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Thursday, September 10, 2009

PT Graduation

I finished my last physical therapy session yesterday. Hooray! I have to say that my eight weeks there (probably 15 sessions or so) have been so, so helpful in my recovering the majority of mobility. When I started there in July, I walked with a gimp and was a total chicken to try anything that might remotely hurt.

Now I can run, balance on my bad leg and play catch, jump with two feet, walk at 4/miles per hour on the treadmill and do pretty much everything else I used to do. Jumping on the bad ankle (just on one foot) is still a little tricky, since I can't really push off solely on that foot yet, but I'm working on it.

What's next? Keeping up with the stretches and exercises recommended by my therapist. She said it can take up to a year to regain everything, and she feels confident that I'll regain 90-95% of my mobility. I'm thankful for that!

2 comments:

Robin said...

Congrats on all your accomplishments! I am sure it has been tough at times to stay motivated, but obviously your hard work has paid off. And you just made me want to go and jump rope. Not that I will...but I'm thankful that I can. :)

RAK

Andrea said...

Yay for PT success! Yay for Kathryn!