FYI- for the 3rd exercise on the left my dr instructed to have someone hold my shoulder down.
for example..if I am looking to the left, someone should hold down the right shoulder...and help move ur neck as far left as possible, but not to push on the jaw.
For me I was alone many times doing these so I used a high back chair to be sure my shoulder was back..and to keep it from lifting I used ankle weights that have velcro straps....the weight was enuff to keep my shoulders from lifting.
I was not told to do the last 2 that include lifting ur arms....
I was told to do them in the AM and at night b4 bed to start, then I added in the afternoon and then I would just do them as often as I could as I was healing.....mayb 2 x's in the AM 3 x's in the afternoon and another 2 x's b4 bed....listen to ur body, but I did not want my muscle to tighten up and the more u move the better, but if it hurts slow down how often u r doing it,
I am still dealing with pain and now the doctorr wants me to find a different method of working the muscles as they are not healing the right way. I did the therapy required every day, but now I am dealing with muscle spasms and pills only numb the effect. So I see the picture above shows more exercise I didn't have when trying to recover from surgery.
Lidiaggl...NOT ALL the exercises on the above chart are for those that had the Chiari decompression....you have to read the comments to see which ones I was told to do.
I also used a heating pad to help relax the muscles....and when they were really tight I took valium to help relax them.
A warm soak or a steamy shower could also help.
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