Question: sorry Dr. Rynne, I asked Dr. Ghandi about muscle strains I got trying to move my father up in bed, he can't help us much due to advanced MS.
When I pulled him up with the pull sheet we had under him he did not move easily and I pulled the muscles by both shoulders right more than left and deep in my right hip, That was 3 weeks ago, now my Range of motion in my shoulders are better and the trapezius muscles are not as sore unless I stress them. The hip continues to bother me. in 1983 I was injured and had 2 ruptured discs L4/5 and L5/S1 that were treated with laminectomy/discectomy. I had a foot drop on the left that responded well to LOTS of physical therapy.This does not feel like that did. I am only concerned because the hip seems to be taking longer healing than the shoulders are. I cant afford a lot of testing and am wondering if my age of 65 could be slowing the healing down> It is better than it was but still flairs up if I sit too long or if I lift more than like 20 pounds.I was wondering if there are exercises I can do to hurry the healing along. I used some rubber exercise bands to do gentle stretches with my shoulder muscles but I'm not sure how to help these muscles around my right hip. I would feel awful if I spent money we do not have to get tests done and could of been patient and would heal any way. Dr. Gandi said muscle spasms heal in 2 weeks, I know it is 3 weeks now but the pain is lessening but it is irritating that the hip is not going away as quickly as the shoulders are. I am no longer in the shape I was in 30 years ago I need to lose 40 to 50 pounds and wonder if that can delay the recovery? Can you suggest any exercises that could help? Thank you very much.