One year to the day since shoulder surgery
Last year at this time I was feeling miserable from the effects of the anesthesia. Here is a recap of my first few days post-surgery.
At this point, I don’t normally notice my shoulder any more. I do what I need to do without issue. I do tend to have my shoulder and neck muscles locked up a bit on that side, but other than that, things are good. I’m still careful with it when doing BJJ, because some of that stuff can do bad things to healthy shoulders. I’m comfortable with doing everything in TKD and almost everything in Hapkido. I haven’t done Kali in a while, but that’s more due to lack of interest (and time) than it is due to my shoulder.
Strength in that arm is good, but it definitely isn’t as stable as my right arm. It is hard for me to tell how much of that is due to the fact that it is my non-dominant arm, how much is from my 20-years removed surgery, and how much is due to this surgery. I’ve been playing with my new kettlebell a bit, and I have a tough time stabilizing it when trying to do kettlebell windmills. I think that means it is a good exercise for me to do.
Wife-of-State was able to feel one of the surgical screws in my collarbone through my skin at one point recently, which is a bit freaky. I’ll try to have a picture up for you at some point, but we’re going full-bore on getting our house ready for sale so that I don’t have much time. In fact, it will be cutting into training time. But, hey, moving things around is good exercise, too.
