That is grea advice thank you. I have already gone through 5 visits of PT pre-surgery which they said will help the recovery after. I have a great PT team and they know how important playing is to me, so I feel like I'm in good hands.
I'll have to check out that video of the guitarist....
“Often, what seems like an impossible climb is just a staircase without the steps drawn in.” Robert Brault, American Operatic Tenor