Hi, am beginning to get a bit frustrated with my rehab. I dislocated my right shoulder two and a half months ago.I still cant raise my arm above shoulder height without support and can just about touch my left shoulder.
I'm 50, came off my bike in the snow on london bridge on 2nd Feb. No ambulances, but two police officers got me to hospital in a taxi, me in excruciating pain. They had to put me under to get the arm back in after giving up on gentle and not so gentle manipulation, the strongest doctor using the delicate technique of yanking it in with his foot in my armpit apparently.
Anyway, i had my arm in one of those huge slings for four weeks (I was initially told it should be five but when I expressed some concern about this length of time I was allowed slightly less.) When I went to see the consultant in the fourth week and asked if I was going to be given a scan I was told the NHS couldnt afford this, and that the treatment would be the same anyway.
At a follow up appointment two weeks ago with another consultant I was told that I would be having one after all as my arm wasnt apparently healing fast enough. Still havent heard anything though.
I am seeing the physio at the hospital once a week. Everyone asks if I am 'having' physiotherapy. Does this mean something other than occasionally seeing a physio and doing some exercises? I am a bit shocked by the poster above who says he does an hour and a half of exercises a day. I probably do about 20 minutes - including when sitting in the pub with friends, with my hands behind my head.
If I was doing radically more exercise - or perhaps 'having' physiotherapy every day, could I expect faster progress do you think? I have come a long way - I couldnt even move my elbow when I took my arm out of the sling, but it seems progress is very slow now.