I have completed 3 weeks of PT. That puts me 6 weeks post surgery. My progress has been good. It really DOES help if you do ALL the exercises the PT folks give you at home 2 or three times every day. You can feel your own progress and the PT folks can definitely tell that you have been practicing because they can see it. With that being said, they tell me Im just about ready for the second phase of the rehab protocol. (Im guessing this is the flexibility stage.) Up until this point, the PT folks (or me, at home) have been using passive assistance with a little bit of active assistance to work on my Range Of Motion (ROM). In other words, stretching. I am scheduled for a follow-up visit with my surgeon on Monday. Im hoping for a few things with this visit: an okay to drive, an okay to wean myself out of the sling and an okay to progress to the second phase of rehab. I will probably be cleared to return to work under light duty. At last check, there was no light duty available for me so, Ill remain on STD leave most likely. Ill update again after my visit with him and my next PT session, both on Monday.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 12:02:46 +0000
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