January 28, 2009
therapy going well, scar healing
I went in for my 2nd physical therapy appointment this afternoon. We did various exercises and they checked my range-of-motion, strength, etc. All was good and, as usual, they were impressed but I was not. The exercises weren’t much of a challenge, apart from the range-of-motion portion at times. The only thing that hurt was when the therapist massaged my scar. I had been minimizing contact with that area but she explained that this massage (“massage” probably isn’t the best word… more like “torture-like poking and squeezing”) was good for the healing process. The scar is quite obvious. The little staple holes are clear on both sides of the thick line about 8″ long.