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Main Boards => Prayers/Concerns/Honors/Ailments => Topic started by: Mike Vines on May 24, 2011, 08:43:00 PM
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I just got done with my Orthopedic Doctor, and he said the MRI results show a small tear in my Labrum (or whatever the he'll it's called) which is in the shoulder, a bone spur in my shoulder, and further tests show a pinched nerve in my neck. He told me surgery was not an option as of right now, so he sent me to physical therapy. I started my first session tonight (I was amazed they could get me in that quick), and I immediately had the pain and numbness dissapear till about half way home, and it came right back.
My therapist...I thought it would always be a different type of therapist if I ever needed one...told me that after each time I come, the relief will last longer and longer. He too is a hunter, and understands my need to get back to shooting. He made me promise no bows for 1 month, and stay out of the gym for atleast a couple weeks till he can give me some strengthing exercises to use there.
So, long story short, If I do my part I will be enjoying the new limbs that should be here in a little over a month, and hopefully never return to this stage again. This has literally been a pain in the neck.
The pain was one thing, but when the numbness set in, and I couldn't draw my bow I figured I had let it get bad enough, and should seek help. Please don't be stupid like I was. If there is a problem, get it looked at. I was lucky this time.
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That's great news!
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Congrats to you!! :pray: :pray:
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Really good news! Surgery can work wonders, BUT, it's invasive. Heal quick & get after it.
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Good news. Now do what they say! Good luck Mike.
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Great news Mike. It's a bonus that there's plenty of time befroe the hunting season.
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Fantastic news Mike.
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Congrats! Just listen to that PT & I'm sure all will turn out great :thumbsup:
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Great news Mike!!! :thumbsup:
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Mike that is fantastic news!!! Take it easy buddy and rest up. Glad your ok!
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Good news! God has blessed you! This sounds like my own dilemma before I did the physical therapy... Impingement at the C4 vertebrae does nasty things brother!
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Great news! In 7 months we all hope to hear you stuck to the plan, that it worked, and that you enjoyed some great hunts this upcoming fall!
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Great news, happy for ya!
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Always good to avoid the knife, hope you continue to heal.
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Great news Mike. Hope the healing goes fast!!!!
BOB
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Good for you Mike. I didn't fare as well. I had shoulder surgery two weeks ago. But it's been healing so good I wasn't going to go to PT. After reading your post I think I'll go. Thanks.
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Awesome news!!
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Mike that is fantastic. I found out last fall I have Ortho Arthritis in my right shoulder. I tweaked it about a month ago, and haven't been able to draw my bow. I'm gonna have to get back to the PT excercises I was supposed to do last year.
There is nothing worse than not being able to draw a stick bow, or reach for a can above my shoulder height...
That is fantastic news.....
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Best of luck Mike. And do what the doctor says, it will only make you better.
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Mike,
I had rotator surgery, 3 corner tear, bone spur shredded a tendon to look like a "frizz stick" to light campfires!
I did my therapy religously and was shooting my hunting weight bow in less than 60 days! But I did EVERYthing they told me and nothing I wasn't told to do (I asked tons of questions!) to make that happen.
Non-surgical repair w/ therapy can take nearly as long as post surgery, but you AVOID surgery and the rehab.
Do it! Do it their way! :)
I'm lucky. Guy I graduated with has his on PT biz so I go there and they've been bailer twining and bubble-gumming me together and around ragin arthritis for years!
Rizzo, ya knothead...get yer butt to therapy.