Walking without a stick

3:35 and the sun is finally trying to break through, been pouring down all day today and I had plans for the garden :face_with_diagonal_mouth:

By doing lot’s of cruising the furniture, walls and door frames that’s how :laughing: How do you think babies do it. And you are sounding just like you’re itching to be off…just like a baby on the brink of crawling :laughing:

If you want it badly enough you do it yourself not as and when you’re fatigue allows you to or feels like it. I have my whole family at home with me, hubby, son and daughter and all are well able to everything for themselves and me too if I aloud it.

So what you need to be asking yourself is, what would you do to fend for yourself if you were alone on a deserted island in your current state. And the first thing you’d want to do is get off that walking stick a.s.a.p. because 2 hands are better than one…unless one of those hands is your stroke hand, in which case you definitely need to get off the stick because 1 hand is better than no hands :smile:
To me, one hand means twice the number of journeys, double the fatigue.

But while you’ve no hands, because of your broken wrist, this is all just food for thought, a bit of inspiration for the future when your broken wrist is free…which is not long now :wink: Though you would still need to be very cautious as the bones will still be very weak, just newly knitted together, you don’t want to risk putting too much pressure on too soon I’m afraid.

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My Osteopath recommended one of these many years ago to help target the pressure points of muscle tension. I’d totally forgotten about it tucked away in the back of a cupboard 'til a few weeks ago. I’ve now used it a few times on my stroke leg, digging in and running down the sciatic nerve path from base of spine to knee, around knee, down outside to ankle and a few spot around there and sole of foot. Also some very tense spot on shoulders and down spine.
Anyway, that seems to have brought on some positive results for my drop foot the past few days, in that it’s not been dropping! There is some hint of it wanting to revert back so I will be having another go with it.

Using the hook as I do, does leave you feeling a little battered and bruised for a few days afterwards (just like after a sports physio session) so it’s not until that settles down before you start feeling the benefit.

Chin up and keep going, stay positive and focused on your upcoming freedom :wink:

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