after been given the go ahead to start and return to a more normal existence i have moved on this week and i am feeling a little less cripple and a lot more me!
- i dispensed with the bath board after a couple of practice runs getting in and out of the shower
-we brought the furniture in from the garage and got the house back to normal
-i returned the perching stool to the kind colleague that lent me it
-the grandad chair is history and back to its home
-and finally after my physio appointment on Friday the stick is gone!!!!
once the garage was free of furniture i spent some time on Thursday pm setting up my bike and the turbo trainer in the garage - by the time id finished i was buggered and didnt even try it!
friday am brought an early physio appointment 1st thing he told me to kick the stick into touch as long as i work hard not to limp and then a shake up of exercises which was good - for a couple of week ive felt that 3 or 4 of them were not really doing much for me as they were too easy -
-rear band raise
-side band raise
-mini squat
-stepping practice
so with those removed and the following added it is more challenging -
-pistol squats (to isolate the glutes)
-supermans (again to isolate the glutes)
-1 leg calf raises on a step/curb (changed from 2 legs)
-1 leg balancing on stability disc (change from floor exercise)
discussed with him the fact that doing the rehab stuff twice a day and walking twice a day and fitting in a full time job was leaving me shattered - he said to try and build some of the rehab work into my day (stepping up 2 stairs at a time - each time i go up stairs rather than doing as an exercise) and also to miss rehab here and there to allow my muscles to recover as the exercises are fairly advanced and amount to a body weight workout
finally he got me on the static bike and showed me how best to get on and off so i was all sett to get going at home :)
see him again in 2 week and can i get hole of an exercise ball in the meantime ready for the next stage of exercises
so Friday pm i got on to the bike ! did a massive 5 mins and got off exhausted ?? how does that work - its not the long since i rode the static bike for 40 mins at a time no problem - but itll come
Saturday was my hardest day yet - i didn't walk, bike or do my exercises - BUT i spent 5 hrs on me feet been a plumbers mate - trying to get to the bottom of why our shower is not working very well at all - definitely the hardest thing i have done pre op
Sunday was a great day - i did the rehab stuff twice as prescribed i walked round the supermarket with the family to do the "big" shop and then i walked home 3 miles all in one go! it was brill and extremely liberating i felt great :) so i got on the bike and rode 10 mins too - then i made Sunday lunch and walked the dog again - 4.5miles total furthest yet post op and a huge milestone for me
today i will mostly be resting and recovering for my next assault on the streets
laters sng
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