Had the 3-month x-rays of my broken scapula from the accident in August, and it has knit together just fine. So now I have the OK to start weight-training again, plus physical therapy to “stabilize” the joint, which has become very weak from non-use.
My knees have degraded significantly from 3 months of no bicycling, but since my balance has not recovered, it isn’t safe for me ride. (The other day I turned in the kitchen and lost my balance completely.) So I will be adding a stationary bike component to my PT routine. There are also some new range-of-motion exercises.
Got to adding up the number of concussions in my life, and the number is higher than I thought. There was the shot-put incident in 3’d grade, the fall from the horse in 5th grade, getting thrown from a dune buggy in 9th grade, slipping on the ice once after high school and once again in 1983. Walking into the low pipe 2 years ago and then the accident this summer. This exercise in addition was prompted by an article on post-concussion syndrome. Maybe I should just wear a helmet all the time.
I’ll be seeing the audiologist soon to see about the balance problem, and with new PT routines, I’ll be improving steadily. Right now I’m tired and going to bed.
I’ve actually considered wearing a helmet more often as well. The only reason I don’t is the penultimate time I was concussed I did in fact have a helmet on, and it did me absolutely no good at all. Then again like you I’ve gotten enough concussions that I get them fairly easily nowadays.
The first one I got when I was 7 when I fell off my bike. I was concussed again at 14 when I was KO’d by a over zealous kick from a new sparring partner. I got another concussion when I was 16 playing rugby. I got one more when I was 19 after misjudging the trajectory of a jump and hitting a lift pole while snowboarding. Then at 21 I got a concussion while I was drunk and running through traffic in my underwear with a helmet on (I actually tripped hopping back onto the sidewalk and hit my head on a sign post). The most recent time I got a concussion was 3 years ago when I was tobagganing and collided with a rock. So let’s see, in total that’s 5 concussions now…. Hopefully I can avoid any more….