Hon, ALSO do the wall walking NOW. If you couldn't go any furtgher than the shoulder before, then your goal should be to go to at LEAST the shoulder now. Don't let your expectations be any MORE than they were before the surgery at this time. Were you able before to raise them the other way? Starting with your arms bent in front of you instead of at the side ith your arms straight?

Also, what about "wall washing" - have you done that in pt? Taht's another way to strengthen those muscles.

It's going to take quite a while to get those muscles and nerves back again. The way it was explained to me, the nerves "talk" to your muscles and tell them what to do....if your nerves "stopped talking" you have to teach it how to talk again. Ad they're going to be really mad and YELL at first (that's when they hurt!). But once they stoy yelling, the muscles will listen, and they'll be sore for a while, too, but not for too long. Soon, they'll be sore right after the workout, but when you wake up the next day they'll feel better. When you reach that point, you know you're making better progress.

If us women can do it, by golly, you can too!

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LisaM