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I'm setting up here because, I want to open a spot for discussion,discussion; it's so important for recovering bone fractures to
stick with their physical therapy, and not suffer the loss of function, and range of motion.
I'm not expecting anyone to bevisit, I don't expect criticism if you visitingstumble unlesson by accident,chance then great, I feel pretty cool about writing anything and I'm relaxed about it being open to visitors, it's my blog after all, if by any chance someone does visit then that is great. all.
Please remember, I want a chance to hear what anyone else has in the way of advice or personal experiences.

I recently fractured my wrist and it seems worthless, I can't wait to get into my physical therapy. So as you might guess, my goals are to get reacquainted with all the things I so desperately hang on to in my life. I'm a potter, I make things out of ceramics on a potters wheel, so I get into that, and a list of other things, not to mention I need to re-learn to type, (maybe write my name, comb my hair, and draw). I've started right in with throwing to help my recovery along. I'm also going into the water for some aquatics training, I've done swimming in the past, and have a theory that doing an activity which is already a routine helps add to my resolve, my ceramics work applies in the same way. This site is going to serve as a place where people can list their experiences, and what they've had as success or failure concerning bone recovery, and anything related.
Add any thing you can, or think someone else would like, easy; (ex.) I've noticed that there is new feeling in some damaged nerve strand and it's a sign of healing, a welcome kind of painful. also, (ex.) might be putting down a list of ways to promote blood circulation, and prevent scaring. See how quick that is, any contributions are appreciated.

I've been working out in the swimming pool doing laps with the kick board, one day I was feeling so confident that I set out to swim a 600 yard medley with two sets of butterfly broken up (I don't swim butterfly very consistantly), I fill in what's left over with a lap of breaststroke. That's pretty wimpy but I'm working my way to a 1650 and a good stretch work-out. To my surprise there were huge lumps up my arm and into my arm pit, like giant welts when I jumped out of the pool. They stayed on for a few days. I went to the doctors that week for an exam. The welts weren't actually painful but they were caused by a tendon irritation, some of the metal plate in my wrist had come loose and needed to be removed.
So it's back to the drawing board, another surgery and recovery, pain medication and all that. Well after it's all said and done, it wasn't really as painful as the first time. I'm back in physical therapy, and back to my own routines and making more improvement. Stretching is stil strenous but I'm still sticking with it.

I wanted to point out that If I can help illustrate how important stretching muscles and tendons is to recovering normal use, it's valuable just by itself. For myself, when I discovered that I could turn pots, that was the best thing that might have happened to me. Because I used my hands extensively making ceramics before the break, I have strong hand muscles and tendons, and by picking familiar things I'm already showing great promise.

Since I feel that I owe my health to many people in the medical field and it's a gift to have their help and that of the Walla Walla YMCA, for taking such good care of me and my special inquiries, they're all really great. I feel that I need to show and try to promote my ceramics for sale. I'm trying to post some of the most recent works that I've done since that day and I'm trying to link to my catalog page. Please if this is at all interesting to you, have a look or you could contact me and commission some work for yourself. Spread the word if you know of anyone else who might be interested, I'm including a recent e-mail address below, and like I said please visit my new web page. I'll make sure that the folks that helped me so generously know they're greatly appreciated
http://www.artmajeur.com/artcontest, or e-mail Artconlist@yahoo.com.

'Anyone who has a chance feel free to add information about yourself. Please notice the Pages, and not the horrible ad that's been tacked on. I'm trying to keep entries in close order, and been trying to get the extra time to write in new pages.