Shoulder progress :)

[Catrin]

Yay! That's great news. I am sooooooo tired of reductionist medicine on so many different levels, it's wonderful to hear of someone who still believes in looking at someone's body as a connected unit.

Agreed! I think the ART was a very important treatment - but I needed to end that as soon as possible since it was $60/visit...and he knew that I didn't have a large budget for this so we focused on the most important part.

[Catrin]

I find out tomorrow if there is a permanent mechanical shoulder problem.... <gulp> I really hope there isn't, but my mom's situation certainly puts everything into a very different context!

[Catrin]

So the news is in, while I do have a mechanical problem with my shoulder it is not a deformed humeral head... whewwww! It IS, however, caused by the presence of large calcium deposits that prevents the arm from rotating when I raise it overhead. There are some things we can do that might help, eventually we might try injections to attempt to dissolve those deposits but that isn't our first approach. He is also going to treat my neck and thoracic outlet syndrome. I had my first OMT treatment yesterday.