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please spare us the pix On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Matthew Kulas <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Last night was a good night. And, a hard night. For the first time since > 1 June, I was able to touch my right buttock with my right heel. > > It came as a bit of a surprise. For the last couple of weeks I've been > able to do a semi-traditional a quad stretch by reaching down and grabbing > my ankle, though I do it lying on my side. Just reaching my ankle was an > accomplishment, but the true goal is to be able to have my heel touch my > butt--just like my left side--and I was still at least a couple inches > away. So after beginning my bi-weekly PT appointment with stretching my > calves, doing 30 reps of right-footed toe stands, and stretching my > hamstring, my therapist stretched my quad by pushing my shin forward while I > laid on my back. After a little bit, he had me turn on my side and asked me > to stretch it myself. I reached down, grabbed my ankle, and pulled it > back. All of the sudden, my heel was touching my rear end. I was not > expecting that. What a great, joyous feeling it was--a true thrill. > > After that, I banged out 30 consecutive 10 lb. reps of leg lifts, 2 sets of > 15 reps of outside leg lifts and 2 sets of 15 reps of inside leg lifts. > Wall sits: 40 reps. Hamstring curls: 30 sets of 10 reps at 90 lbs. Leg > press: 2 sets at 225 lbs. with both legs; 3 sets at 105 lbs. with my right > leg only (I'm feeling it today). Hamstring raises on an excercise ball: 15 > reps for 1 set 25 for the second. Balancing on my right leg, throwing, and > catching a 5 lb medicine ball at/from a pitch back: 100 reps. (A month ago, > I could not balance on my right leg for more than a second.) A new exercise > was added--lunges w/my left leg resting on a chair--3 sets of 10. > > Today, my knee is a little sore walking up and down stairs (on which I've > only been able to do one step per leg for a week), but it feels good to > finally be able to do semi-normal things. Still, I've a long way to go. My > left thigh is huge and I'm not 100% until my right leg can do the same work, > pound for pound, rep for rep. > > I know, I know, this thread is worthless without pictures. Sorry... > > --Matt K. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is > brought to you by the University of Vermont. > > To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html