Not using your left arm

Just a quick question for you all when you all had your pacemaker put in did you all find not being able to use your left arm at all that yhe shoulder would crack?

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Agreement with all of the above

by PJinSC - 2015-04-27 03:04:09

I was given a sling to wearat night and for just a couple days. Then began working it within limitations and directions of the EP. Within a couple weeks, was back to full motion, but laid off the heavier lifting for a few months. If you don't use that shoulder joint you will have a tougher time getting back to normal. My shoulders have always popped and cracked, and I actually had arthroscopic surgery on my left shoulder about ten years ago. What I learned from the physical therapists really helped after the PM. I still had my power bands and use them often.
Move it. Move it. Move it.

Good Luck and Good Life, PJ.

use your arm!!!

by Tracey_E - 2015-04-27 08:04:17

What Lurch said, use your arm, for sure. Just don't raise it too high or lift too heavy. If you dont move it normally otherwise, your shoulder will freeze.

Please!

by Lurch - 2015-04-27 08:04:28

Use your left arm! Just don't raise it above your shoulder. If you keep it immobile you will develop "frozen shoulder" which will cause you problems for the rest of your life!

Read this study:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2626349/


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