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Surgery Updates and Physical Therapy
Hello forum friends! I have been gone for a week while in the hospital for surgery, and am trying to catch up on life, work, and forum action. How is everyone?
I guess I’ll kick off my week by just talking about surgery and mobility. The surgery I had last week was aimed at relieving pressure on my nerves and removing a disc in my back, so that I could (hopefully) get feeling and control back in my toes. I’m also having weakness and loss of control in my hands too, which doesn’t fully track, but hoping it resolves on its own. If not, we will run a few more tests in a week or two to see why. For now, I’m supposed to do… well, nothing!
Other than following BLT protocol (no bending, lifting, or twisting, hold the bacon), I am not even allowed to do PT for two weeks. After the two weeks, we will add in home physical therapy, but the BLT goes for awhile. Considering how much I twist just to communicate in ASL with my family across a room or reach to grab something from a side table… it is already SO much harder than I imagined!
Question For You: Have you ever had to work with a physical therapist before, and what were your mobility goals at that time?
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