bpi nerves stretched but attatched still
Re: bpi nerves stretched but attatched still
Hi...
You are in early days with this injury.
Stretched is good for a TBPI...there is much that can be regained. When I had my accident being hit by one car East bound thrown 75ft and hit and run over by a second car going West. I sustained a mild stretching of of my BP on my right side also. In about 6 months...all the pain and tingling had disappeared and I was lifting my shoulder and using this arm well. In my mind I had no choice. My left arm had been torn out of my spinal cord and no use.
Keep strong. Keep up with your Physio self/hospital and find the best Dr's in Australia
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With Peace & Light
Mardelle
You are in early days with this injury.
Stretched is good for a TBPI...there is much that can be regained. When I had my accident being hit by one car East bound thrown 75ft and hit and run over by a second car going West. I sustained a mild stretching of of my BP on my right side also. In about 6 months...all the pain and tingling had disappeared and I was lifting my shoulder and using this arm well. In my mind I had no choice. My left arm had been torn out of my spinal cord and no use.
Keep strong. Keep up with your Physio self/hospital and find the best Dr's in Australia
.With Peace & Light
Mardelle
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Jinx66
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: Multiple roll-over car accident on 11-30-08.
Bankart Lesion; SLAP tear repair; Glenohumerous dislocation; Axillary Nerve Avulsion (Traumatic Brachial Plexopathy/Axillary Mononeuropathy diagnoses), Lymphedema
Plastic surgery, 2/09, 9/09. Orthopedic repair of glenohumerous/rotator cuff, 3-17-09. Triceps-to-Deltoid nerve transfer, 8-13-09.
Firm believer in aquatic therapy, laughter, and stubbornness.
Re: bpi nerves stretched but attatched still
I have a similar injury after my rollover.
Aquatic therapy is a godsend! In the water, you have two armpits, and while folks without our injuries laugh, it's the best feeling in the world. I do lots of Range-of-Motion (RoM) exercises (often 6 hours a week) and my neurosurgeon (had nerve transfer surgery in August of 2009) has me adding 5-10 pounds of weight, but the therapist has yet to really add that. I can lay on the table and "curl" a 1 or 2 pound weight; I can use therapy tubing when doing pulling exercises; and I use a recumbent bike with arm slides to get my shoulders/arms moving.
Don't let any tell you you don't know your body. While we all have limitations, we also have strengths that we haven't yet plumbed. Good luck to you!
Aquatic therapy is a godsend! In the water, you have two armpits, and while folks without our injuries laugh, it's the best feeling in the world. I do lots of Range-of-Motion (RoM) exercises (often 6 hours a week) and my neurosurgeon (had nerve transfer surgery in August of 2009) has me adding 5-10 pounds of weight, but the therapist has yet to really add that. I can lay on the table and "curl" a 1 or 2 pound weight; I can use therapy tubing when doing pulling exercises; and I use a recumbent bike with arm slides to get my shoulders/arms moving.
Don't let any tell you you don't know your body. While we all have limitations, we also have strengths that we haven't yet plumbed. Good luck to you!
