I'm in trouble....!!!

Ohhhhhhh I'm sorry... but maybe over time there could be some improvements... Don't give up!!!!!!!

I am so sorry Gilda! truly

I am neither a pianist nor a doctor and I wonder ...what do the doctors say?

If I'm not mistaken you are a violinist, what a shame... but it won't be a permanent thing, right?

An friend of mine, after a year of physiotherapy, resumed playing keyboard with difficulty (piano bar style, no virtuosity)... but his was disjointed. I don't know about your case.

I'm sorry Gilda, I stand by you but it will be a very long thing and I think you have already realized that. Often passion allows one to overcome great limits; constancy and perseverance will probably be just some of the ingredients to get through it.

I think that after more than a month of immobility, it is normal... Do not give up. My suggestion is to resume very slowly with easy things and for very little time. Increasing week by week. This week play only 5 minutes a day, next week add a couple of minutes. Never, and I say never, reach the threshold of pain! In that case, go back; it means it wasn't yet time to increase. Pain is our friend and tells us when it is time to stop. Listen to your body. It will be very slow. There are people who have had a tibia and fibula fracture and have returned to running as before; I don't see why you shouldn't return to playing as before. Certainly, it takes time.

Thank you for your answers......I am desperate and I am afraid of falling into depression. Unfortunately, the fracture is very bad, displaced, with the humerus shattered into several parts. They put in a plate and 8 screws, but complications have arisen because it was discovered that I still have a part of my arm detached. It seems it hasn't rejoined properly. Now I will have to undergo an examination by a professor... I hope someone can help me because I really don't know what to do... at the mere thought of not being able to play like before, I feel like dying... I don't care about just strumming/fiddling around and perhaps I will even be left disabled. You who are musicians can understand the drama... anyway, thank you all for your closeness... what bad luck.....

Don't get ahead of yourself, it's still early... It is quite possible that a displaced fracture in multiple points hasn't healed in 40 days, with or without a plate... These are things that take months... Not to mention the hypo- or atrophic muscles of the arm after so much inactivity... In short, wait before despairing and throwing in the towel... The battle has only just begun..

And above all, do a lot of rehabilitation... I still remember when they reconstructed my cruciate ligament... It took me a month and more just to be able to walk decently again... Give yourself time, it's no small feat..

. . . and so send away the thought that you can no longer play!... every time it arrives.

i join in the good suggestions of Antares Simon and Frank

and I am close to you with my warmest wishes!

Bad news Gilda, keep us updated. Now it is too early for any kind of reasoning and "projection" into the future.

But how did it happen, a car accident?

I'm sorry, while waiting for events try not to stay idle. You can "take advantage" of it for a theoretical deep dive, perhaps even oriented towards composition or musicology; at least you can try to keep your mind busy (the worst enemy in these circumstances). You never know what might come from what...

Good luck!

Dear Gilda. My Teacher had the same accident when he was young. He fell from a balcony and broke his humerus and arm.

And yet... I would show you after a few months how he played

Don't let yourself get too down.

More prosaically, however, I advise you to be followed in the gym by an EXCELLENT physiotherapist/osteopath who will guide you to properly restore the functionality of the rotator cuff and the scapular stabilizers. The trick is all there in the shoulder girdle.

Trust me. If you truly want to play, you will pick it up again easily. Just try to heal well for me!

Dino wrote:

But how did it happen, a car accident?

...no, I fell from a 3-meter high ladder.....I was up there to change a burnt-out spotlight on the ceiling, the ladder slipped and I went down with it. They say I am lucky that I didn't die but the thought of not playing anymore or not playing like before terrifies me....music was my life, my refuge, my enjoyment... thank you all for the encouragement.

Don't give up, Gilda… and don't use past tense verbs!!!! It is too early to say all these things. It is a great test that life is placing before you. You will overcome it brilliantly!!! It depends largely on you and on the trust in your body. Music continues to be your Friend and you must not feel it far away… simply resting a little, watching over you and keeping you company, waiting for you to be in shape again. You will be born into a new life! Nothing will be as before, in a good way… everything will be "more"!

Courage, because you will make it… I feel it and I send you so much positive energy… these are not just words… it will reach you!!!!!

A big hello, Paolo

Don't discourage yourself too much, because you can but above all you must allow yourself to: these things take a lot of time; it seems like you know it but, being in the middle of the situation as the protagonist, obviously day after day you tend to lose hope. But look, it's true; it's true that these things take a long time. And I am sure that to play like before, you will face even rehabilitation with great patience and determination. Stay strong ^^

He, for example, is another music POET who faced a terrible accident that invalidated his left hand, making two fingers almost unusable.

And yet...

http://www.herbmuseum.ca/files/images/39244/Le%20Bourget%201949.jpg

[Django Reinhardt for those who do not know him]

thanks to everyone....on monday I have the visit with the professor.

I agree with Foster, physiotherapy and all... absolutely find the best one!

Get well soon

GILDA wrote:

thanks to everyone....on Monday I have the appointment with the professor.

Let us know.