Thursday, May 29, 2008

Adventures in Healing - Part 2

I've been in physical therapy for my arm since January 28th. Next week is my last week.  I can't help but think about how far I've come, thanks in large part to the guidance and support of my physical therapist, Kelly. Not to mention the necessary torture sessions where Kelly moves my arm in ways I am unable to myself. It feels horrible, but has such a good outcome. After she stretches (tortures) me, my range of motion is so improved when I am doing my other exercises.

After applying heat for ten minutes, I hop up on the table and let Kelly do her thing. This video is an example where she is actually being kind because we are just getting started and I am always stiff at the start. After my arm warms up, she pulls and tugs on it more intensely. It's a good thing that she is so strong and fit!

I remember my first session with Kelly. I was terrified of what she was going to do to me, but she was very gentle and explained everything along the way. Trust was developed quickly and a lot of progress made!

I'm a little worried about my progress after I complete my sessions. I just can't do to myself what Kelly has been doing all along. I will just do the best I can and see how it goes.

The people at AthletiCo are so supportive and kind. It's just the kind of atmosphere you need when trying to recover from intense injuries. I've been very impressed by the people I've met there and I am going to miss them when my sessions are over.

Derek (an Assistant and Personal Trainer at AthletiCo - very sweet person) filmed this for me, so I could put this on my blog. 



2 comments:

Girl on a road said...

Look at that range of motion! Way to go!

Girl on a road said...

Hi Jillian,

Thank you for turning me onto actually having a blog of my own. Before, I used to read blogs pretty regularly, but never had one of my own.

Our good friend and hero, Faith, had a great suggestion on her Big Ideas blog:

Someone should start a blog that will simply show us how many known blogs, in multiples of six, it would take to connect all the blogs in the blogosphere. I suspect she is right - we are all a lot more interconnected than we could imagine.

Here's how this will work:

On my blog, I've listed out 6 blogs that I visit often. (yours is on there!)

I've asked these 6 bloggers to visit my blog (girlonaroad.blogspot.com) and list 6 blogs that they know of as a comment.

And, you should send me "YOUR 6". Then you should contact "YOUR 6" and ask them to post "THEIR 6" back on MY blog as a comment (and including in their post who referred them)....and so on.

I'll keep track of the lists of 6 blogs as they come in, including date of addition and which other blog referred them to the 6-degrees experiment. I will try to find a way to draw a "hub map" like what they have on "The L Word", in the meantime.

We need to try to limit repetition, for this to be most effective. So if you see a blog on our Bloggeration list, below, pick a different one.

Hope to hear from you!
annemarie
(girl on a road)