The Boardwalk

I had a physio session this morning, and we had a good chat about my concerns with regards to my range of movement. The biggest problem is that no matter how much I do with regards to physio exercises, I seem to have hit a brick wall, and it feels that my shoulder is stuck.

Judit said it’s possible to get a frozen shoulder after a trauma, ie surgery, but then after quite a bit of manipulation, she said that she thinks the issue is with the humerus, in that it’s not moving like it should do. I don’t really know what the answer is, but I’m getting fed up of the constant nagging pain. Ben (my surgeon) is away on army manoeuvres until the end of April and I’m not due to see him until 6th May, so I’m a bit stuck (literally) until he gets back. One thing’s for sure, I don’t want more surgery! Anyway, I’ll persevere and carry on with my exercises, but tonight I’m in agony after all Judit’s manipulations..

I was in work at 1pm and was asked to work an extra couple of hours tonight as Nik and Evashni had to go to parents evening and needed someone to be at the clinic as Mike on of our psychiatrists had a late appointment.

I was also asked to meet our potential new employee who would be job sharing with me, as they wanted my opinion on her, so she came in at 2pm and we sat and had a hot chocolate and a chat. She seems ok, so it’s up to Nik now, but it looks like my hours will change for the better which is good.

Nik also spoke to me about going on a course for how to ‘talk’ to our patients - this might sound odd, but as I’ve said before, in a lot of ways I’m providing therapy to patients so it’s just training in how to do that. He also said that if I did that, we could then discuss the possibility of me using photography for therapy. I’m really liking the idea so I think I’ll definitely pursue it with him.

While I was at the marina I went for a stroll along the boardwalk, and whilst it was quite breezy, it felt nice in the sun - roll on Spring!