Today's shoulder recovery milestones

[meecie]

Today, for the first time in a very long time, I was able to get into a ball-supported child's pose (arms extended rather than folded back, ball under my upper chest and head), and relax fully into it. So, so good. Still some added range needed to get into the fully extended version, but this...was...big

Comments

[nosemovie]

Progress!!
But yeah, can be super frustrating when you just want to be back to "normal" and it seems to be taking a long time.

Keep it up my friend.

[meecie]

Frustrating, yes. But each layer of progress makes my day to day life more manageable. I can reach for things with my right hand now! :-) So normal is not here, but I so appreciate the changes that are happening. And honestly, it was a bit of a kick to work on overall fitness for other parts of my body too, so there are some silver linings.

[talesofmyboys]

That is awesome! Progress is progress, healing soft tissue is such a slow business.

[meecie]

This is my first experience with anything this slow. It's been a bit of a wake-up call.

[biggmellon]

boo for slowness of it, so frustrating, by yahoo for progress!

[meecie]

Hah, yeah. Writing the progress down makes it feel more real and tangible, and I can go back and prove to myself that it's changing. That's a good thing. I wish it would just hurry up already though.

[dinahprincedaly]

Me and Stel say yay! for ball support

[meecie]

I don't know what I would have done if I hadn't been familiar with using an exercise ball. It's really been helpful. And when my shoulder is good, I love yoga with a ball (sun salutations are awesome fun). There's something about the additional support that allows you to relax into poses so much more (if you're me, anyway).

I do, however, have to fight the dogs for my turn on it. Because surely all ball time is about them, right? :-)

[penichops]

Your shoulder is an inspiration!