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Neuropathy | Last Active: Mar 27 11:03am | Replies (38)

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Hi Ray- great to see your name, hope NJEd chimes in.
Hi Connect friends, I went down to the PT that puts rocker plates in my neuropathy leg shoes (soleus muscle is poorly innervated, poor push-off during walking, rocker plate gives a mechanical assist for step-through).
I get a computerized gait study when there, every two years, the PT was astonished that I had 30% improvement in the push-off strength and elongation in the pressure line graph (tracks pressure during step-through from heel hitting to ball of foot push-off).
I’m following KIM (love that), walking every day, doing the PT home program 3x weekly, doing the exercise bike (thanks to John Bishop for that idea).
The health issues with growing older keep coming- “ not as single soldiers, but in battalions” - I wrote that down when you posted it and keep it on my desk, makes me laugh.
I went to my 53rd high school reunion (COVID delayed the 50th). The poster board showing classmates who have passed was startling. The memory of that has made me remind myself how wonderful it is to be alive and able to find enjoyment in life, even if it’s just seeing out my kitchen window that the robins are returning now!!

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Hello, centre! (@centre)

It's great to hear from you! You mention "rocker plates." Mmm? I need to learn about rocker plates. And "computerized gait study." Double Mmm? That's something else I need to learn about––and talk to my therapist about. I know my gait needs lots of work. It already needed lots of work a year ago, just from my PN, but then a full year of hospital + rehab (thanks to sepsis) has only made my gait worse. I'll spend a little time today researching rocker plates and computerized gait studies. Thanks for mentioning these!

I can't take sole credit for KIM. At the risk of citing the book again (I must have cited the book here in my Connect posts four or five dozen times!), KIM is short for Twyla Tharp's book, Keep It Moving. I keep a copy close at hand. One of my most-quoted chapters is Tharp's Stronger For the Mending, about rising up and over physical setbacks.

Love those robins!

Cheers!
Ray (@ray666)