13 January 2017, 22:01
I just got back home from a long PT session.
For those who do not know about such things it must be pointed out that if you are under 50 PT means physical training,
if you are over 50 PT means physical therapy.
I had a dose of meds done by epidural injection into my spine yesterday and they had me in the torture chamber today.
When one gets into the late 60 year brackets these things become necessary just to keep going in daily life.
They read me the riot act. No more moving drill presses, sanders, table saws, hitching and unhitching trailers and pushing them around the garden by hand. No more kitchen appliance installations or climbing onto the roof carrying 20 liter buckets of roof sealer. I mentioned the rototiller and the therapist nearly had a spasm of his own.
I do not know who is going to do those things but they definitely said it would not be me.
I have lost almost half my range of motion in all areas due to injuries and degeneration of the spine, so now I am not dealing with returning to "normal", I am focusing interest in continuing to move in some degree with minimal/zero pain.
Truthfully, I am in better shape and less pain that I had expected when looking forward to this point 20 years ago.
For those who do not know about such things it must be pointed out that if you are under 50 PT means physical training,
if you are over 50 PT means physical therapy.
I had a dose of meds done by epidural injection into my spine yesterday and they had me in the torture chamber today.
When one gets into the late 60 year brackets these things become necessary just to keep going in daily life.
They read me the riot act. No more moving drill presses, sanders, table saws, hitching and unhitching trailers and pushing them around the garden by hand. No more kitchen appliance installations or climbing onto the roof carrying 20 liter buckets of roof sealer. I mentioned the rototiller and the therapist nearly had a spasm of his own.
I do not know who is going to do those things but they definitely said it would not be me.
I have lost almost half my range of motion in all areas due to injuries and degeneration of the spine, so now I am not dealing with returning to "normal", I am focusing interest in continuing to move in some degree with minimal/zero pain.
Truthfully, I am in better shape and less pain that I had expected when looking forward to this point 20 years ago.