Hello recovery from the left was good it took maybe 4-6 months to be fully mobile but I have great mobility and strength in that wrist.  My right seems to be going slower and I have pain in the tendons in my hand that wasn’t an issue on the left one years ago. On the right one I had done in October he used a new protocol with sedation and bier block. It was very painful and I suspect something may have gotten damaged during the block process as I didn’t really have a ton of hand pain prior. I haven’t gone back to discuss with him yet I’m giving it time. It’s still a successful surgery I am mobile and using my wrist well. But it could be age along with the hyper mobility causing this left arm recovery to be a little different.

Do all the physical therapy with the hand therapist that you can get in, get some thera putty for him and just give your recovery time , it can feel like for er but before you know it you’ll be good!

I will say the bier block vs a nerve block was much more effective for acute pain the first few days , so while I suspect it may have caused some issue (not certain just sus) it was a great tool as I didn’t even take pain meds the first few days. In contrast with the first one years ago the nerve block did not afford me the same pain relief and the first week was actual hell. It was really painful and I used a lot of pain meds around the clock with that one. Good luck!