Anybdody having special p[roblems resuming embroidery after cast taken off

Do your physical therapy. And keep on using lotion to help the skin. Try working something a bit less fine than you might ordinarily do, and work in short periods of time. The muscles need to recover from their atrophy - period of not being used. So, don't overdo it or you'll slow things down in the long run. Work for about 20 min, and then rest.

Good luck.

Ellice (who broke both her arms, serially, one year, and has gone through the cast thing way too many times with her bad leg)

THank You Thank You ELICE i will type this and hang it over my worktable ,,,, i am inclined to over working myself ,,,, mirjam

For arthritis in the hands and fingers, one doctor I used to know in Ohio prescribed a minimum of 15 minutes every morning of knitting crochet cotton (bedspread weight or size #10) on fine needles - U.S. size #1, to all his elderly lady patients.

It just so happened that back then our church group was knitting bandages for leper hospitals in Africa, using this same cotton, so we had practically every older woman in town helping us.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

Don't be too surprised if you have to pick up your hand with your other hand when you want to move it. This should not last more than a few hours.

When the prescribed exercises stop doing good, don't assume that that is as good as it gets; insist on the next set of exercises. I didn't get my full range of motion back until I happened to join a weight-training club for unrelated reasons.

Joy Beeson

Thank you Joy , luckily i have a great Physiotherapist who is looking out for me ,,, thus even before cast is off i am already on some preprational excercises... And since he knows i am a hard worker in fighting disabilities, he helps me to imprrove things. I think that we crafters have some special problems in theses times hence my questions. THANK YOU mirjam

Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote: > THank You Thank You ELICE i will type this and hang it over my > worktable ,,,, i am inclined to over working myself ,,,, > mirjam >

I'd recommend setting a timer so that you don't inadvertently stitch for longer than you should; it's easy to lose track of time when completely engrossed in a project!

Thank you Flitterbit , what an Excellent idea

mirjam

Hi, Mirjam -

Wishing you the best with your recovery.

I don't know if anyone else mentioned it, but I'm lost without my Hand-eze gloves. They make such a difference in hand fatigue.

Here's the site, so you can see what I'm talking about:

I use them both for stitching and for computer work. And I bought DH his own pair, too!

Sue

Thank you Sue , i never saw those hand eze things,,,,only read about it mirjam

Oh yes, I can vouch for those - they really make a difference, especially in the winter.

Pat