37 days post-op

There is light at the end of the tunnel, but this tunnel is long. I did some pictures to compare to the status before. This is the current ROM, 37 days after surgery:

This means the following improvement in 11 days:

• Extension / Flexion –> 20 / 115 degrees (10 / 15 degrees improvement)

• Pronation / Supination –> 67 / 56 degrees (12 / 11 degrees of improvement)

Funny fact, I was thinking, that if I can improve one degree per day, than full healing is not so far away. I hope it will work out.

I was at the doctor right before I did these pictures and there was one sentence which made me a bit worried: the range of motion could look a bit better. So he advised to force myself a bit more into the pain zone and do higher repetitions of the exercises even if I will have higher pain. I am still missing 20 degrees in extension, 30 degrees flexion, ~20 degrees pronation and ~30 degrees supination.

I changed the plan, I do now longer exercise sessions, I noticed that longer sessions do help a bit better. I do the exercises 3-4 times a day, trying to do as long as possible. I do have less pain generally, at least in the elbow, however the muscles around are really tight and they hurt more as the elbow. I try to release the tight muscles with my other hand and a massage ball. Focus is still on regaining full range of motion. Furthermore, I started doing scar tissue massage around the wound to reduce scar tissue from the joint capsule. Still no lifting or pushing. No driving neither.

I try to make an update each week from now on.

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