Exercise

The theme for this week seems to be exercise, exercise and more exercise! I've been to the gym the past four nights and have biked three miles each session. Today after work I spent an hour exercising with a personal trainer at the gym. He was really knowledgeable about the foot and the artery that we transferred from my arm. The goal with him is to get the foot to work better, but in conjunction with the entire body. I'm sure I was his only client today that told him that I essentially hadn't exercised hard in the past four years! I learned about "Smart Water" today -it is like the Gatorade of water (has electrolytes in it). If I don't sleep well tonight ... something is wrong!

We took measurements (used to measure progress) on Monday at pt, but it was rather discouraging. In four weeks of pt, I'd only improved one degree with one measurement and four degrees with another. This is NOTHING! The areas that I improved in aren't even the areas where I need the most help. We spent a lot of time on manual massage - easily 45-50 minutes & then I continued through a series of exercises.

If we decide at some point that we are not making the needed progress, it won't be because we didn't try. Better get lunch made for tomorrow and calling it a day.

je