Can only sleep on my right side

[Ellie]

Miranda, every little helps !

[Doug Carpenter]

Well, strangely enough I am – or should be.

I was told to do them by my PT as part of the exercises to clear up a damaged rotator cuff in my left shoulder, which is still niggling away. But I haven’t been doing them as often as I should. Thanks to Ellie, I can now see they would indeed help my chest muscles as well. So I’ll be a bit more rigorous in my exercise schedule from now on.

Welcome home Ellie!

Hugs

Doug

[Lynne K]

Doug, I have a tear in the rotator cuff of my left shoulder too. Very painful sometimes and sore all of the time. Have exercises helped or worsened your shoulder pain? Lynne

[Doug Carpenter]

Hi Lynne

They help, but you have to be careful.

The big improvement was from a steroid injection, though.

Doug

[Terry]

Next step is to try short spells on my left side. When I sleep on my back it feels like I have someone sitting on my chest.

I'll let you all know how this experiment goes.

Kind regards

Chas

Hi Chas;

Hope that spending a little bit of time on your left side helps a lot.

I hate the thought myself of having a breathing mask on at night time but if your chest is that bad laying on your back then maybe the time has come to try one, even for a couple of hours and then go onto your side.

For well over a year I have had on average one head ache a month that is due to CO2 and fear it getting more common but it hasn't, YET.

Love Terry