Nick worked on my legs as I sat in my chair. My legs have gotten a lot looser since I’ve been back to Barwis regularly. This time, Nick chose to focus on my feet. He took my shoe off and worked my ankles and the bottom of my foot. He looked like he was thinking hard about something and grabbed a pen. He warned me that, “It might hurt a little” but I was game. He took the pen (it was closed) and dragged it long ways across the bottom of my foot.It didn’t hurt TOO bad, just a little. Immediately, my leg jerked up.
Well, I guess not really because ANY feeling I can FEEL in my legs or feet is just WONDERFUL! My bathroom floor has consistently been cold just after I started coming to Barwis. That isn’t annoying to me as it is for so many people; rather, it is reassuring because I am slowly getting feeling back in my feet. Nick stopped using the pen and used his thumbnail instead. My leg continued to jerk upward with each drag of his thumbnail. He did this for both feet and then told me to pull my leg up actively each time he began dragging his thumbnail.
It felt really good that my leg muscles were reacting and reacting to my conscious thought as well. I got on the black table and Nick had me lay on my side with my legs straight. He pulled my top leg forward and had me pull it backward. After moving my hips along with the thumb drag and pulling my leg back on Nick’s signal, I really felt I was actively beginning to control my leg muscles and actively working toward walking again. This as really nice and it didn’t “hurt”at all.