WOW the Mall is a big place!!!!

I walked the Mall today with my prosthesist, Jerald Cunningham, again today. I did so much better this time. My flow and gate were much better!!!! I didn't circumduct my prosthetic nearly so much this time as I did last time. Yeah!!!!! I walked much further this time too. I only sat down twice for a couple of minutes each time. My wind and my endurance have improved so much!!!!! You see I have finally quit butts. I haven't had a butt since January 15!!! and I can really feel and see a difference in everything...... but this isn't about butts but walking. In the hour that I was with Jerald at the mall I walked for 55 minutes of that time and by all accounts my flow and gate have improved dramatically since the last time I was at the mall.

Remember that side piece that Jerald made for me which is attached to my prosthetic leg that prevents me for collapsing on the left side? Jerald wants me to wear that again when I walk for exercise and he basically wants me to exercise an hour everyday. I know, I know, I think so too that he might be on some drugs. I am going to try for 20 minutes/day. I believe that he wants me to wear that as a reminder to my brain and body to walk well and right in terms of flow and gate and this piece helps me. I guess that I have walked wrong for so long that I have to retrain everything to walk well and correctly. Who would have thunk that the Mall is so big and walking is so complicated??? I am going to get to the point to be able to do it without thinking though.....