Physical Therapy - Yoga - - - Whewww!

Have I mentioned I go to Physical Therapy three times a week, yes three times a week! Yes I have quite the work out between therapy and Yoga! I put my leg to the test not to mention my prosthetic device! Or should I say lately my therapist has really put me through the test. Three times a week - from the wonderful harness (to keep me from falling in case I loose my balance) walking on a balance beam or obstacle course (too much fun), disc balancing ball and of throwing the ball while on the disc, the wonderful mat exercising to build up that core to handle that prosthetic device (which gets pretty heavy) and OF COURSE the walking with and without my crutch!

Now for the Big No No and the Big Mistake - I mentioned in a casual conversation with my therapist that my mother, who happens to be a "pretty fit" 73 year old. That she has now been walking faster than me when we go to the grocery store! Well that does not look good on my behalf. She use to get really exhausted when I would take her anywhere and couldn't keep up with me! So my therapist decided we really needed to put "the pedal to the metal" and do our speed walking around the hospital! I have slowed down considerable since my accident and with my new hardware! So Friday of last week and on Monday we kicked butt! It was a good thing there was no small children or older people in the way because my leg was really "burning rubber!" I beat my old timed walking record!

However, in Yoga I have put my leg to the true test with all the bending, twisting and kneeling down on the floor. I have learned how to get down more quiet now. I truly am beginning to fit into the Yoga groove! I am earning the thumbs up from the instructor and many of the other ladies have approached me and told me how proud and impressed with my growth they are (Today I even kept my leg on, the last two weeks it has popped off!)! It's really going to be tough to leave Salt Lake City in the next few months!!!

Keep posted the next adventure will about the TRAIN RIDE my family will taking during Spring Break (Nevada Spring Break that is)!!!