Officially out of PT...now what?
Last night of physical therapy yesterday. Knee is much better. Only a bit of tweak with one particular movement. Not sure how others put on their socks. Whether sitting or standing, I cross my leg over, as you might if you were sitting, making a 4 with my legs. I can't do that without some pain but that's improving.
What did she say about my back though? Sigh. Boils down to my back being a chronic problem and there's probably no real need for me to keep coming to PT as long as I keep doing my exercises at home. Granted I don't get the therapeutic massage at home, but even though it feels very good, I don't think it helps much. Well, when she works a lot on the psoas muscle, I feel good for about a day.
My next two steps are balance ball time and Rolfing. The latter is a bit more 'energies' related than I normally go for but I have a friend who swears by this and she's not into 'new agey' type things. I tried the balance ball last night at PT and was surprised at how quickly I was feeling it work my abs. Look for a report back in maybe 2 months or so to hear about improvements or, more likely, injuries from falling off the ball! Hee hee
What did she say about my back though? Sigh. Boils down to my back being a chronic problem and there's probably no real need for me to keep coming to PT as long as I keep doing my exercises at home. Granted I don't get the therapeutic massage at home, but even though it feels very good, I don't think it helps much. Well, when she works a lot on the psoas muscle, I feel good for about a day.
My next two steps are balance ball time and Rolfing. The latter is a bit more 'energies' related than I normally go for but I have a friend who swears by this and she's not into 'new agey' type things. I tried the balance ball last night at PT and was surprised at how quickly I was feeling it work my abs. Look for a report back in maybe 2 months or so to hear about improvements or, more likely, injuries from falling off the ball! Hee hee