I should also report that I have had a rather disconcerting bit of news with my shoulder. I have been faithfully attending and performing all the physical therapy exercises that my therapist gave me. She was increasing the weight I was doing, the number of repetitions and the variety of exercises. All was going well and I was getting to the point where I could see the light at the end of the tunnel with a return to normal life and quilting. Then it all came crashing down on September 12 when my shoulder suddenly started grinding and grating and then I had pain with movements that didn’t have pain previously. As I wanted to move toward a sports program and leave the rehab program I was getting ready to ask for a new therapist anyway, so I asked my surgeon for the best and made the switch.
After 4 days of worrying that I re-tore the shoulder and would require another surgery, I finally met with the new therapist on 9/17. He is G-R-E-A-T. Whereas we still do not know whether I will need another surgery, I definitely feel I am in the right hands now. He noticed that several things in my shoulder were not moving mechanically correctly (the last therapist didn’t) and has diagnosed me with Shoulder Impingement Syndrome. He has me scaled back to just a few exercises to try to correct the underlying issues. I am very frustrated that I have spent a couple of months of therapy, under weekly observation that was actually causing me harm. I am desperately hoping the new therapist is right and that I don’t need another surgery, but I have this nagging feeling that all is not well in the state of Denmark.
