Quote Originally Posted by nonunioninnj View Post

@jaydee- im sorry to hear it was such a long process! at 2.5 months, there is no knitting at all. i'm curious- did the dr always have you on a physio plan- or just when it seemed as though it would be a prolonged heal? my dr has never suggested any sort of PT plan. its very frustrating… i went for a walk on saturday- maybe 6 miles all together- and halfway through my shoulder/back/and collarbone are all screaming from simply holding their own weight. its very disheartening.
My local GP was not keen for me to do physio. Then when I went to the ortho surgeon when it was evident the bones weren't healing, she was furious that I had not been doing any basic physio exercises. She immediately started me on strength exercises using those coloured elastic strips. She said that because I was subconsciously looking after the injured areas, even though I thought I was walking straight etc, the rest of me was getting stronger but the injured areas weren't. I still have to consciously swing both arms when I go exercise walking as I keep my left side still otherwise.

I also walked a lot - but shorter frequent distances were better than one long walk. So I might do 3 x 20 minutes. I could do this without getting too sore and without getting too tired. The evening walk was more of a stroll through the golf course after it had closed for the afternoon - I used to wave my arms around a bit and shrug shoulders etc. Thankfully the neighbours knew about my accident and so didn't think I was completely crazy.

Hope this helps.