Month: November 2024
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Feet On The Floor – Progress in Spinal Cord Injury Rehab | Nov 17 – Nov 23 2024
11/17 Waking up, and taking moments to collect my thoughts really helps me throughout my day. Laying and getting straighter? Yep. Sensations in upper thighs, inner thighs, lower legs increasing? Yep. It’s been really nice being able to take fuller and fuller breaths from my diaphragm. The diaphragmatic breathing is getting better with each day…
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Pushing Through My Feet – Overcoming Challenges in My SCI Recovery | Nov 10 – Nov 16 2024
11/10 So my right knee is right up against the hand towel in the bathroom, and I can feel it gently brushing up against my knee! I have really been trying to keep my shoulders retracted and depressed, and I feel the overflow down into my low back and glutes when I do that as…
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Are My Feet Cold?! – Addressing Temp Sensitivity in SCI Recovery Nov 3- Nov 9 2024
11/3 So I am feeling a significant change happening in my legs, it’s wild. I think this past week was a great chance to try to give my body a bit of a break? But also, it wasn’t because I was so dang busy in it…. Oof. My legs right now are sensating so much.…
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Continued On My Journey – Progress & New Goals in My SCI Rehab Oct 27- Nov 3 2024
10/27 Wow! were my hips and quads tight last night and feeling the burn from yesterday!! I’m working on letting go of the hamstrings and hip flexors so that they will relax right now, and I wanted to use this time to help my mental imagery with this! Time for some research! So the research…
The Astronaut on Earth 