Hang in there, girl. Caring properly for your body is a life long, hard thing to do. A lot of people don't, and don't often appear to have problems. Then there are those of us who do yet seem to have the rotten luck. I know, it doesn't seem fair. I think of it as using my body as it was intended to be used. I have some parts that don't work so well, but I learn to work around them as I go along.

I too work with a physical therapist that is probably like jessmarima's PT. Mine is a manual PT. She tried me on the pilates reformer but even the loading from the shoulder pads fired up the nerve pain and numbness. We work on mobility a lot, and I'm always searching for something to make it just a little bit better. In the meantime I am grateful that I can do what I do (can't ride a bike for more than 1-1.5 hours or ride in a car comfortably for more than an hour but can run 50 miles. Go figure). It's way better than it was before surgery but I think I've finally figured out that it will never be what it was when I was 30. So I'm just going for the biggest RAWR I can while I can. Never know when I'll be reduced to purring on the couch contentedly!

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