I worked with Sue on Monday. We worked on the black table. She helped me onto it and it was evident to me that I’ve been feeling stronger. It showed in my performance. We did my usual PNFs and with my strength, Sue encouraged me by repeatedly saying, “Good… Keep going.” That encouragement enabled me to hold on and finish my effort until she told me to stop.
She asked me about the photo shoot the previous week and we talked about that for a while. For each PNF we did, she continued to encourage me and my leg muscles continued to react to her encouragement and listen to my brain and continued to move until she told me to stop. Even though I am NOT walking yet, it feels good that I KNOW I am making progress. I recently read this tweet and took it to heart:
I know that I need to remind myself that slow progress is STILL progress. I’m impatient and I get frustrated but I KNOW that I’m progressing. Sue thinks it’s good and she tells me to keep going and I will. I am.