Frozen shoulder : A profound experience
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Having had this condition for almost three months now, here I sit, shoulder throbbing away as usual, unable to lift my arm, the unwilling recipient of x rays, physiotherapy, massage, acupuncture, cortisone injections and so on. In an imposed contemplative state, I reflect on the mysteries of the human body: on how my own body can one day just decide to shut down an entire shoulder and debilitate me with such a fell swoop. So I sit and I ponder and I reflect ( been doing a lot of that lately) and I ruminate over my own changing perspective as I move into my 'middle age', and if I didn't know better I could be lulled into some panglossian moment of viewing this whole frozen shoulder epoch as that from which I will ultimately emerge changed for the better.
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BellaUSA
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Hopefully, by your 4th month, the throbbing will subside. After 4 months, I was able to move about pain free even though my arm still has limited motion. I then began low impact exercising so that when my arm comes back, I will have kept muscle tone. I do some routine arm motions and I go for a brisk walk. I already can do a few things that I couldn't do before like reach across my body and reach for a few objects on a shelf, and write. I still have a ways to go, but I believe the same as you that when I emerge from this debilitating circumstance, I want to be the better for it. Also, having a positive outlook is good for rehabilitation, too. In my 4th month, I was able to think positive again.
sky1
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sorry for the complicated directions should look something like this.. back lying flat-butt against chair-knees up-legs across chair.
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sunbeam
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