I continue with PT on my shoulder. I have gained a lot of range of motion but I am not where I want to be yet It’s been six months. When I walk through the doors at my PT center, I feel like Norm from Cheers. Everybody knows my name.

Fred and Jo have been caring for me well and I will miss them if I ever get to stop going to PT. They are very cheery. No matter how much they make me wince, they keep on smiling.
Every time I go, Jo has written a new joke of the day or riddle on the whiteboard. Today’s was, “how do you tie a knot in a string while holding one end in each hand without letting go?”
I have literally been practicing to respond to this riddle all of my life. I told her that my dad is a magician and I know how to do it. She said she did, too, and demonstrated. It was not elegant like my dad taught me.
“Let the magician’s daughter show you how it’s done,” I said. I took her rope and made my dad proud. Voilà!
Fred was entranced. He had to know how to do it. I showed them several times, just like my dad always did. Then one at a time, I handed them the rope and watched them fail. This was the most fun I ever had at PT!
I took pity on Fred. He kept coming up to me and asking me to show him one more time. He interrupted my pulley workout, my weights. and my stretches. Finally, I did it in slow motion, and before long Fred, too, was ever so clumsily tying a knot in the rope. He was so proud. I told him now he needed to practice. “Give me 10 reps,” I said. “Maybe you’ll master this before I’m released from here forever.”
There are some bright spots in these PT days after all!
Leslie Santamaria
/ August 31, 2022You found humor at PT. Yay! I really enjoyed this post, Bonnie. Also, I’m going to need to see that trick.
Bonnie Anderson
/ August 31, 2022Thanks, Leslie. I’ll be happy to show you.
swanstuff
/ August 31, 2022Make a video!
Good to see this in my inbox today. You’re BACK!
Bonnie Anderson
/ August 31, 2022Thank you. I thought about making a video but considering I am at Dena’s I figured I better get this out and not let it rot in my draft file.
driftingaroundwithbeta
/ August 31, 2022Okay, how do you do it?
Bonnie Anderson
/ August 31, 2022Next time I see you, I’ll demonstrate.
Arthur Manning
/ September 1, 2022Did you do the version in which you pass your setup to your observer? That’s my favorite part.
Bonnie Anderson
/ September 1, 2022I didn’t think of that at the time. I’ll have to remember for next time.