Subj : Music/Medicine...  3.
To   : James Bradley
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Fri Mar 02 2018 02:36:56

Hi, James!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

AH>  I'm still here too.  We were busy for awhile, and then
AH>  I developed a rotator cuff (shoulder muscle) injury
AH>  which makes typing difficult.  I gather it's somewhat
AH>  akin to your bursitis.  I'm now on the mend, anyway,
AH>  and hoping to complete various replies to you &
AH>  others within the near future.  :-)

JB>  No... I doubt it. My bursitis is self inflicted. <L>


          In retrospect, I had been pushing my physical limits for some time... 
but until the pain settled in I didn't consciously add everything up.  Seems to 
me you know when you're overdoing it.  I'll know better in future (maybe).  :-)



JB>  Seriously, this isn't the first time it has given you
JB>  trouble, right?


          You're thinking of the other shoulder... [wry grin].



JB>  Just to give you more exercise, I'll keep asking questions
JB>  for you to answer. <EG> It's muscle tears or inflammation
JB>  of connective tissue?


          According to our chiropractor, it's inflammation.  He has a technique 
for draining the lymph glands which seems to have helped a lot.  He is also the 
person who initially compared it to bursitis... which, BTW, both my father & my 
father-in-law had many years ago.  I gather any repetitive motion involving the 
shoulder (such as hammering nails or digging up the vegetable garden in spring) 
can lead to this sort of problem, especially with people who are middle-aged or 
older & whose endurance isn't quite what it used to be.  I imagine you may have 
been building yet another fence when your shoulder said "Enough, already!"  ;-)



JB>  Did you forget your PT suggestions, or did life
JB>  find you in a position to lift while twisting.


          Yes.  I had been negligent WRT the exercises I generally do during TV 
commercial breaks.  (To me they're boring, as are the majority of commercials.) 
Although these exercises involve both shoulders, we seldom watch much TV in the 
warmer & drier months.  Then summer's end found me in circumstances akin to the 
latter.  It's a long story, but I am beginning to see the humour in it....  :-)



JB>  (I know I'm showing my ignorance but by the name,
JB>  I suppose it is the muscle group that allows you
JB>  to swing your arm up and down?)


          Yes, or lift it high enough to brush your own teeth without some kind 
of support for the shoulder.  I kept my elbows close to my body & supported the 
injured side with the opposite hand at first.  And contrary to proper etiquette
.... i.e. as generally prescribed for "strong & able" young folks at summer camp
.... I made use of any available surface for support when I had to raise my hand 
to my mouth at mealtimes.  I'm practising to be a feisty old lady some day.  If 
others would rather I starve than put my elbows on the table, I've got news for 
them!  For those who aren't so hung up on convention I'd be more than delighted 
to explain how I've modified my computer desk & chair at no extra cost....  :-)



JB>  At any rate, *do* take care, and don't worry about nuts
JB>  like me while you take care of more pressing matters. I
JB>  *think* I can forgive you for your reticence. [-|{


          Aww, shucks!  Thanks....  :-)

          I start to worry about you when I haven't heard a peep out of Calgary 
in two months because Kevin's system is down.  Apart from that... I realize I'm 
a weirdo.  All my favourite people are weirdos.  How could it be otherwise when 
we're dealing with weird stuff hardly anybody else understands?  If it takes me 
awhile to answer sometimes, it may also be I'm blown away that you do....  :-))




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