First day of Rehab! Judy is cleared for assisted range of motion. Now she can start moving her affected arm around, but only with assistance from her good arm or some other means of support.
She can use the pulleys, where she uses the strength in her right arm to raise and lower her left arm.
Or do the wall-crawl, using her hand to pull the arm up and down a wall.
Her range of motion is pretty good to start with. She’ll do these exercises and others at the physical therapist’s office three days a week. She’ll do them every day at home.
It’s exciting to get this far; and a great relief for Judy to be able to move her arm around again. No actual strengthening until three months from surgery though.
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