Good Morning

Hey Everybody! I have had the opportunity to join Cindy in her "upper extremity group" and her "gait endurance group" this a.m. The picture on the bottom shows Cindy with her walker, and with her physical therapist for the morning gait session, Cindy. They are getting ready to walk across the mat. Cindy had already walked from one end of the room to the other (quite a long distance) with the walker and her therapist. The next picture shows Cindy after she had walked across the mat, and heading around to the other side . The gait training occured after the upper extremity activity where we (yes we) stretched and exercised our upper body. Cindy had to overcome a rather significant muscle spasm in her lower back this morning, but she endured and was able to get through the exercise and the gait work. She was not able to negotiate the high step you see in the background on the top photo, but was able to to step up on one about 1/2 the height. We are now back in the room. The spasm has recurred, and along with that she is having to endure being "cathed". Lunch is on the way, and pain medication in about 30 minutes, so hopefully a nap is in her near future. Therapy is over for today (not as much on weekend days as during the week). We hope all of you are having a good weekend! Thanks for tuning in!