As I have said before, I have sustained a broken elbow, meaning I have to wear a sling for 6 weeks, and will have to take physiotherapy to get my elbow back up to strength, which will take from 6-12 months. This therefore has clearly had an impact on my movement in everyday life. At first, it was extremely difficult to adjust to life using one arm, i found simple every day tasks, like getting changed and cooking, extremely difficult and had to ask for help on numerous occasions. When we lose the use of something, we realise how much we rely on it. This has affected how I walk as I have to be extremely careful about not knocking it and bashing into someone, or falling over. I feel that, because of this injury, I have also created some unnecessary tension in my body, as whenever I feel that I could potentially hurt myself again, I tense my core muscles and my jaw.
The physiotherapy is helping with the movement of my arm, It is now becoming a bit more mobile. There are various exercises I have to do to ensure that I regain full movement in my elbow, although this may take a while.
As I am doing a physical, workshop based course, it is proving very difficult for me to participate fully in my workshops, this means I am missing out on some key aspects of the training.
