Physio.....

Now that I am home the emphasis has to be on both getting stronger and maximizing the movement that I have got. From having Physio every day its now once a week at outpatients, although bizarrely with a different set of physio's from those who I have worked with since my injury. This is not really enough. I still have a lot of problems to try and solve. My movement and strength on my left side is very weak and my pro-preception and balance very bad on my right. (which I had always presumed to be my good side...!This is because the nerves cross over high in the spinal cord so the "feedback" from where my limbs are etc is lost on the opposite side to the damage to the cord. I still cannot feel heat or pain on my right side for example...) The optimum recovery period for function after a spinal cord injury is 3 -9 months after injury, so with this in mind we hired a private Neurological Physioptherpist. A walking specialist that I have worked with through the NHS for the last 10 weeks. My god, I must have been more of a drain on the tax payer than I ever imagined! Can they be paid this much by the NHS? Physios are expensive privately, but Neuro physio's? !! Something else.......Want a comfortable old age? Get your kids in training now!