Showing posts with label Physical Therapy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Physical Therapy. Show all posts

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Another Small Acheivement!

Today, I did something I thought would be impossible for me without one of those Renew bands that are selling all over the place. I balanced on a wobbling board. That's right. I actually kept my balance for 42 seconds on a surface that tilted.

Still can't do one foot, or walk backwards without feeling awkward. But let's not focus on that! Today has inspired me to inspire you. When you're going through physical therapy, it's unrealistic to believe you will magically wake up and be able to do everything you used to do the same way you used to do it. It sometimes takes time, or adaptations before you can get your independence back.

Each of us dealing with our difabilities have to remember that they come with different challenges. Learning how to get past your individual challenges is what's important. Never ever consider the fact that someone else is progressing through therapy faster than you. Sometimes, that's how it is. We all have to adopt different behaviors to fix what's not right for us.

I don't want to say "normal". Normal is also a word that is thrown around far to often. We're normal. We're a different normal. What's normal for us may seem strange to others, and vice versa.

Okay, now that I've digressed far enough let me get back to my point. My point is that every small acheivement is only a building block of your whole overall goal. That doesn't mean you shouldn't celebrate it, though! When you reach a goal such as being able to balance or figure out how best to manuver with a cane on your own, find a small way to reward that. Although, for me? Being able to balance was good enough of a reward,

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

A Few Slow Days

Hey folks. Sorry about missing a couple of days. I've been in so much pain that I couldn't focus on anything. Yesterday's physical therapy was torture, honestly. We had my re-evalution. I have improved in just a month.

Why do i mention this? Because I want everyone with some type of nueromusclar disease to see that physical therapy can really help. It doesn't happen over night, and even my improvement was small, but remember that you need to celebrate the smallest acheivements. These are just as important as the larger ones.

I've been struggling with my depression, and mood swings. I'm not sure if it's medication, or not. I have plans to talk to my doctor as soon as I can. But right now, I am dealing with so many other appointments, I can only handle one health issue at a time. This especially true because my mom is having to re-arrange her schedule all the time. And it's not fair to her. So I have decided to wait on that a little.

Please understand that I am feeling accomplished, but I am also feeling like the results I am getting are too slow. This is unacceptable to me psychologically. I am used to doing for myself, nd right now, I still can't do everything i would normally do. This is ordeal is definitely a test of my patience. And so far? It's not working well. Thank goodness I get to see Emily twice a week. This woman is fun to be with, and she helps me out.

I guess the moral of this entry is that you can learn to be patient, and that will help in the long run.