Neurorehabilitation from the Trenches: May 2021

At least it was May when I started this.

Walking 

This has been a busy month. Firstly I have made the following changes to my hourly exercises: Every hour, on the hour, I get to my feet without using any objects as leverage; once up, I maintain my hands-off approach by completing some* mini-squats -- I can't stress enough how pathetic these are, I don't manage the full 90 degree, knee-bend -- then I continue my standing balance training, with my feet shoulder width apart to run out the ten-minute countdown timer. This is during working hours, Monday-Friday. At the weekend, I follow this up with a plank or press-ups (again, pathetic), and I finish with 100 crunches. 

*It started out as 50 but I've been adding 10 each week that I remember to do so. It's 90 now. I also do a weekly hour of free-standing.

My Vision 

We went to an eye doctor, who specialises in neurology. He didn't recommend that I go for an operation to attempt a correction of the double vision, as there would be no guarantees. He did refer me to a colleague optician, who we saw some days later. To cut a long story short, he gave me a prescription for some prism glasses, which may look a bit nerdy, when I get them, but may also correct my vision, which should improve my cane walking; I haven't been using the eye-patch recently, and I miss the assistance that gave me, so two correctly functioning eyes perceiving all three dimension may be the boost my autonomic nervous system needs. 

Peloton

I have procured a Peloton, which I use for training as part of my rehabilitation. This thing is the business and I thoroughly recommend that you get yourself one. Every morning I start the day with a pre-recorded or "on-demand" low-impact ride, but there are many live and on-demand, tough spin classes available, all for the very reasonable price of 12.99/month. Once you're signed up, you will be able to track your progress, as I intend to do by publishing the report of my most impressive class, each month. As you can see, there is plenty of room for improvement.



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