Tia questions?
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2001 11:27 am
Tia
I just checked back and you are obpi... so your exercise program will be a bit different... as with all obpi our arms are not matured and therefore we have many different needs and compensations.
You must be careful how you use your unaffected arm as it is already overused due to the fact that you have been compensating for 33 years.
Most likely due to poor medical intervention you were not taught proper OT and like the rest of us you were allowed to improperly use your neck back and shoulder muscles to compensate... I think many medical professionals did not and do not realize the extent of this birth injury and how it effects the total body of an infant and small child resulting in more damage from a lifetime of compensation.
Do you have much atrophy on the bpi side?
Have you had an evaluation by any doctor who is familiar with OBPI ?... they are hard to find...
One of the reasons OBPI injure themselves is because we seem to lack body boundary... bumping my elbow into door knobs... it the best...LOL...
As a result of being injured at birth you may forget you have an arm... the brain somehow seems to ignore your arm and you will find you forget to use it...
One of the worst things I did was to lift weights to strengthen my arms and muscles... I was not aware of how this injury had caused the wasting and atrophy of my muscles. Not one doctor, in my entire life ever even talked about the Erb's Palsy except to comment on how well I hid it and how well I did with it. What I did not know was that they never had another patient with OBPI. I also did not know the mechanics of compensation until I found this web site and began to read more and more on this injury.
So keep asking questions and reading all the material on the birth injury at awareness... It will help clear up some questions... also reading about the children and how they react to certain things will help with information... So many of the children's complaints to parents are a part of other obpi's childhood...
Last year I met 2 other obpi for the first time and also many of the children and I was amazed at how they all seemed to compensate and move like I do...
I would also suggest if you are not under the care of a neurologist or PT/OT for care that you look into some PT/OT because it may help prevent injuries in the future that are secondary to Erb's (OBPI).
Do you know the extent of your injury? It is important for OBPI to have proper evaluation before undertaking exercise program... And a pt/ot is the best one for this... program ...
Kath
I just checked back and you are obpi... so your exercise program will be a bit different... as with all obpi our arms are not matured and therefore we have many different needs and compensations.
You must be careful how you use your unaffected arm as it is already overused due to the fact that you have been compensating for 33 years.
Most likely due to poor medical intervention you were not taught proper OT and like the rest of us you were allowed to improperly use your neck back and shoulder muscles to compensate... I think many medical professionals did not and do not realize the extent of this birth injury and how it effects the total body of an infant and small child resulting in more damage from a lifetime of compensation.
Do you have much atrophy on the bpi side?
Have you had an evaluation by any doctor who is familiar with OBPI ?... they are hard to find...
One of the reasons OBPI injure themselves is because we seem to lack body boundary... bumping my elbow into door knobs... it the best...LOL...
As a result of being injured at birth you may forget you have an arm... the brain somehow seems to ignore your arm and you will find you forget to use it...
One of the worst things I did was to lift weights to strengthen my arms and muscles... I was not aware of how this injury had caused the wasting and atrophy of my muscles. Not one doctor, in my entire life ever even talked about the Erb's Palsy except to comment on how well I hid it and how well I did with it. What I did not know was that they never had another patient with OBPI. I also did not know the mechanics of compensation until I found this web site and began to read more and more on this injury.
So keep asking questions and reading all the material on the birth injury at awareness... It will help clear up some questions... also reading about the children and how they react to certain things will help with information... So many of the children's complaints to parents are a part of other obpi's childhood...
Last year I met 2 other obpi for the first time and also many of the children and I was amazed at how they all seemed to compensate and move like I do...
I would also suggest if you are not under the care of a neurologist or PT/OT for care that you look into some PT/OT because it may help prevent injuries in the future that are secondary to Erb's (OBPI).
Do you know the extent of your injury? It is important for OBPI to have proper evaluation before undertaking exercise program... And a pt/ot is the best one for this... program ...
Kath