Physical Therapy
OUCH! Just got back from physical therapy! I will most likely be lying in bed all day because the pain is so bad! My therapy is so basic it's almost embarrassing that I am in this much pain after the easiest exercises. Most of the therapy is ART (active release therapy) and I am not a fan at all! My therapist is great and I trust him but after each appointment we end on non speaking terms as I am usually fighting back tears! I guess the quote "No pain, no gain" applies here. He says I am improving although I don't feel like I am. However he reminds me that it has been over 2 months since I have done any of these exercises and that we need to take baby steps. I guess I'll just have to wait and see! I just hope that I can walk before my BIG surgery!
My name is Jill and I am 29 years old. I am a former competitive gymnast and I have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (hEDS), Chiari Malformation- Type 1 (8.5mm herniation), craniocervical instability, Neurocardiogenic Syncope and POTS (forms of Dysautonomia and secondary conditions to EDS), slight/minor Mitral Valve Prolapse, bilateral acetabular hip dysplasia (corrected in a procedure called Periacetabular Osteotomy--PAO), gastroparesis and delayed intestinal motility, Hashimoto's, Graves', Autoimmune Neutropenia, and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS).
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