Well, I finally made it through my first physical therapy appointment for a painful right shoulder that doesn't want to get better on its own. I have tried the true test of time to see if the pain would get better on its own.
It would not. So here we are with my physician physical therapy goals. I made my first appointment many months ago but soon discovered how complicated things could be when trying to learn how to find the real cost of hospital charges. Then Mrs Happy got pregnant and I figured it wasn't far off until the next calendar year.
If I waited, I could take advantage of my own HSA tips and implement a little dose of deductible staking and have the entire cost of physical therapy and any other potential evaluations be covered at 100%, without any copays, considering the cost of her delivery will eat up the entire deductible this year.
After an extensive evaluation by the physical therapist, he localized the issue to a potential impingement syndrome involving my teres major/minor and infraspinatus muscle region. I suspect I have a component of subluxation and the constant malalignment of my shoulder is causing inflammation and pain when I take my arm behind me past parallel (throwing a ball action).
I was given an exercise regiment to complete at home and I've scheduled 2-3 visits a week at the physical therapy department at my hospital to work on my shoulder. Here I am at my first physical therapy appointment, hairy chest and all, hooked up to the electrodes for a little electrical stimulation of my shoulder.
I was given an exercise regiment to complete at home and I've scheduled 2-3 visits a week at the physical therapy department at my hospital to work on my shoulder. Here I am at my first physical therapy appointment, hairy chest and all, hooked up to the electrodes for a little electrical stimulation of my shoulder.
UPDATE: It turns out I had a posterior labral tear.
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