Advice. May Ignore, But Still Asking.

I'm recovering from some semi-serious mobility issues, and this is the routine that AI generated for my recovery. My doctor will guide me through the PT, but the rest is keeping active and busy while I get better.

Eventually I'll be able to get myself a desk and a chair more ergonomically suited to working from home. But for now, I just need a better routine while I'm NOT working.

Any suggestions? I might not take them, but I'd love to hear them. Things you would add/change/remove. Thank you!

 

Sorry Wenchie but I can't read the program and when I zoom the image up in a separate tab on my 55" 4K screen it becomes all blurry and unreadable. Have you got a higher res image perchance?
Cheers
joffa

 

I have a pdf!

 

Thanks and I can zoom up and read it easily
Looks pretty good to me. I found resistance bands were pretty good and you don't need all sorts of weights sets.
My physio devised some of my exercises using a sturdy bench or a wall or a door jamb and they are similar to isometric exercises where you push or pull against something solid in a certain way and slowly build up strength.
Don't underestimate elevating your legs (ankles should be higher than your heart) for at least an hour or two is better. I slacked off on this and now I have to wear compression wraps on my legs 24/7 due to developing lymphoedema.
Drink plenty of water as that will help clear out nasties from your body.
My sister has MS and she found doing large jigsaw puzzles to be good mental stimulation if you get sick of other things.
Walking is good exercise even if you can only do it slowly. If you can only walk slowly then maybe try for a longer time but only if okay by the physio.
If you can't do all the exercises at least keep trying and one day you will surprise yourself when you can suddenly do something you previously couldn't.
Rehabilitation is all about slow and steady and doing light exercises consistently.
It takes time and I am still working at it and although not particularly fit, I am still living. To clarify my situation I was told in 1999 that I only had 8 to 10 years to live (I have an incurable condition) to which I told the neurosurgeons and ophthalmologists that this was totally unacceptable as I wanted to see both my kids turn 21yo. That happened and now my goal is to see both of my kids get married and my son married last September but for my daughter it is not even on the horizon. I guess I will have to keep plugging away a for bit longer.

Good luck Wenchie and try not to get discouraged if things are improving too slowly. Even small increments of improvement make a difference to your overall wellbeing.......go girl
Feel free to PM me if you think you need some encouragement or some moral support

 

That's the tough part, not getting discouraged. And giving up when it feels like there's no progress.

I think you'll be around forever, personally, to see eventual grandkids turn 21. So... it's fine.

 

I agree it does take a fair bit of effort to not get discouraged and this is where friends and family can encourage you to keep focussed on your fitness goals. Good luck

Hmmm I wish this were true but my end is near. Last year I had a very close call and was really crook for a few months and nearly didn't pull through. Lucky I am a science project in progress and after lots of powerful medicine and hospital treatments I slowly came good. Still not out of the woods but better than I was early last year and taking less meds. For now I just count each day as a blessing and take things one day at a time

 

Oh... that's not fantastic, is it? I'm sorry.

Friends and family is precisely the issue. I haven't many/any to speak of. It's just me on my own, like always. They tell my "pure unadulterated spite" isn't a motivational tool, but it's worked so far... sometimes, it just isn't enough though. Lately I need extra pushes and I find there's nobody to push. I'll figure it out, as always, but sometimes it gets heavy. I miss the old days.

 

Long warm soaks in a tub of Epsom salt.

 

That's the secret ingredient to make coffee tolerable.

 

Do you happen to have a rundown of what they are?

 

As we said back in the day on the field, flexibility is the key to non-injury.

 

Yeah, it feels like a couple of years ago all of my tendons got really tight and inflexible. Hopefully if PT is unsuccessful, they'll finally send me for imaging to track down wtf is wrong with me.

There's a list...

 

One of my solid therapies is epsom salt soaks. There's nothing better to relax your whole body than a piping hot dose of magnesium sulfate, slowly absorbed by your tigmentary system. Major plus is a jetted tub for aquatherapy style percussive massage. It's done wonders for my protruding L5/S1 post injury. If freshly injured, you do risk inflaming the disk further and "making it angry" as my chiropractor would say. Trust me, I learned what not to do the hard way. Personally, I think it just may be the "fountain of youth"...

 

I got to start PT today! Man, you guys, I am a MESS.

He immediately said he wanted imaging because he thinks I'm nursing a 15 year back injury, have an impingement in my right harm, and plantar fasciitis in both feet.

But whatever, now we're on the road to recovery!

 

im going on 70 and wont go to doctors usully now-i have my reasons..i think my hand shakes from Parkinsons

i have table in middleofroom and i try to walk or run around it about30times or less in the morning

 

Almost old enough to drink in Germany!

But best of luck with the recovery. Keep the faith that it'll get better. I know from experience that's the most difficult thing. That, and accepting that things will go slowly and certain things may never be 100% again. But at least we're alive. ALIVE!!!

 

Ah yes, alive. Eligible to pay taxes, and... bills. Pass.

 

Your heel does a lot of work. I've learned my heels hurt less when I'm on my toes.

 

It seems I'm a spur farmer. Both feet, left hip and right shoulder. I make things grow!