I wasn’t scheduled last Friday. Sue, Claire, and I worked on the black table that was furthest from the roll down door. My legs weren’t that stiff even though I hadn’t been to Barwis in 5 days. Sue and I were able to start our PNFs pretty quickly and I was satisfied with my showing because I saw how surprised Nick was with my current ability so I had confidence. Sue explained that because we saved a lot of time with the stretching that we would work on the shuttle.
She helped me sit up and I sat up straight once she let me go. It seemed easy and Claire commented on how well I was sitting up. I told her that I never thought that it would be so difficult to sit up straight and I also can’t believe easy it would be. Then I looked at her and furrowed my eyebrows because I realized how oxymoronic that statement was. She laughed and told me that she understood what I meant. Back when I was able-bodied, I would never have imagined how difficult just sitting up would be. When I became disabled, and have remained there for 15 years, I never would have imagined how easy it could be. It was on Monday.
Sue helped me back into my chair and pushed me over to the shuttle. It’s pretty involved to get me down onto the shuttle so both Sue and Claire helped me with a lot of readjustments. I was able to activate my “super quads” to straighten my legs and deactivate them and activate my hamstrings to bend my knees and slide down. It was strange though, in my extensions, my right leg felt a bit wonky…