Non Sequitur Box

Medium Risk Protocol: I thought I would be sling free at the end of week six, but my follow-up appointment wasn’t until about week 7 post-op. I think being a bit older (as compared to my teens/twenties where I was always too eager to return to activity after injury), a week wasn’t much longer in the grand scheme of things. Week six was probably the first week I started feeling much better with mobility. I did my physical therapy exercises religiously, and I could feel that getting in and out of the sling was becoming easier. Still, Bam made sure I asked for help as needed. I was doing harder cycling workouts and using the leg press machine. My sling was getting pretty gross. Week seven was a great week. I got approval to remove my sling at the end of the week! It felt so strange. Instead of feeling “free,” I felt like I was always missing something important. That same day, I permitted to do six sling-free walking laps at physical therapy. I was allowed to start elliptical and walk/jog