11-03-2014, 12:25
|
#76
|
|
Area Commander
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 2,952
|
Nice to hear the good news.
Last edited by Red Flag 1; 03-16-2018 at 10:32.
|
|
Red Flag 1 is offline
|
|
|
11-05-2014, 08:13
|
#77
|
|
Guerrilla
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: FT Knox, KY
Posts: 117
|
Today was the first day of physical therapy following getting the green light from the Ortho DR to begin strengthening exercises. This amoounted to a lot of pulling rubber bands of different resistance levels in different directions i.e. with my arm out at 90 degrees, elbow bend and "punching" straight ahread, rotating my forearm away from my body, rotating my forearm towards my body, and pulling the bands and different angles away from my body, and ending with exercises in which layed on my stomach and lifted a 5lb dumbbell from my arm extended down towards the floor and lifting it up, almost like a tricep kickback, but with my arm straight. The last exercise laying on my back and holding a 5lb weight straight up, pulling my shoulder in tight and basically rotating my arm clockwise and counter-clockwise 2 sets of 30 each. I wasnt sore at all following the exercises and I opted to skip the ice afterwards. I think next time I will need to increase the resistance.
|
|
pbr549xxx is offline
|
|
|
11-05-2014, 21:22
|
#78
|
|
Guerrilla
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: FT Knox, KY
Posts: 117
|
Ok, the pain kinda crept up on me and by the time I got home I could tell I had done something. Nothing unbearable though.
|
|
pbr549xxx is offline
|
|
|
11-10-2014, 21:46
|
#79
|
|
Guerrilla
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: FT Knox, KY
Posts: 117
|
2nd day of the strengthening exercises and those exercises are breaking me off. Didn't think a 5lb kettle bell and some rubber bands could do that LOL
|
|
pbr549xxx is offline
|
|
|
11-10-2014, 22:59
|
#80
|
|
Guerrilla
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Georgia
Posts: 186
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by pbr549xxx
Ok, the pain kinda crept up on me and by the time I got home I could tell I had done something. Nothing unbearable though.
|
You might want to re-think eliminating the ice treatment at the end of your PT session. The ice helps reduce the inflammation created by the exercises.
The pain is the shoulder's way of telling you "Hey! I ain't healed yet...take it easy".
I'm 5 months post surgery and have regained about 98% ROM, however, the shoulder joint is still not to full strength and I experience minor discomfort. I have to "baby" it and be cognizant that lifting anything heavy could screw it up again. I've been building a storage shed.... lifting lumber, raising roof trusses, etc., but mostly using the left arm and leverage.
Pace yourself through the exercises, don't try to rush the recovery process, give the shoulder a chance to heal. Use the ice. I still alternate between ice and heat.
Thanks for keeping us updated on your progress.
Carl
__________________
"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." Lou Holtz
SFA M-12786
|
|
cetheridge is offline
|
|
|
11-11-2014, 14:32
|
#81
|
|
Guerrilla
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: FT Knox, KY
Posts: 117
|
I definately didnt skip the ice after the last physical therapy appt, and I wont anymore.
|
|
pbr549xxx is offline
|
|
|
11-11-2014, 15:31
|
#82
|
|
Area Commander
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 2,952
|
Good to see you progressing along so nicely.
Last edited by Red Flag 1; 03-16-2018 at 10:32.
|
|
Red Flag 1 is offline
|
|
|
11-11-2014, 20:34
|
#83
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Tampa
Posts: 2,633
|
My sports therapist used a Game Ready ice machine after work-outs and deep-tissue massages for cryotherapy. My surgeon prescribed one for post-surgery also. Wonderful machine and now I understand why the process sports teams use them.
Ice is your friend post workouts.
|
|
Joker is offline
|
|
|
11-19-2014, 09:22
|
#84
|
|
Guerrilla
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: FT Knox, KY
Posts: 117
|
It looks like my physical therapy journey with the Army is coming to an abrupt end. Due to the severity of the injury, the Ortho Dr said I wouldnt be able to jump anymore, so I requested to retire in lieu of PCS. I had requested a retirement date of 1 August which the Army denied and told me that since I had opted for retirement in lieu of PCS that I had to retire on 1 April. I'll start my transistion leave on 5 January. I'll see the Physical Therapist one more time between now and 5 Jan and then thats it.
|
|
pbr549xxx is offline
|
|
|
11-19-2014, 09:47
|
#85
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Free Pineland
Posts: 24,826
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by pbr549xxx
It looks like my physical therapy journey with the Army is coming to an abrupt end. Due to the severity of the injury, the Ortho Dr said I wouldnt be able to jump anymore, so I requested to retire in lieu of PCS. I had requested a retirement date of 1 August which the Army denied and told me that since I had opted for retirement in lieu of PCS that I had to retire on 1 April. I'll start my transistion leave on 5 January. I'll see the Physical Therapist one more time between now and 5 Jan and then thats it.
|
I am sorry to hear that.
