Breaking Bread
> Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. W.H. Auden, in an article about February House in The New York Times, 6 May…
Unstoppable
Not exactly my experience, but that visual of running around a track littered with wheelchairs, parallel balrs, and other training equipment pretty much captures the feeling of the rehab experience. Via @mashable.…
Ella Fitzgerald
> #DGovQt [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DGovQt&src=hash]: "It isn't where you came from; it's where you're going that counts." Ella Fitzgerald — Disability.gov (@Disabilitygov) April 29, 2012 [https://twitter.com/Disabilitygov/statuses/196573498699812864]…
Giving Empi a Try
Trying the Empi system on my wrist. It’s pretty amazing—sort of like a Galvani response on my wrist. Is this what therapy has done for me—moved me down the chain of evolution to frog level? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh, great. ScienceChicks [http://sciencechicks.tumblr.com/post/31402463990/lucia-galeazzi-galvani-1743-1788-was-the-wife-of] reveals…
A Thought for Rehab
> #DGovQt [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DGovQt&src=hash]: "Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." Vincent Van Gogh — Disability.gov (@Disabilitygov) March 31, 2012 [https://twitter.com/Disabilitygov/statuses/186064094158262272]…
Balls!
They always find new stuff for me to do at rehab. Today I used that large blue ball like a chair—standing up and sitting down, 10 reps, 2 sets. Later in the session I got surprised with a soft wedge I used for sets of squats. The bonus for…
Visualizing Medical Data
Just saw this via Lucien Engelen but can't digest it fast enough. This is a whole new way to approach medical care—actually could make conversations with a doctor more practical and less of a black box. There's potential for helping users see what they'…
Introvert Wisdom
Susan Cain, author of Quiet, has cited some stunning stories at her site. The first is a piece of wisdom from the Hasidic tradition. I've loved these stories since I first came across them in a book by Martin Buber. > When he was a child, the Seer…