First Day Of Rehab

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  1. Gator Bill

    Gator Bill Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Well I started rehab for my leg today. I'm going three days a week and am expected to do my homework exercises every day. I can see it's going to be kind of tiring but if I want to be up and around again I guess I am going to have to work hard.

    I still have 5-6 more weeks with this removable cast but most of the exercises so far are with it off.

    I also had a MRI of my shoulder which is probably going to need surgery for a torn rotator cuff, I'll know more about that my next appointment with the doctor. If I do have that surgery it won't be until I'm able to get around better.

    My goal is to be ready to bowl again come August and to go on a camping trip using my 5th Wheel the last week of June.

    Hey I know this isn't sports related, except my bowling of course, but I thought I would give a report.
     
  2. Don Ballard

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    Bill,

    All I read here was about you getting in shape to bowl! : :lol:

    Good luck on the rehab.

    Don
     
  3. Gator Bill

    Gator Bill Well-Known Member Administrator

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    That's my goal Don. Of course it's not my only goal but it's one I can concentrate on and put a date to!

    Besides, I love to bowl! :wink: :wink:
     
  4. Gator Bill

    Gator Bill Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Hey Don, then of course there's football season, the Gators open up with Hawaii and Miami at home and I have to be able to walk about a mile across campus and to the top of the stadium to see the games.
     
  5. Tennessee Tom

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    Hey Bill... call a limo service to pick you up and drop you off at the stadium. It's fun to watch the people trying to guess who you are. :wink:
     
  6. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Good luck Bill! Will you be able to run a 4.3 40 after rehab? :)
     
  7. Gator Bill

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    Terry, I can probably run a 4.3 forty after the rehab. That is measured as 4.3 minutes right? :roll: :roll: :roll:
     
  8. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Bill do you get a lot of snow in Franklin?
     
  9. Gator Bill

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    Not a lot Terry, but some. This year the biggest snow came about 2 weeks ago. It came exactly when one of our daughters and her family came here to go skiing. The were here about 4 days and it snowed a lot, they have two kids 13 and 10 and they had a ball in the snow. Our front yard slopes enough where they could slide down the hill on a sled. They were also able to build a nice snowman and fort.

    It was great timing.
     
  10. jif5

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    rehab you say Bill? You aint seen rehab!!
     
  11. Gator Bill

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    Hey jif, sorry about not getting back, what do you mean I haven't seen rehab?

    Finished my 5th session today. I have a program that I'm supposed to do at least 2 times a day. So far I've managed to do that and I'm making progress.

    The @#$! knee is stiff stiff stiff but I get it to bend a little more each day. In a week and a half from 30 degrees to 65 degrees, but the progress is coming slower.
     
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    I think I was referring to rehabing my brain, Bill..after Pats loss!!! Thats REHAB :!: :!: lol :!: :!:
     
  13. Gator Bill

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    So how's that rehab coming jif?? :wink: :wink:
     
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    as soon as BIG PAPI GOES YARD..Ill be fine Bill!
     
  15. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    In the meantime Jif try this, 2oz morning noon and before bed! Best antidepressant in the world!! :)

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  16. Motorcity Gator

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    Bill,

    Keep up the good work.

    My doctor has had a different approach wrt to rehab.

    My leg was in pretty good shape on my last visit wrt to atrophy etc. and I agree with his assessment that with a quad injury rehab can be tricky unless the physical therapist is very careful with the routine.

    My doc says leg lifts repetitively are fine but he also says to walk.....which I have been doing a lot because of my job in the auto show business.

    In the last month I have been in Wash. DC, Chicago and San Fran walking around convention centers and it has helped considerably to strengthen my leg. It is still a long ways from being right as I favor it going up steps etc. but I take it one day at a time because I don't want to re-injure.

    Good luck with your rehab....and enjoy that 60 degrees in flex....it makes a helluva difference.
     
  17. Terry O'Keefe

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    Dave do you ever make it to the Houston Auto Show? I always go if for no other reason than the babes showing the cars!! The blonde doing the Lexus exhibit this year was a 10!! :)
     
  18. jif5

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    .... but how were her Teets doc.? any cavities?
     
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    Joel, did you intend to say "teeth"? Maybe the misspelling reflects what was really on your mind. :lol: :lol:
     
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