Time to open the book and write a new page in your life. You may find there are great things ahead.
Make sure you get your documentation and get with the VA service rep there to get started on your disability packet as soon as you can.
Thank you for your service and best of luck!
TR
__________________
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
|
|
The Reaper is offline
|
|
|
11-19-2014, 13:28
|
#86
|
|
Guerrilla
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Georgia
Posts: 186
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by pbr549xxx
It looks like my physical therapy journey with the Army is coming to an abrupt end. Due to the severity of the injury, the Ortho Dr said I wouldnt be able to jump anymore, so I requested to retire in lieu of PCS. I had requested a retirement date of 1 August which the Army denied and told me that since I had opted for retirement in lieu of PCS that I had to retire on 1 April. I'll start my transistion leave on 5 January. I'll see the Physical Therapist one more time between now and 5 Jan and then thats it.
|
Dammit, Man! If that ain't a kick in the nuts!
How is your physical therapy coming along? What is your ROM at this time?
You can still do therapy on your own with the exercises you know....keep doing them...it will get better!
While one chapter in life is coming to an end, another is just beginning. Think positive! Never give up!!!
Keep in touch and let us know periodically how the recovery is progressing. As RF1 has said before, your journey here in this thread will benefit someone else who will be undergoing the same type of surgery.
Thank you for your service, and best wishes for success in your next career.
Carl
__________________
"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." Lou Holtz
SFA M-12786
|
|
cetheridge is offline
|
|
|
11-19-2014, 18:07
|
#87
|
|
Area Commander
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 2,952
|
I am so very saddened to hear this news.
Last edited by Red Flag 1; 03-16-2018 at 10:33.
|
|
Red Flag 1 is offline
|
|
|
01-02-2015, 22:06
|
#88
|
|
Guerrilla
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: FT Knox, KY
Posts: 117
|
Well once I got word I had to be retired by 1 Apr as opposed to 1Aug, my life sped up to what seemed to me as Mach 4 LOL. With having to clear, take leave, yada, yada, yada, I couldn't make anymore physical therapy appts and I've had to do a lot more picking up and lugging things so needless to say my shoulder has been pretty damn sore lately. I final out on Monday and plan on kicking back and just trying to ease back in to a cardio routine.
Anyway, my main reason on this post was to ask for some opinions. For Christmas I got a full size 12 gauge pump shotgun and a little pocket sized 9mm. I'd love to take the 12 gauge to the range and shoot it, but do you guys think it's too soon? I've got a little .22 rifle and the 9mm pistol that I can shoot, but I'm not too sure with the shot gun.
|
|
pbr549xxx is offline
|
|
|
01-02-2015, 22:21
|
#89
|
|
Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Occupied Pineland
Posts: 4,701
|
At this point you should be far enough along that you will be the best judge of your limits. Good form will mitigate many recoil issues. Get some low recoil loads (the "girlie" ones!  ) and try it. You will figure out very quickly whether or not you pushed too fast. Or learn to shoot off the other shoulder - a good thing to know anyway. FWIW - My surgery was left shoulder and I shoot rifle right handed. I'm still not shooting with a sling and my offhand form suffers because I can't get my elbow underneath where it belongs. I'm doing fine with all calibers of pistol (I'm left handed) though.
Make damn sure you get everything you need for the VA. They're not great but they do owe you and they're free. If they're delaying too long they also have to help you get a referral elsewhere - they'll send you a wallet card that outlines the program. Get educated and stay up with the changes; be prepared to fight for your rights.
__________________
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero (42B.C)
|
|
Peregrino is offline
|
|
|
01-03-2015, 15:16
|
#90
|
|
Area Commander
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: UK
Posts: 2,952
|
A 12ga; I had not thought about that yet.
Last edited by Red Flag 1; 03-16-2018 at 10:33.
|
|
Red Flag 1 is offline
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 00:57.
|
|
|
Linear Mode
