My Life, Adventures, and Recovery
This was the trip I had been waiting for … I was going to take my first steps in four and a half years. Day one with Ekso. I woke up early and was excited to go to therapy (not a common occurrence). Each session with the Ekso is an hour long. I knew it was going to take about 45 minutes to get all my measurements and it setup, but I would take at least a few steps. Then we had a scare and…Continue Reading “First Steps”
Baltimore was great. It was so fun to be there with friends from home, see patients I’d met from previous trips, and meet new remarkable people. I had the chance to try several new pieces of equipment – something called the Geo, the Smart Drive (a third wheel that goes under my chair, has a motor, and can essentially push me around, all I have to do is steer), walk with the Ekso skeleton, move my legs by putting electrical stimulation on my spine, and…Continue Reading “Kennedy Krieger, Baltimore”
I have a few exercises I hate when I workout, as I’m sure everyone does. My top three are lateral raises, biceps curls, and back combo. And no matter how much stronger or better I am at them than when I first started I will forever dread them and complain when they’re in my programming. I’m always scared to find out how much weight and how many reps and sets I’m going to have to do. You can probably guess in the picture above what…Continue Reading “Those dreaded exercises”
Getting ready for the exoskeleton I get to use for therapy this fall – I’ll be a walking robot. Exoskeletons are only designed for paraplegics not quadriplegics (like me) meaning you need to have your core – something I do not have. However, I know if I work my butt off between now and October I’ll be strong enough to do it. Tell me I can’t do something and it’ll just make me want to prove you wrong. With having a spinal cord injury comes…Continue Reading “Standing more each day”