Day 50 post-surgery
7 weeks since surgery, and all is well.
Today was my first full PT appointment. I worked isometrics, and also some resistance band exercises working the triceps. There were a few other arm stabilization drills, such as a “tripod” drill where I was on my knees and my left (bad side) hand. From there, the other arm moves around the body, and the bad arm gets to work on stabilization without going through a range of motion. The therapist did some manual stretching and stabilization exercises as well.
I’m actually having to hold myself back from going full-bore in workouts, because the shoulder feels so good. I may have overworked it slightly tonight at TKD, but it is still feeling good. Since I hurt this shoulder just about the same time the other shoulder was healing up from the Lyme disease nerve damage, I haven’t had a fully functional set of shoulders since September of 2007. And my shoulders probably feel as good right now as they have at any point in the last year and a half.