Tyler pics on You Tube
Below is a video submission Tyler made of his work at Push to Walk...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSZlD7yLOck
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Update for February 19, 2007
Tyler has now been going to Push to Walk for 3 weeks. His progress has been very encouraging. His routine consist of stretching on the therapy platform, using a stationary bike, using the standing frame, using the floor mats and boxes and using the ballet bar for standing. This past Saturday he rode the stationary bike and was able to pedal by himself!. He is able to use his hips and his hamstring muscles to simulate the pedal motion. He also reports a lot more sensation in his legs. He has gone to 6 sessions in the last 2 weeks and he says that he has a lot of sore muscles from all the hard work.
Tyler’s Trainer, Eric, told him that his diagnosis as a complete paraplegic must be wrong because of all the muscle movement and sensations he has. A complete means no movement or feeling. Tyler has an appointment at Helen Hayes this month and they will be surprised to see his progress. Maybe they will change his diagnosis!
Tyler has a standing frame on order and can’t wait to get it. The frame will allow him to stand and do exercises with his legs. When he stands it helps his body regulate blood pressure and takes the pressure off his lower back from sitting all the time. As he gets stronger, we hope he will be able to stand up by himself!.
We have been videoing a lot of the sessions so maybe we can get some of them up on this site so you can see what Tyler is doing. The staff at Push to Walk work him hard for 2 hours at a time and he is pretty tired by the end of the session.
That’s all for now, but if you read this, please leave a message and give Tyler some extra encouragement.
Love
Tyler, Keegan, Justin, Lori and Jay
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