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I had another session of occupational therapy this afternoon, and things continue to improve. Mostly the therapist measured my grip strength (improved, range of motion (ditto), and asked about pain levels. She also did a little ultrasound, and yes I want a few more sessions, but it feels like we're getting to a satisfactory end here.
Details: she measured my grip strength for three different grips. Pinching my thumb and forefinger together, is up to 9 pounds, from 4 the last time she measured. Doing that still hurts a bit, maybe a three. One of the other measurements of grip strength increased a bit, to I think 55 pounds, and the third I don't remember.
The therapist said that the muscle/webbing between my thumb and forefinger is less tense, and asked what I've been doing to get that result. Best guess is that I'm doing a specific stretch more often, and it's having that result.
I'm not using the wrist brace much. I think I've slept wearing it once this week (when in Adrian's room, which is cooler than mine and Cattitude's), and one day I woke up 5ish with my wrist hurting, so I put the brace on. I am still keeping it in reach, just in case, and have wanted it occasionally.
One of the therapist's goals was to get me out of the wrist brace. I told her that would be nice, but mine was to be able to use my wrist without pain, and I'm also getting closer to that.
I'm doing two of the exercises with the two-pound weight, I think I did twelve overhand and ten underhand last night. I'm still doing the third with the one-pound weight, in line with the therapist's instructions to take this slowly. However, I realized while we were eating lunch today that I had forgotten to do my morning wrist exercises, and I didn't want to take the time for them before heading over to Arlington, so I will do them just this evening instead of twice today.
Details: she measured my grip strength for three different grips. Pinching my thumb and forefinger together, is up to 9 pounds, from 4 the last time she measured. Doing that still hurts a bit, maybe a three. One of the other measurements of grip strength increased a bit, to I think 55 pounds, and the third I don't remember.
The therapist said that the muscle/webbing between my thumb and forefinger is less tense, and asked what I've been doing to get that result. Best guess is that I'm doing a specific stretch more often, and it's having that result.
I'm not using the wrist brace much. I think I've slept wearing it once this week (when in Adrian's room, which is cooler than mine and Cattitude's), and one day I woke up 5ish with my wrist hurting, so I put the brace on. I am still keeping it in reach, just in case, and have wanted it occasionally.
One of the therapist's goals was to get me out of the wrist brace. I told her that would be nice, but mine was to be able to use my wrist without pain, and I'm also getting closer to that.
I'm doing two of the exercises with the two-pound weight, I think I did twelve overhand and ten underhand last night. I'm still doing the third with the one-pound weight, in line with the therapist's instructions to take this slowly. However, I realized while we were eating lunch today that I had forgotten to do my morning wrist exercises, and I didn't want to take the time for them before heading over to Arlington, so I will do them just this evening instead of twice today.
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There were times when I wasn't sure the OT was helping at all, and then suddenly it was, and continued to. That chip-grip sounds like the thing my therapist recommended two weeks ago. I forgot about it until I looked at my phone's camera roll on Sunday, so waited and asked her yesterday, and she said things had improved enough that I might not need one, so I'm holding off on ordering that.