Just take it easy.
The majority of our patients get a nerve block. The advantage is that you don’t feel anything in the operative shoulder for the first one to two days. The disadvantage is that you can’t move your arm because the nerves are blocked. They’re numb. So that’s when you’re wearing the sling that first day or two.
Just take it easy. Get some movies that you want to watch. Go out and take a walk. Don’t just sit in the house all day.
You can still use your other arm. The arm will start to wake up that first day or so. But that first day after surgery, I tell people even that first few days, just take it easy chill out at your house do what you can do, but don’t plan too much.
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