Neurorehabilitation From The Trenches: Training
The main aim of this article should have been to push toward a record eighth article in a single month. Of course, that was dependent on one of you submitting a guest article. Claire's mother, Dervilla, did submit an article for publication, unfortunately that was past my bedtime of 22:00. I will simply start afresh in October, gunning for this allusive record.
The aim now, instead, is to bring you through a typical day for me, including all my daily training. I finally started my internship, with EON, today, so all this will change.
The alarm typically wakes us at 6am. Then we get showered and have some breakfast. I use a shower chair that was given to us by Niall & Pia. After breakfast, Claire makes sure that I have everything I need, including a fully charged phone, before she makes her way to work. I then get down to business.
Firstly, I create my Wunderlist for the day, which today looks like this:
The Gehbarren was up first, so I put youtube on to accompany me while I started. The first thing is cane walking, where I have recently expanded my coverage as follows. The Gehbarren starts at the door to the office, opposite the bathroom. I used to spend 30 minutes cane-walking over and back with the support, if needed, of the Gehbarren's bars. Now, I walk the length of a Gehbarren continued out as far as the bathroom door, then I turn around, without using the door or a wall, to steady myself ---something that wouldn't have been possible, just 2 months ago--- and walk back to the far side of the Gehbarren.
The second thing I use the Gehbarren for is balance exercises. You will have seen those before, but I basically attempt to stand free with my legs as close together as possible, pivoting my upper body to the left or right alternately; or looking toward the ceiling and down at my feet.
The third thing I can use it for is arm curls for my left arm. I can do 20 now; it used to max out at ten. That is only 5kg, but it's a start.
Back extensions are out for the moment as I wait for my back and shoulder to heal following a recent fall. But it doesn't stop me doing crunches. As Patrick Bateman says, I can do 1000 now. But I have recently built that up to 1*800 and 2*100, whereas I used to require 10*100s. No six-pack yet.
As today was my first day back at work, albeit as an intern, I had to squeeze my training in around my work related activity, but there is a renewed sense of purpose to my daily activities.
The aim now, instead, is to bring you through a typical day for me, including all my daily training. I finally started my internship, with EON, today, so all this will change.
The alarm typically wakes us at 6am. Then we get showered and have some breakfast. I use a shower chair that was given to us by Niall & Pia. After breakfast, Claire makes sure that I have everything I need, including a fully charged phone, before she makes her way to work. I then get down to business.
Firstly, I create my Wunderlist for the day, which today looks like this:
The Gehbarren was up first, so I put youtube on to accompany me while I started. The first thing is cane walking, where I have recently expanded my coverage as follows. The Gehbarren starts at the door to the office, opposite the bathroom. I used to spend 30 minutes cane-walking over and back with the support, if needed, of the Gehbarren's bars. Now, I walk the length of a Gehbarren continued out as far as the bathroom door, then I turn around, without using the door or a wall, to steady myself ---something that wouldn't have been possible, just 2 months ago--- and walk back to the far side of the Gehbarren.
The second thing I use the Gehbarren for is balance exercises. You will have seen those before, but I basically attempt to stand free with my legs as close together as possible, pivoting my upper body to the left or right alternately; or looking toward the ceiling and down at my feet.
The third thing I can use it for is arm curls for my left arm. I can do 20 now; it used to max out at ten. That is only 5kg, but it's a start.
Back extensions are out for the moment as I wait for my back and shoulder to heal following a recent fall. But it doesn't stop me doing crunches. As Patrick Bateman says, I can do 1000 now. But I have recently built that up to 1*800 and 2*100, whereas I used to require 10*100s. No six-pack yet.
As today was my first day back at work, albeit as an intern, I had to squeeze my training in around my work related activity, but there is a renewed sense of purpose to my daily activities.
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