I met this week with a new physical therapist, and what a difference from my last physical therapy experience.
Of course, it helped immensely to learn that the “bone cyst” in my shoulder blade was actually a tumor. That led to receiving the appropriate treatment to reduce the size of the tumor, immediately resulting in a significant increase in my range of motion.
This physical therapist was also very thorough — putting me through a whole sequence of exercises and accurately measuring my range of motion along the way. He also tested for muscular weakness and other things I didn’t fully understand.
The wonderful end result was learning that my shoulder is completely structurally sound. In fact, there was never an injury — only a tumor!
The work now is to get the muscles re-engaged and then build back the strength that was lost through years of using my arm less and less due to the tumor pressing into the shoulder socket.
