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Title: Had physio today
Post by: Roxy on February 08, 2011, 10:25:39 pm

on my swollen finger.  Physiotherapist was impressed at how well I am doing. I was worried to be honest, thinking I did not have much movement in it. but she explained things like this take a while.  I was expecting to be sqeezing sponges and things, but no ....had my hand in a bath of hot wax, then wrapped in a plastic bag, then ultrasound on it, in a lot of pain now.  Got to keep exercising fingers, and wear a finger stall, and wrap what looks like adhesive plaster round my finger.

I am working hard to get finger mobile again, want to get back on the ponies soon!

Title: Re: Had physio today
Post by: Sandy on February 08, 2011, 10:42:29 pm

Good news, did you ever watch finger bobs? they were finger puppets, thats a good way of excercising them, or maybe the piano!!

Title: Re: Had physio today
Post by: Roxy on February 08, 2011, 10:54:29 pm

Hmm...finger puppets maybe.  Definitely not a piano player :D

Title: Re: Had physio today
Post by: Fleecewife on February 08, 2011, 11:44:23 pm

Those wax baths are Heaven !!  I love them so much I bought one ages ago when I had RSI from too much rotavating and spinning.  Good luck with the physio.

Title: Re: Had physio today
Post by: Bright Raven on February 09, 2011, 07:02:48 pm

Great to hear that you are mending. I have brought some hot wax this week but it's for my legs! I had no idea wax could be therapeutic, I have always associated it with pain.

Title: Re: Had physio today
Post by: silver swan on February 09, 2011, 07:17:17 pm

I'm new to this thread. What caused the finger problem in the first place? Glad you are on the mend though.  :bouquet:

Title: Re: Had physio today
Post by: little blue on February 09, 2011, 08:13:25 pm

For Silver swan ...

http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=12186.msg119025#msg119025 (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?topic=12186.msg119025#msg119025)

oooh,  hot wax?!  At least the physio is impressed,even though you must feel its a sloooooow process  :)

Title: Re: Had physio today
Post by: silver swan on February 09, 2011, 08:37:47 pm

Little Blue...... Thank you for that, you're very thoughtful!

Roxy............ Blimey, that was nearly a month ago!!!!! Fiddling around on the computer with one finger is OK but all the animals, housework, even holding open a book to read = not good/possible. Mind you, no washing up to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :D

Title: Re: Had physio today
Post by: Roxy on February 09, 2011, 09:21:27 pm

My finger really hurts today after the physio ....but, I do think its beginning to bend more than it did, and I can use it to type with now, although got to be careful.  Have to wear a glove on  that hand all the time I am outdoors, the cold weather seems to chill the finger right to the bone, and its very painful.

Have to say, it is hard dealing with the animals.  Even lifting a water bucket to pour, or mixing feeds.  You take your hands for granted until something like this happens.

I said to the physio that at least I had not broken my finger, but she said actually, a discolation can be more difficult to get right .....hopefully not mine, eh?