Soapy stuff from Sunday: Shrink wrapped another 45 bars of soap.
First I had surgery on April 7th to repair my skier's thumb & removal of ganglion cyst in pinky finger (@ second joint). Ongoing therapy for the hand has been going quite well, but thumb takes months to reach optimal function. Then a week ago (actually 10 days now) I fell forward while running up the basement stairs (yeah, I know, stupid action - running up stairs) and jammed the 4th & 5th fingers straight-on against the stair step. Jamming fingers is bad enough, but the surgical pinky is the 5th digit, so you can imagine how excruciating this was. Bad strains such as this can take a long time to repair, but thankfully nothing was broken, and I can still use my fingers, but the post surgical swellling that had finally gone away has now been replaced by this new injury swelling. So all the bruising and swelling and pain from the new trauma is making use of the hand uncomfortable.
So I am actively working the fingers in spite of the old school rest & immobilize advice because I know how difficult long-term immobilization makes recovery of the affected parts once movement is re-initiated. A month in a cast had made my hand, wrist and fingers so weak and allowed deep scar tissue to form in my thumb & pinky finger that I am unwilling to subject my fingers to long-term immobilization again. My Occupational Therapist added some exercises back into my regimen to deal with the re-injury and fully encourages this plan of action.
Edit: spelling
