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Finally I got there! 9 months post #tkr and I can sit cross legged again!
It’s not a position I would adopt a lot, and would not sit this way that frequently, but the fact that I couldn’t do it was, quite frankly, p***sing me off!
No pain or discomfort (at last... because trust me I have tried it a lot!) so I’m pretty happy!
#gyroboard - making it up as I go along!
I have managed to get two Personal Training clients jumping on the gyroboard, so I wondered if I could manage it myself.
step 1: springy squats.. see if I can still balance..
Step 2: deliberately mess about with the board balance and see if I can manage to NOT fall off..
STILL... trying to fix the squats!
I think they look a lot more Left and Right side even this week, but I still don’t have the strength to get much lower - which I think is causing the forward flexion.
On the plus side, ham string curls are now on 30kg.. which is the same weight that I have on this bar.
Baby steps...
BALANCING OUT THE SQUATS: This is quite a battle and each time I try it I find something else that’s amiss. Today I discovered something new that I needed to fix. Had I not got a close eye for detail and grand fitness goals I wouldn’t have even discovered this.
This hill is special: it was where I was when I got the call telling me my #TKR op date. It’s the only steep hill near me that I can walk up that replicates form me the exhilaration I used to get from running.
Today I walked it for the first time without walking poles. I have to go back a good few years into my memory I recall the last time I could do that. But wait... there’s more.. watch this and find out what happened next.
Gyroboard balance without the walls! I’m now able to get on and off in the middle of the room (yay!) and I’m also able to deliberately adjust my weight from left to right and also not tip off! I consider this to be progress! 😎
Gyroboard balance practice! Working on inline and normal stance balance.. a PT client of mine who has never snow boarded or water skied in her life makes this look easy! It isn’t! This time I was able to let go of the shelf, and talk to you as well! 😃
Back in the gym: trying to fix my centre of balance. Didn’t have a buddy so have the camera propped on a chair (think it’s slightly wonky!). Watching it while I did it really helped me to fix it in real time. Slightly better but I still do have a left lean tendency sometimes!
Gyroboard moves! I decided to can the swim today and instead play with my new workout toy! This is going to be so much fun! There really isn’t much info online about how to utilise these for fitness purposes so I’m going to have lots of fun experimenting! It’s waaay harder than it looks and requires slow movements to stay controlled, so I have speeded up the footage a bit so it’s not so boring to watch 🤣
Gym work! Now I have the hospital gym timetable and don’t have to go to knee class, I can take this to a whole new level! This morning I wanted to see what my squats actually looked like because I have been told my centre of balance is way off and I’ve been trying to fix it but I’m a visual learner. For these squats I have an Olympic bar (20kg) plus 5kg of weight added - total weight 25kg. Considerably lighter than I used to be able to manage, however small steps are the best ones! As you can see, I still start by unconsciously leaning more on my left, however my second squat was slightly better. I did 3 sets of 10 and really tried to focus on that. Many years of unconscious compensation for the knee injury will take a wee while to fix!
Gyroboard take #1. To start with I wanted to see if I could still actually stand on it! Haha! Seems I can... JUST!! Practice needed 🤣
I have been asked what exactly it is I'm doing now, to improve my balance and leg strength. I have discovered that in my unconscious bid to avoid pain for many years before my knee replacement, I have also created some pretty major muscle imbalances that I also have to fix! My glutes are working overtime to compensate for a weak quad, hamstring and calf, which also has caused me back pain (that started a few months before my op). This is stage one of my re-strengthening program, which aims to improve my balance and get the quad, hamstring and calf firing better.