Stem cell therapy progress 4
Exercise
3/26: 1 hour on the pedaler with the foot splints- they made it very comfortable
3/27 30 minutes on the pedaler. I was tired yesterday.
Flexed my feet up and down. Left foot easy, right foot harder- toes flicker when tickled, can raise and lower with effort. 3-5th toes wriggled slightly! Tried raising my legs. Left ‘easy’ right difficult but muscles flexed. Pushed in & out with my legs. Left “easy” right challenging but muscles flexed. Kicking out with both feet.
3/28: personal training + 12 lb tricep dips (started with 8 lb), parallel bars, worked my shoulders
3/29: 1 hour on the pedaler
3/30
3/31: aquatic therapy
4/1: physical therapy
4/2: standing frame for 30 minutes
4/3: pedaler 1 hour
Standing frame 20 minutes
I can start bending legs on the bed
4/5 : pedaler 60 minutes
4/6: pedaler 60 minutes
4/7: aquatic therapy
4/8: land physical therapy
4/9: 60 minutes on the pedaler
4/10: standing frame for 20 minutes
4/11: pedaler for 60 minutes
4/12: aquatic therapy- I did better this week then last week! My therapist guesses 5% better!
4/13: 60 minutes pedaler
4/14: aquatic therapy
4/15: physical therapy
4/16: 60 minutes pedaler
4/17: 60 minutes pedaler
4/18: 60 minutes pedaler
4/19: aquatic therapy
4/20: 60 minutes pedaler
4/21: aquatic therapy
4/22: physical therapy
4/24: 60 minutes pedaler
4/25: 60 minutes pedaler
4/26: aquatic therapy
Exercise
3/26: 1 hour on the pedaler with the foot splints- they made it very comfortable
3/27 30 minutes on the pedaler. I was tired yesterday.
Flexed my feet up and down. Left foot easy, right foot harder- toes flicker when tickled, can raise and lower with effort. 3-5th toes wriggled slightly! Tried raising my legs. Left ‘easy’ right difficult but muscles flexed. Pushed in & out with my legs. Left “easy” right challenging but muscles flexed. Kicking out with both feet.
3/28: personal training + 12 lb tricep dips (started with 8 lb), parallel bars, worked my shoulders
3/29: 1 hour on the pedaler
3/30
3/31: aquatic therapy
4/1: physical therapy
4/2: standing frame for 30 minutes
4/3: pedaler 1 hour
Standing frame 20 minutes
I can start bending legs on the bed
4/5 : pedaler 60 minutes
4/6: pedaler 60 minutes
4/7: aquatic therapy
4/8: land physical therapy
4/9: 60 minutes on the pedaler
4/10: standing frame for 20 minutes
4/11: pedaler for 60 minutes
4/12: aquatic therapy- I did better this week then last week! My therapist guesses 5% better!
4/13: 60 minutes pedaler
4/14: aquatic therapy
4/15: physical therapy
4/16: 60 minutes pedaler
4/17: 60 minutes pedaler
4/18: 60 minutes pedaler
4/19: aquatic therapy
4/20: 60 minutes pedaler
4/21: aquatic therapy
4/22: physical therapy
4/24: 60 minutes pedaler
4/25: 60 minutes pedaler
4/26: aquatic therapy- I can kick my legs stronger when I’m sitting on the hoyer lift when getting out of the pool!
I’m getting stronger. My physical therapist confirmed that I am definitely stronger since I had stem cell therapy. I am thrilled that I saw my therapist before I got the treatment! I’m very pleased with how pool therapy is progressing. I am most excited with adding ankle weights. My therapist wasn’t sure if I would be able to move my legs at all, I was able to walk the length of the pool twice! I particularly like the ankle weights because they give me grip and allows my toes to grip the bottom of the pool better. This video is from 4/26/22. I’m really pleased with how physical therapy is going! My core strength has improved as well. I also really like using the pedaler! I’m setting goals for when I can walk again:
Yoga
Ride a horse
Ride a bike around the neighborhood
Jog
I want to thank everyone for their words of encouragement on the blog. They provide extra oomph to my workouts! There are some days that those words really push me through WHATEVER I’m doing.
My biggest challenge right now is dealing with my “fumble fingers”. When I try to type or select something specific the words that I do type are gobbledygook.
I am still impressed with how much my pain has reduced!
I want to thank everyone for their words of encouragement on the blog. They provide extra oomph to my workouts!