How I have been spending my summer

[smij]

Beautiful rod! Wow!

Hope that elbow gets back to 100%!

[sgallas2]

Joni,
good luck with the therapy.Interesting choice of fish for the rod and your arm. Must have been a hoot.
Try not to stress the arm too soon.
Best,
Steve

[John_N]

Joni-

Having done that same over-the-handlebars flip, you have my sincere sympathies. (And I don't think people appreciate the skill required to execute that maneuver until they've given it a try!) Glad to hear you're on the mend and hope you get more fishing therapy under your belt soon.

[Fly Goddess]

Thanks all. I got out this morning with a friend and hooked into some LM



I cannot straighten my left arm and I can't bend it enough to scratch my nose, so I got a long way to go for sure.

[herefishy]

But it looks like it works enough for the important stuff, right? Good luck with the therapy.

[WarrenP]

I am not a doctor or a therapist, but, you need to be very careful with "your" therapy that "you" are doing. I had rotator cuff surgery on Jan. 31st ( I know it is not the same surgery as you had) and I went to therapy 3 times per week and after a short period, I decided I would do some of my own therapy and ended up with the therapist having to redo what she had gained due to overuse by me. It is not fun, but, you must not overdo it. One slip while fly fishing or an unexpectant quick movement by you to maintain your balance while fly fishing can do harm and damage to your injury. I know it is hard to not fly fish, but, listening to your therapist and following their advise will shorten your healing time. Just be careful ...........

[Fly Goddess]

So true. I know I need to. Thanks for the reminder.

[Grn Mt Man]

Way back about 1952, when I was 12 years old,was showing off by dismounting my bike, running along side it for a ways and then hopping back on it. Unfortunately, my foot slipped off the pedal and went into the spokes and that was about the same as power brakes nowadays. Bike came to a quick and complete stop and I started falling over backwards but landed very hard on my right elbow. Shortly afterwards noticed that it was getting difficult to bend and finally couldn't stand the pain any longer. Fessed up to mom and off to the doctors. Seems like I damaged it enough to start some kind of growth or something right in the joint where it flexed. Spent the rest of the summer and into the fall walking to the hospital three times a week for therapy. They wrapped it in hot warm towels, then made me put it in a whirlpool that was about scalding for a while. Lastly, I had to start lifting small weighgts via a pully system attached to a wall and do it for a few minutes and gradually longer till I recevered full use of the elbow. No fancy surgery or stuff back then for dumb little boys showing off! As others have said, don't overdue using the elbow till your therapy is completed.