Wrist Status Update
Haven't updated in quite a while, so here's the latest. I did 5 of the scheduled 6 weeks of physical therapy - various reasons caused me to stop early, amongst them my fantastic medical insurance that barely covered anything.
I'm continuing to do the exercises I learned in PT at home.
My range of motion is around 90% of my left wrist and my strength is getting better all the time (though it still ain't that great!).
I went to see the doc a few weeks ago and he confirmed that the radius is healed. He suspects that the lunate is the consistency of a marshmallow and the hope is that it revascularizes over the current weeks.
I'm back at the docs on 2/14 where more x-rays will be done to see how things are coming along.
I've been snowboarding once now as the radius is healed and even if I fall on the wrist, I'm not likely to exert pressure on the lunate (I was wearing my large wrist brace - the glove barely fit over it). The doc wasn't too keen on me going, but didn't say I shouldn't either.
Still hoping for a mid-April return to mountain biking.
I'm continuing to do the exercises I learned in PT at home.
My range of motion is around 90% of my left wrist and my strength is getting better all the time (though it still ain't that great!).
I went to see the doc a few weeks ago and he confirmed that the radius is healed. He suspects that the lunate is the consistency of a marshmallow and the hope is that it revascularizes over the current weeks.
I'm back at the docs on 2/14 where more x-rays will be done to see how things are coming along.
I've been snowboarding once now as the radius is healed and even if I fall on the wrist, I'm not likely to exert pressure on the lunate (I was wearing my large wrist brace - the glove barely fit over it). The doc wasn't too keen on me going, but didn't say I shouldn't either.
Still hoping for a mid-April return to mountain biking.
posted by Tim H at 9:04 PM
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