Walking
> “The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.” Chinese Proverb via @FredericBrussat Never struck me until I saw it today, but this is a great thought for rehab.…
Probably Beats Some of the Exercises I've Done
> It’s no fun recovering from a stroke and relearning to do simple things that were once totally natural. That’s being offset by new video games that refine patients motor skills by having them play games that, for once, actually look fun. It may not be fun—that’…
Cathy Hutchinson
The PBS News Hour reports on technology that lets people control motion with their thoughts. The look of satisfaction on Cathy Hutchinson’s face after she has served herself coffee for the first time in fifteen years is one to treasure.…
Strength and Disability
> He appears to embrace Edmund Wilson’s argument in “The Wound and the Bow” that “superior strength” is “inseparable from disability” and disaster of various kinds. A review of Lives of the Novelists contains this gem, which should launch me on a study of Wilson. I firmly believe and…
No Plateau in Sight
Seen in rehab—a vendor’s motto sums up the rehab experience: No Plateau in Sight . I was also interested that I used the iPhone’s voice recorder during today’s session to record prompts from my therapist for home exercises.…
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]…