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Took Mom in for physio today. She was kind of scared and didn't want to stay by herself. It went well, though, and the woman working with her (Carolyn) was really kind and understanding and quite amazing with Mom. Carolyn agreed with me that Mom's pain tolerance is prodigious in that she has no residual pain from the shoulder, rib and pelvic fractures.
Focus will be on strengthening her hip to begin with - perhaps the "stable" pelvic fracture is of a greater concern than we had been led to believe. There seems to be some strength issues around the right hip and hamstring - much of which seems to be due to disuse. We have some resistance band exercises to begin with.
It's clear that the shoulder will need more work, and Carolyn mentioned soft tissue work for that, but for now we are starting with strengthening and correcting the gait. There is also extensive ligament damage to the left thumb, but that may be an older injury.
Also had a long talk with the brain injury service coordinator (Joe). Intake interview this Wednesday. This seeming trend of writing off elderly patients as "too old" seems to be a real growing trend in this region. How truly horrifying.
Focus will be on strengthening her hip to begin with - perhaps the "stable" pelvic fracture is of a greater concern than we had been led to believe. There seems to be some strength issues around the right hip and hamstring - much of which seems to be due to disuse. We have some resistance band exercises to begin with.
It's clear that the shoulder will need more work, and Carolyn mentioned soft tissue work for that, but for now we are starting with strengthening and correcting the gait. There is also extensive ligament damage to the left thumb, but that may be an older injury.
Also had a long talk with the brain injury service coordinator (Joe). Intake interview this Wednesday. This seeming trend of writing off elderly patients as "too old" seems to be a real growing trend in this region. How truly horrifying.