There's Hope
I finally met an OT that believes in me. My new OT is really great. Today was my first session of the 3 I get with medicaid. During this session she educated me on the differences between the splints, did some slow stretches with me, did some e-stim with me. and took down my insurance information so we can look into getting me some splints to wear in the day and at night and e-stim to use at home. She also modified my wrist support so it will keep my wrist neutral, gave me a little cylnder to hold in my fingers so they wont dig, and made a makeshift velcro strap so the cylinder wont fall out of my hand. We are going to start with a static progressive splint. That way if I cant get therapy after my 3 sessions are up, I can still slowly stretch those muscles that have shortened in my arm back out by using a static progressive splint which will allow me to adjust it to bring my wrist up slowly every couple of weeks. For e-stim to really help me I will need to be all stretched out which will take a couple of months. I am just happy I finally met someone in the medical profession that actually believes in me and realizes that I need to do more than just stretches. so our plan is wear the splints until my tone decreases, retrain my fingers to move through e-stim, and start using my left hand! Now that I have somebody that believes in me and doesnt believe in stretching my hand til Im in tears or leaving me on a mat to stretch for 45 minutes while they go work with another patient, Im ready. We have a clear plan and she is going to do the most we can in our next/last 2 visits so I will be all set.
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