I started taking the anti-inflammatories on Tuesday am, and they seemed at first to help. As much as I hate them, I started to think perhaps they do have some benefits. By Wednesday though I was in a lot of pain again.
At PT last night I told them how much it hurt after my session on Monday, and they seemed perplexed. At the same time though they wanted me to do the pulley/rotations with the weights. This requires pulling a certain amount of weight with your arms as you are rotating your hips, and bending your knees. Even though I only did 2 sets of 20 with 10 lbs, I was suffering afterwards. That and the leg lifts with stim were the only weights I did. Manual manipulation and stretching for the rest of the session as well as stim when I was being iced on the very sore spot. They said it's definitely muscular, and that I have to really account for everything I do. Even just going on the subway is a lot. I'm a bit bummed as I was starting to feel human again, but after thinking about this, I believe this started when I went to London. That was really the first time since my surgery that I was doing normal, regular things without being over careful.
So my "homework" is to do icing, isometrics, stretching and to make sure I keep track of every little move I make so that I don't overdue it. It feels like a huge step back, but I guess it's the only thing to be done at the moment. A bit depressing to be honest as I was enjoying being "normal", but I will get back to that at some point hopefully sooner rather than later.
On a different note, I just made an appointment with my chiro. I was meant to go next week, but I woke up this am in such a state, all twisted especially with my neck/shoulder region that I figured I should definitely see if they can get me in. I don't think I've addressed it much, but I must say that the ART (active release therapy) and the myofascial release that they do at my chiro's has been a life saver. Every since I started going in the summer when my whole neck was locked up I have been doing much better. I truly believe it helped with my pre-surgery stress and my post-op recovery and I can't say enough positive things about my experience with it.
Information on ART: http://www.activerelease.com/what_patients.asp
Information on Myofascial release: http://www.myofascial-release.com/
My Chiro: http://www.ronsafkodc.com/about_us.html
