Month: January 2025
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Overcoming Spinal Cord Rehab Challenges in 0-Degree Winter Temps | Jan 19 – 26 2025
1/19 So! Putting furniture together from IKEA has turned into quite the therapy and physical exercise for me! I would have never thought that this would require such different bodily positions, movements, or strength, or balance! But it did! It got me in so many different positions on the floor, and even in the chair…
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Enhancing Spinal Cord Injury Rehab with Low Backrest & Pilates | Jan 12 – 18 2025
1/12 Had an accident last night. This is probably why I shouldn’t have any alcohol. It’s just an opportunity for a let down. I guess it’s nice to “fit in” but that ships already sailed. Plus, you’ve managed just fine without it so far. I think it’s probably only right to hold off on it…
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Improving Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Through Tall Sitting Techniques | Jan 5- Jan 11 2025
1/5 Okay, these quads have really stepped it up today, with a huge amount of stability added to my chest workouts I’ve noticed just now here at the gym! I’m really glad the time in the gym is complementing my SCI rehab journey with therapy as well. I really do think I get to make…
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Starting 2025: New Goals in SCI Recovery! | Jan 1- Jan 4 2025
1/1/2025 So it feels weird, but normal at the same time writing 1/1/25. Wow. We are now closer to 2050 than we are to the year 2000. This must be what it felt like before the stock market crashed I bet? Either way, this is pretty interesting! I feel like I’m living in some sort of…
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Celebrating Christmas Again: Reflections During Spinal Cord Injury Recovery | Dec 29 – Dec 31 2024
12/29 We had everyone over today at my parents for gifts! This was awesome, because Callie and I got to give all the kids their gifts! I was really excited to get them gifts this year, because I had to take the previous year off. I felt like Santa’s sleigh driving over to Detroit from…
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