So I’m back from a brief hiatus. I got a little tired of talking about Righty and thought you guys might be a bit tired of hearing about us. We celebrated the 4th sans crutches, see it really is the land of the free. Free from tyranny, oppression, and crutches.
Not much new to report. This morning I had my second PT session. It was the first session where I actually did anything. The first session consisted of the therapist (a nice girl who has no idea what she’s in for) measuring my range of motion (20 degree differential) and strength (super human), and giving me a few new take home exercises complete with giant rubber band accessory.
Today I was out on “the floor” actually doing things with my ankle. We got off to a iffy start, I got caught cheating on the warm up. She told me to do a 10 min warm up on the recumbent bike and not to go higher than level 1 (see above statement about no idea what she’s in for). As you can imagine I did not stay at level 1 b/c really, come on. I mean that is like posting 15 mph speed limit signs, it’s a nice thought and a good bottom bench mark but no one drives 15 mph. Cars aren’t capable of going that slowly unless they’re out of gas and sputtering to a stop. After I was gently admonished for exceeding level 1 we moved on to balancing exercises – think DUI test minus the terror and alcohol. I thought I was doing wonderfully until my therapist said “see if you can do that without staring at the floor and holding on to the door jam.” Which, for the record, I could do, but a gentle breeze would likely knock me over. But hey I can bike for 10 min at level 5.
Anyway, the rest of the session was rather unnoteworthy, just think of any ankle exercise you’ve ever done when rehabbing a sprained ankle and there you have my morning. Thrilling stuff let me tell you.
Oh and I am driving again. A friend has requested that I drive with my hazards on b/c she’s not completely convinced that I am not a menace. I assured her that I am back to being my perfect driver self, she was unconvinced. I am taking Kelly to the airport today so she gets to guinea pig it for me. But seriously folks, its all good. I only stall out when trying to parallel park . . . and when driving 15 mph.
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