Guest guest Posted March 30, 2002 Report Share Posted March 30, 2002 Greetings Hippies, Glad to continue to see so many moving forward, and even when facing challenges we keep pushing through. , don't give up. Maybe as some have said, get a massage. My wife's big on massage and she has been arranging for me to get a couple of hours w/ tons of work on the stump...it really helps. My PT also is big on muscle manipulation. This plus heat & hot tub seems to keep me moving pretty well. Anyhow at 10 weeks, I'm finally beginning to forget where I put the cane around the house. While my gait ranges from close to normal to less than that, I've been working at good posture and gait for short distances. I guess I look like I'm in practice for a beauty contest w/ the book on the head...ready for the runway! Somehow my butt in speedos w/ the shark bite scar might not maximize my score on that event. I'm still hoping to surf on the 12 week point. At this time I don't really know if it will happen. What I do know is that I will go to the ocean and get on my board, paddle around, sit up, and we'll see about actually surfing. Right now just getting back into the ocean, real sharks and all, sounds good. Unfortunately w/ the teenager on Kauai we're all reminded of what it means to enter the food chain. Seems like the body boarders out there have been getting hit the hardest the past few years. My surf buddies are using me as their gauge, there is a substantial contingent of guys in my age range & profile that are dealing w/ bad hips. They're pretty stoked on my progress and at least in my peer group resurfacing still holds huge promise. The real test will still be down the line when I see how the body does once I get back into surfing. I'm not really sure how it will play out and have been mentally going through the turns and twists, compressions and unweighting, much less cross stepping on a longboard, all of which are part of a typical session. It does seem that surfing will be less stress than skiing, and the ski discussions have really kept my hopes very high. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2002 Report Share Posted March 31, 2002 G'day Dan, Good to hear that all is progressing well for you!!! I actually was thinking of you during a tv news item on Bells surfing comp came on tonight. funny how the mind works!! regards Skip > Greetings Hippies, > > Glad to continue to see so many moving forward, and even when facing > challenges we keep pushing through. , don't give up. Maybe as > some have said, get a massage. My wife's big on massage and she has > been arranging for me to get a couple of hours w/ tons of work on the > stump...it really helps. My PT also is big on muscle manipulation. > This plus heat & hot tub seems to keep me moving pretty well. > > Anyhow at 10 weeks, I'm finally beginning to forget where I put the > cane around the house. While my gait ranges from close to normal to > less than that, I've been working at good posture and gait for short > distances. I guess I look like I'm in practice for a beauty contest > w/ the book on the head...ready for the runway! Somehow my butt in > speedos w/ the shark bite scar might not maximize my score on that > event. > > I'm still hoping to surf on the 12 week point. At this time I don't > really know if it will happen. What I do know is that I will go to > the ocean and get on my board, paddle around, sit up, and we'll see > about actually surfing. Right now just getting back into the ocean, > real sharks and all, sounds good. Unfortunately w/ the teenager on > Kauai we're all reminded of what it means to enter the food chain. > Seems like the body boarders out there have been getting hit the > hardest the past few years. > > My surf buddies are using me as their gauge, there is a substantial > contingent of guys in my age range & profile that are dealing w/ bad > hips. They're pretty stoked on my progress and at least in my peer > group resurfacing still holds huge promise. The real test will still > be down the line when I see how the body does once I get back into > surfing. I'm not really sure how it will play out and have been > mentally going through the turns and twists, compressions and > unweighting, much less cross stepping on a longboard, all of which are > part of a typical session. It does seem that surfing will be less > stress than skiing, and the ski discussions have really kept my hopes > very high. > > Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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