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[spikey]

Mrs Spikey suffers from a long-standing affliction of the shoulders, upon which the attention of five different physiotherapists over two years has produced no noticeable improvement.  However, things are looking up, for she has now been referred to an Advanced Practitioner, and today she got the appointment letter from the County Shoulder and Elbow Service.  Woo hoo!  To our considerable delight, under the heading "What can I expect to happen in my appointment?" it says ...

 

You will see one of our specialist Shoulder and Elbow clinicians called an Advanced Practitioner (AP).  Shoulder and Elbow APs are experts who have had specialist in-depth training in knees.

[royaloak]

I could do with seeing one of those shoulder and elbow specialists after tearing my medial hamstring muscle! 

[Edwin_m]

1 hour ago, spikey said:

You will see one of our specialist Shoulder and Elbow clinicians called an Advanced Practitioner (AP).  Shoulder and Elbow APs are experts who have had specialist in-depth training in knees.

And perhaps also are experts at putting their feet in their mouths?  

[Ozexpatriate]

Perhaps this wasn't part of the Advanced Practitioners' curriculum

 

 

[Stentor]

My beloved suffered two frozen shoulders rendering her unable to use her arms properly for three years. 
 

This is a very common problem for women in their 50s and 60s but surprisingly little is known about the causes or the cures.

 

After a MRI scan, several bouts of physiotherapy and consultations all the experts could say was “it will be ok again in three to five years”.

It’s a long haul this one for sure, I wish you all the best.

 

//Simon

[spikey]

My good lady has been there, done it and got the t-shirt with frozen shoulder years ago, but this is even less straightforward than that.  Basically it's residual tendinopathy that originally arose 8 years ago after her radical mastectomy and the subsequent major rearrangement of her latissimus dorsi during the reconstruction.  The initial improvement she was making was reversed by the incompetence of a physiotherapist a year later, and then made worse still by the next one, so for the last 5 years we've been trying to at least regain ground.

 

We'll get there.  She's still alive and in otherwise good working order, and that's all that really matters to me.  

Edited January 1, 2020 by spikey
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[Guest MM1991]

On 31/12/2019 at 10:25, spikey said:

Mrs Spikey suffers from a long-standing affliction of the shoulders, upon which the attention of five different physiotherapists over two years has produced no noticeable improvement.  However, things are looking up, for she has now been referred to an Advanced Practitioner, and today she got the appointment letter from the County Shoulder and Elbow Service.  Woo hoo!  To our considerable delight, under the heading "What can I expect to happen in my appointment?" it says ...

 

You will see one of our specialist Shoulder and Elbow clinicians called an Advanced Practitioner (AP).  Shoulder and Elbow APs are experts who have had specialist in-depth training in knees.

Have you tried alternative therapy?  

 

My better half is a Bowen Therapy practitioner, over the past year she has trained to be one after the therapy effectively cured her long standing shoulder pain.

 

Its a therapy that works on the soft, connective tissue to help realign muscles, tendons and joints.  Its quite incredible, cured my own dodgy ankle pain that 17 years of physiotherapy and painkillers couldn't touch.  Doesn't work for everyone but its worth a try

 

More info here

 

Not touting for business, on the other side of the country from you!!!

Edited January 1, 2020 by MM1991

[spikey]

8 hours ago, MM1991 said:

Have you tried alternative therapy?

Yes.  Four different ones.  All a complete waste of time and money.

 

One further complication is that Mrs Spikey has been diagnosed with, and received treatment for, Functional Neurological Disorder, which in her case seems to have been a consequence of the reconstruction surgery.  There may well be some connection between that and her shoulder tendinopathy.

Edited January 2, 2020 by spikey
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