- I've been pretty good about doing my PT exercises every day - I was trying for three times a day but I've settled into twice a day because with three times it felt like I had just finished, only to start again.
- I've got the movements of most of them down, but my left leg is noticeably weaker and has less range of motion and that makes it hard to keep my form correct. But I'm trying and my shaky leg is proof of that!
- I like to check my form in the mirror periodically to make sure I'm keeping the correct position. Last week I was doing my Chaplins, which is where you toe out with your back against the wall and slowly squat down and then rise back up. Anyway I was watching myself in the mirror and it looked like my left calf was smaller than my right calf, so afterward I measured them and the left calf is 3/4 of an inch smaller than the right! I've always had beefy calves so to see one look noticeably less beefy was a little disconcerting.
- You guys know that I am a social exerciser. I like to run with other people and I like to workout with other people and I know that this has been key to my success with exercise. I like the camaraderie. So imagine losing all of that and instead, doing PT workouts twice a day, every day, all by yourself. Yeahhhh. The more this goes on the sadder and lonelier I get. I can do the exercises, sure, but it is not my forte to exercise alone every. single. time. I finally broke down over the weekend so Jeff offered to do them with me, which was nice.
Jeff laid down to get into the bubble roll position and Paco immediately laid down with him, ready to join in the exercises. He hasn't been doing this with me so I guess when Jeff started doing them, Paco must have figured it was a family thing.
- I went to my PT appointment on Monday morning and after going through all of the exercises, was given an advancement - I've gone from Table Top I to Table Top II, woohoo! I went through it a few times and then had Amanda video me doing it with her talking me through it. I took a still shot from the video to pridefully show you how flat I'm able to make my back - this is a big improvement from when I first started doing it:
Break out the fine china and set that table!
I am still a long way from getting back to normal. And I'm only seeing minor improvements because honestly, how often is making your back flat like the above picture necessary in your daily life? I still am not supposed to be bending forward from a standing position, which is hard because it doesn't hurt when I do it. So no making the bed or emptying the bottom rack of the dishwasher (or loading it, for that matter), along with countless other things I do without thinking every day.
As for a return to running, that's not even a blip on the horizon at this point. Shoot, I don't even have an idea as to when I'll be able to walk for exercise. This is a strange injury with a lot of unknowns involved in getting better, and that's about all I know right now.
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