Stem cell therapy progress 6
Exercise
4/27: 1 hour on the pedaler
4/28: 1 hour on the pedaler
4/29: 1 hour on the pedaler
I’m going to start pulling my thighs away & towards each other. This week the muscles in my thighs seemed particularly responsive. I wouldn’t have even thought to try this on the bed before feeling this burst of activity. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to do.
4/30: 60 minutes on the pedaler
5/1: 60 minutes on the pedaler
5/3 aquatic therapy
5/5: aquatic therapy
5/6: physical therapy
5/7: 60 minutes on the pedaler
5/8: 60 minutes on the pedaler
5/9: 60 minutes on the pedaler
5/10: 60 minutes on the pedaler
5/11: 60 minutes on the pedaler
5/12: aquatic therapy
5/13: physical therapy- did really well. I got on all 4s, on the ball. We talked about my crawling.
Did yoga- was impressed with how strongly I could stay in table top position, also did child’s pose
We received the tonal! Did about 15 minutes with it. I need to put a pillow on my lower back so I can sit forward. I can’t wait for my chair and to be fixed!
5/14: 30 minutes on the pedaler
5/15: 30 minutes pedaler
5/17: 30 minutes pedaler
5/18: 60 minutes pedaler
5/19: 60 minutes pedaler & 30 minutes tonal, parallel bars & James stood me up completely, held on all 4s, then was able to hold being on my knees, shoulders already sore @ 5:25 pm
5/22: 60 minutes on the pedaler
5/24: aquatic therapy
5/25: 45 minutes on the tonal
5/26: aquatic therapy
5/27: 60 minutes pedaler
My therapist likes that I do the pedaler for the reciprocal motion.
5/28: tonal for 20 minutes
5/29: 60 minutes pedaler
5/30: 60 minutes pedaler
5/31: aquatic therapy
6/1: 60 minutes pedaler
6/2: aquatic therapy
6/3: 60 minutes pedaler
6/4: 60 minutes pedaler
6/5: 60 minutes pedaler
6/6: 60 minutes pedaler
Tonal 51 minutes
6/7: aquatic therapy
6/8: 60 minutes pedaler
6/9: 60 minutes pedaler
6/10: physical therapy
6/11: 60 minutes pedaler
6/12: 40 minutes tonal 3 times on the parallel bars
6/13: 60 minutes pedaler
6/14: aquatic therapy
My therapist gave me exercises to do at home!
6/15: personal training
Tonal 36 minutes
Physical therapy exercises
6/16: 60 minutes pedaler
Physical therapy exercises- stretching & pressing down my right leg is challenging- I like doing these exercises
6/17: personal training
Tonal 34 minutes
Physical therapy exercises
6/18: physical therapy exercises
I notice more muscle contraction when I do my prone transversus abdominas contraction with small hip extension
6/19: 60 minutes pedaler
Physical therapy exercises
6/20: personal training
Physical therapy exercises
Tonal 34 minutes
6/21: 60 minutes pedaler
Physical therapy exercises
6/22: tonal 33 minutes
6/23: personal training
Physical therapy exercises
6/24: tonal 39 minutes
Physical therapy exercises
7/1: Physical therapy
Physical therapy exercises
Russian stim for 15 minutes
7/2: Physical therapy exercises
Russian stim for 15 minutes
7/3: tonal 49:51 2,322 lbs
7/5: 1 hour pedaler
7/6: physical therapy
My wheelchair has provided significant challenges. It came to me in December of 2021 with a footrest that wouldn’t move and with slender arms which made getting to it difficult (the foot rest made it impossible). The foot rest was placed in the arms were swapped out. The foot Replaced in the arms were swapped out. However… They had to drill holes to replace the arms, and when they did they drilled the holes 1/32 too big and the arms rub the chair now!
Update:
6/21: they are going to come and take my wheelchair away next Monday and they’re going to replace it with who knows what… The gentleman told me to start looking at wheelchairs and let me know what I like, seems silly to me as I never even got to look at options in the first place. I’m trying to arrange to meet with a rep, we’ll see how that goes.
6/13: I found out that the holes on my wheelchair were drilled 1/32” too big. I struggle getting to the chair because the arms shake. My hopes are that NuMotion will replace the chair as It is their mistake & it wilonly get worse.
Numotion will drop off a wheelchair 7/6 with footrests that separate to see what I think. I currently use a Cruise III wheelchair from Amazon which was very much like the wheelchair that I currently have. -the gentleman who brought it by suggested a motorized wheelchair. I very much like the idea of this wheelchair.
I’ve stopped doing personal training with James help to set up the tonal.