This morning was Mall visit #3. According to my prosthesist, Jerald, my flow and gate are improving. It seems as if working on my balance is improving my walking without the cane. Now he wants me to practice standing on my prosthetic leg without holding on to the wall with my right finger. He wants to be able to stand on my artificial leg without holding on to anything!!!
Is he insane?
Basically he wants me to stand on the floor and with the cane in my left hand be able to lift my real right foot up and lift the cane at the same time thus stand on my prosthetic only and balance without falling. This is scary as hell and also rather difficult if not impossible, but I will practice!!!
He seemed happy with my prosthetic side and my real side below my hips. He says that I have improved the hesitation on my prosthetic side so the flow has improved and my right side is good as well below the hips. I have to work on relaxing my shoulders when I walk and they shouldn't move as much. Only my arms should move when I walk. Why is walking so complicated??
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