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- Dec 4, 2017
Chantal chose this, she had forewarning and people tried to help her. Frankly her pain is mostly likely because the muscles supporting her spine (we have one muscle that surrounds it like a corset) are so weak they aren’t holding it up properly. She shouldn’t be lifting any weights, she doesn’t understand proper form and would hurt herself. Beyond sitting up, and walking she should be doing body weight stretches to slowly strengthen them under the watch of a physical therapist. But she won’t because it requires effort and she would have to keep them up at home on her own time.
The truth is she doesn’t need anything like a walker to walk miles. She could be doing little walks over short distances more frequently to hit numbers. Walking is the same all at once or spread out. But getting up and walking to the other side of the room every 5 minutes (or even just standing and sitting a few times) is too much for her. After surgeries this is something that’s stressed. Her doctors have probably told her this but it’s been shrugged off. I’m not saying this for her sake, she wont care and that doctor is right she’s going to die. She’s choosing it and nothing can be done further, save your advice kiwis, it’s all falling on deaf very fat ears.
The truth is she doesn’t need anything like a walker to walk miles. She could be doing little walks over short distances more frequently to hit numbers. Walking is the same all at once or spread out. But getting up and walking to the other side of the room every 5 minutes (or even just standing and sitting a few times) is too much for her. After surgeries this is something that’s stressed. Her doctors have probably told her this but it’s been shrugged off. I’m not saying this for her sake, she wont care and that doctor is right she’s going to die. She’s choosing it and nothing can be done further, save your advice kiwis, it’s all falling on deaf very fat ears.