice progress in
the reduction of his pain and the increase of active motion. At this
point, he can move his hand to behind his back (which I hadn't seen
since before his accident). He still lacks complete elevation, so he
needs to continue to use his pulleys at home to stretch his shoulder and
work on increasing his range of motion. The doctor told him that he
thinks it's a reasonable expectation that he'll eventually have a
shoulder he can use fully pain free. Apparently, there's a one-to-one
correspondence of pain and motion -- the greater the range of motion he
gets back, the less pain he'll have. So for the next four months, he
needs to be particularly vigilant in stretching it out since adhesive
capsilistis has a tendency to flare back up in the first few months
after getting it under control; the exercises that he's been doing will
keep his shoulder flexible enough to fully heal and hopefully ward off a
relapse.
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