Injury-frozen shoulder

[catdaddy66]

I was diagnosed with frozen shoulder several months ago. PT and stretching have gotten me back to 90% movement. I honestly wasn’t sure I would ever be able to throw a baseball or swing a golf club again. It took a couple surgeons and an mri to determine that there was no real physical damage. Once we learned that and I wouldn’t cause further damage, I began to push my stretches to the edge of discomfort. Keep with it and stretch as much as possible.

This is the best possible approach for a successful intervention! Glad you're seeing the benefits of your rehab.

 

[Oyarsa]

One thing I didn't mention, outside of Mozart (esp. zany, late Mozart), Tchaikovsky, a couple Berlioz (used Marche Au Supplice to open my own Hamlet in a production. I played the Dane. Not recommended to try both.), and Beethoven, I'm pretty mad about the nationalist romantics. Smetana's "Of Bohemian Fields and Forests" is one of those instant transporters for me. Dvorak, Grieg, Sibelius, (Smetana), Bartok. Love them. Oh, Aaron Copland of course.

You should check out some organ composers if you haven't already. There's a reason it's called the King of Instruments. I played the Guillmant Premiere Symphonie with a full orchestra in college. Definitely one of the greatest nights of my life. The end of the 3rd movement is particularly fun. Easy, but fantastic. Then there's Vierne's Carillon de Westminster, Widor's Toccatta from Symphony no. 5, Alain's Litanies, Durufle's Prelude et Fugue Sur le Nom D'Alain, Franck, Messiaen, etc.

 

[govner1]

This is the best possible approach for a successful intervention! Glad you're seeing the benefits of your rehab.

I’ve been through the frozen shoulder protocol with PT twice in the last 10+ years following a CVA. Pretty good motion but it will never really completely return to full motion. The CVA has left some permanent issues.
That’s why I Brew now. I can do it basically one armed with my system.
At least I have plenty of beer on tap!!

 

[madscientist451]

I stayed up late playing a bunch of Hoagy Carmichael numbers on piano and my shoulders haven't been the same since. But my SWMBO says its from my days working in a sawmill stacking RR ties.....

 

[SEndorf]

I wrecked my shoulder snowboarding with my kids, doing jumps and terrain that I probably shouldn't have.. That was in the early 90's when snowboarding was considered a grungy middle school boy thing, and frowned upon at most of the larger resorts. I was in my 30's and got stared at a lot. heh...
Since I was virtually the only snowboarder they had seen that old (at least around here) the skiers thought I was either A: incredibly stupid or B: an expert snowboarder... of which I was assuredly neither.....
I wouldn't trade the shoulder pain for those memories though...

 

[passedpawn]

I stupidly fell out of my attic once. Caught myself on the lip of the access hole. The jerk wrecked one of my shoulders. I thought I was done for. That was back when I healed quickly. Those were the days.

 

[okiedog]

Hey now, don't be embarrassed just because it was from playing piano. Piano playing can be very physical. As long as it was Prokofiev or some such...

It sounds like you really got into your playing!

 

[okiedog]

I stupidly fell out of my attic once. Caught myself on the lip of the access hole. The jerk wrecked one of my shoulders. I thought I was done for. That was back when I healed quickly. Those were the days.

Yep. I remember those days too. I don't even want to think about some of the stuff that I did and miraculously survived, often unscathed. But those days are over for good. Just this morning, I got out of bed with a backache. That's no way to start a day.