Whoa! Dude

Almot a month ago I started 'Hippotherapy' in Greek that is for horse. The horse's name which I ride is named 'Dude' ...get the title now? Anyways you are most likely saying to yourself 'riding a horse for therapy'?The horse's gait is excellent to simulate human walking because the horse's pelvis also simulates a human pelvis. It also does great core strenthging and for your back as well it helps with balance issues and knowing where your body is in space. Among other things...Here is a link. http://www.americanhippotherapyassociation.org/ My friend Kevin's parents, or Mom and step - Dad are letting me do it free of charge( that is HUGE) so that way insurance does not interfere and I can continue with my other 'traditional' therapy. When I am at that place I also take part in this computer program called " Interactive Metronome" . It has a sensor on the hand and a pad for your feet. And you wear headphones that send out a sound, so you have to react and it judges you in a read out that tells you whether you are on or off by milliseconds. It also tracks your progress as you go . It really helps to get your mind and body working together. It helps your coordination, timing and seqencing of info and it helps a ton of other stuff...Read about it here. http://www.interactivemetronome.com/im/cli_add.asp?mn=1. At my "traditional" that involves walking, use of parellel bars and so on. I use this crazy contraption called the 'Biodex' or 'Lite Gait' gait trainer system. You are strapped in to this harness and and a crank is turned and it suspeds you from air...or takes weight off you so you can just focus on walking on the treadmill under you. It makes your strides longer, makes your walking faster and the repetitive motion of wwalking is put back in yor brain. It does way more stuff but that would take me forever and this entry is already long enough, I am almost positive the website can explain it betterLol.. http://www.biodex.com/rehab/gait_trainer/gait_trainer_385system.htm
So yeah...
Last night I was thinking about my surgery...I am really starting to think my my neurosurgeon damaged my cerebellum. The part of the brain that controls coordination and balance. I feel this way because it has been a DAMN! year and I still use the wheelchair because my balance is so poor. On the walker I always need people to stand by with minimai assistance but lets get real here! I not by myself and that is Jack dookie! I know that my surgery was very seriuous...but c'mon! Whatever... I cannot go back...All I can do is work with what the Big Man left me with!