The routine changed. Now, Nick helps me onto the table and I lay on my stomach right away. To loosen my legs up, he pushes his fingers into the middle of my calves. My legs loosen up quite easily and it makes for easier leg movements for me. I say “easily” meaning that it is easy for me but not so much for Nick and his fingers! This time, i remained laying on my stomach after the initial “calf pushes”. Nick pushed into my calf again and my knee bent with my foot off of the table in a 90 degree angle relative to my thighs.
This time, for the first time, Nick had me do some PNFs where I pushed my leg backward toward the table and immediately pulled my leg back up to my butt. I would rest a moment and then Nick would tell me to, “Push” (and I would) and then he would immediately tell me to, “Pull back up.” This was the first time I completed PNFs with multiple muscle groups! Granted, these PNFs could be stronger but, it’s a beginning!
I thought back to when I couldn’t even do PNFs. I couldn’t do much with Jesse. I did some with Phil before the deep freeze of my first winter at Barwis. I remembered talking about moving up to PNFs with Mike Rhoades and now, here I am. Multiple muscle group PNFs! Nick had me roll over onto my back anf then pulled out the roller stick and rolled the fronts and sides of my thighs a little bit before my time was up. He came out to help my Mom get me into the car. Since Nick first started rolling my legs, my Mom can get both of legs in easily in one motion. Nick got to see this as he brought me out and my Mom thanked him! He smiled and went back in because I was in the car.