Another Adventure
It's been a long time since I shared an image from rehab. Today's session was a real adventure—I was placed in a harness and suspended from the ceiling in a Zero G system. As I understood it, the system "relieved" me of 10%…
The Pit
http://poetsandwriters.tumblr.com/post/163447993021/imagine-that-theres-a-giant-pit-thats-opened-up I never thought of speech therapy or just the act of writing this way, but an abiding image for me during stroke rehab was me at the bottom of a pit. I could see people and objects of the life I knew and…
A model for us all
> Six years ago, my wife @GabbyGiffords [https://twitter.com/GabbyGiffords] was almost killed. But she has seized her 2nd chance at life & at service. https://t.co/bx82nTcarR pic.twitter.com/vk3rOF79fj [https://t.co/vk3rOF79fj] — Mark Kelly (@ShuttleCDRKelly) January 8, 2017 [https://twitter.com/ShuttleCDRKelly/status/818110674987577344]…
VR for Stroke Patients
> Virtual Reality Stroke Rehab Sees Real-World Results https://t.co/YvJ50OJ5ES @Ianthebush [https://twitter.com/ianthebush] #WCNR2016 [https://twitter.com/hashtag/WCNR2016?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/0wh5u7ikqY [https://t.co/0wh5u7ikqY] — MindMaze (@MindMazeSA) May 16, 2016 [https://twitter.com/MindMazeSA/status/732153512654721024]…
Playing through Therapy
> Physical therapy is boring. This video game makes it way more fun: http://t.co/4uhNY5B0mf @MiraRehab [https://twitter.com/MiraRehab] — TED Talks (@TEDTalks) June 25, 2015 [https://twitter.com/TEDTalks/status/614114618181578753] If a system like this became available to me, I think I would get it quickly.…
Perseverance
> “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” -Thomas Edison #inspiration [https://twitter.com/hashtag/inspiration?src=hash] — Saebo, Inc. (@Saeboinc) June 17, 2015 [https://twitter.com/Saeboinc/status/611157733920874496]…
One more thing to worry about
> Our Marching Orders!Walking Speed Predicts LifeExpect.#Aging [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Aging?src=hash] Adults #mobility [https://twitter.com/hashtag/mobility?src=hash] http://t.co/uwPakUZXVg cc @GeriSoc [https://twitter.com/GeriSoc] @AmerGeriatrics [https://twitter.com/AmerGeriatrics] @CanGeriSoc [https://twitter.com/CanGeriSoc] — Bernadette Keefe (@nxtstop1) June 10,…
That's cutting it mighty fine
When I started this round of rehab, the goal established for me in the Timed Up and Go test was 31 seconds. That's an improvement of 20% over my time at the start. I guess I took the PT literally—here's the time I turned in…