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Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 5,020
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Elder
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 5,020
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It's just a pain in the *ahem!*
I want to try to exercise so that I can at least stand long enough in my kitchen to make a tv dinner, or walk into a yarn store to buy yarn. It almost feels like people are purposefully trying to hold me back by not helping me.
I don't feel like the therapy did much. They'd have me sit on a exercise bike for ten minutes, I'd go do another machine (leg press?) for another then, and then there would be maybe twenty more minutes of balance exercises.
Was kind of expecting more exercises to build up the muscles in my legs. I've been trying to do this stuff at home, but I don't know if I'm not doing those types of exercises right, or maybe I'm not doing the right ones. Just drives me nuts. I used 26 of my PT appts that are apparently allowed by my insurance, and I don't feel like I got that much use out of it.
I did PT earlier this year on my shoulder, and also had some PT for walking issues. But that was at a place that quit accepting my insurance right after I started. (insurance changed in January) so I had to pay out of pocket for that earlier one. I felt like I got more out of that place than I did from the place that took my insurance.
Now I'm actually considering trying to find a gym that might be geared towards handicap people if there is such a thing, and try hiring a personal trainer. Might get more out of something like that.
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