# Say no to plateau **URL:** \ **Category:** Recovery journey\ **Created:** [30 June 2023 18:10 UTC](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/t/say-no-to-plateau/35066 "2023-06-30T18:10:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pando](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/user_avatar/onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/pando/32/10488_2.png) [@pando](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/u/pando)\ **Post date:** [30 June 2023 18:10 UTC](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/t/say-no-to-plateau/35066/1 "2023-06-30T18:10:29Z")
My physio was pleased with me today… on every level. True… I’m having a good day But my quad / glutes now push / pull instead of pull / pull, working against each other I am grateful for all the days I battled on, thinking I was getting nowhere I had / have big problems to work through, but when some progress is made, we know the work was worthwhile. I feel it’s about time I had a breakthrough I’m so happy something has changed… progress all the way now ---
**Author:** ![Mrs5K](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/user_avatar/onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/mrs5k/32/396_2.png) [@Mrs5K](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/u/Mrs5K)\ **Post date:** [30 June 2023 18:50 UTC](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/t/say-no-to-plateau/35066/3 "2023-06-30T18:50:48Z")
@pando it’s great to hear you’re making progress. Here’s to even more. ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldEyes](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/user_avatar/onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/emeraldeyes/32/17831_2.png) [@EmeraldEyes](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/u/EmeraldEyes)\ **Post date:** [30 June 2023 19:15 UTC](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/t/say-no-to-plateau/35066/5 "2023-06-30T19:15:23Z")
Pando that is fantastic news 👏🥳 I’m so happy for you 😄 Persistence pays off, keep it going, don’t ever give up. Those break throughs are always so euphoric 😄 ---
**Author:** ![DeAnn](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@DeAnn](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/u/DeAnn)\ **Post date:** [1 July 2023 03:21 UTC](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/t/say-no-to-plateau/35066/7 "2023-07-01T03:21:39Z")
I want to celebrate you and your success. Here’s to many more to come! ---
**Author:** ![Bobbi](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/user_avatar/onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/bobbi/32/7611_2.png) [@Bobbi](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/u/Bobbi)\ **Post date:** [1 July 2023 07:22 UTC](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/t/say-no-to-plateau/35066/8 "2023-07-01T07:22:13Z")
@pando Onward to greater heights! Keep on keepin’ on 🦵 😀 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Susan\_Jane](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Susan\_Jane](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/u/Susan_Jane)\ **Post date:** [1 July 2023 07:59 UTC](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/t/say-no-to-plateau/35066/10 "2023-07-01T07:59:00Z")
Brilliant news 👏 😀 Well done. It’s so important to celebrate the good days. May the progress continue. Keep on keeping on. Regards Sue ---
**Author:** ![pando](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/user_avatar/onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/pando/32/10488_2.png) [@pando](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/u/pando)\ **Post date:** [1 July 2023 10:11 UTC](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/t/say-no-to-plateau/35066/11 "2023-07-01T10:11:28Z")
it’s just a point of view - a state of mind… if we can trick the brain to see it that way, then we could train ourselves to see the positive side let’s hope ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldEyes](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/user_avatar/onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/emeraldeyes/32/17831_2.png) [@EmeraldEyes](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/u/EmeraldEyes)\ **Post date:** [1 July 2023 15:24 UTC](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/t/say-no-to-plateau/35066/12 "2023-07-01T15:24:22Z")
I see these pauses in recovery never as plateaus, but as the intermediate landings on our stairway out of recovery. We’ve recovered another aspect of our self and need to take time to make use of that aspect repeatedly in order to solidify it to memory before moving on to the next…if that makes any sense to you 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![pando](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/user_avatar/onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/pando/32/10488_2.png) [@pando](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/u/pando)\ **Post date:** [1 July 2023 16:26 UTC](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/t/say-no-to-plateau/35066/13 "2023-07-01T16:26:36Z")
Yes makes much sense Plus while we think we might be stuck on a plateau, in reality much repair is going on in the background ---
**Author:** ![EmeraldEyes](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/user_avatar/onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/emeraldeyes/32/17831_2.png) [@EmeraldEyes](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/u/EmeraldEyes)\ **Post date:** [1 July 2023 16:55 UTC](https://onlinecommunity.stroke.org.uk/t/say-no-to-plateau/35066/14 "2023-07-01T16:55:10Z")
That’s it exactly Pando. There’ve been a few times over the past 2+yrs where I’ve thought my brain was done with it’s repair work and this is to be what I’m left with. I just as I’d come to accept my lot, my body would surprise me with a new bit of recovery. This would always spur me on and its why I always say never give up! 😄