Wow is it great to be moving again!
My first session with my physiotherapist Silvia was very good. I had never met her but had great referrals so off I went last Friday afternoon (driven by my fabulous father!).
We went through a series of questions and range of motion tests along with some acupunture to help wake up my muscles! Then I was given 1 exercise to work on over the weekend. Way less then I'm used to but I was glad at only have 1 exercise as it was a hard one!
My second physio session was on Monday evening. This time we progressed to standing and transferring weight onto my operated side in a number of different ways. It felt good and I had no pain so we progressed to using a cane! I have to admit that over the weekend I had resorted to using only one crutch a lot of the time so I was thrilled that I was getting permission to ditch the crutches and move to the cane alone.
I have been walking with the cane over the past few days and although my muscles are tired and sore (I can't stretch them as I would like yet) it feels great to be moving a little more "normally".
I have my next physio session tonight so we will just have to wait and see what Silvia has me doing next!
Great to read about your progress, Briar! I can relate to the feeling of not being able to exercise/stretch lately. It's maddening. Also being in bed all the time..agh.
ReplyDeleteHow is your physio going now? I bet you've come a long way since this post. Looking forward to seeing you when we return in September! Take care!