Just wondering - with your PN (axonal sensorimotor), can you do steps? With me, when it all came on suddenly 6 yrs ago, the major collapse was in the knees. They kept buckling; the nerves and muscles would no longer work together to allow me to kneel, bend, then stand. With PT and much muscle strengthening I can walk, bend knees enough to do that, drive, and squat a few inches only. What I can’t do is hop, skip, jump, run, or jog, or step up unassisted for more than 6 inches (and that’s a risky step) If forced to climb a few or many steps, I need rails and it’s a major arm and upper body exercise as they’re doing the lifting (and they pay for it later) Walking down steps (with rails) is harder than going up, but when I have to do them, I do. Ladders, even step stools, I cannot do, and though I test myself on occasion by stepping up on one rung to reach a high cabinet or shelf, holding on for dear life to cabinets, counters or appliances while doing so, I know I’m taking a terribly stupid risk knowing the consequences a fall could have have for my already disadvantaged situation. So my question for you is how you might do it? Any therapeutic exercises or tricks that help you climb? Thanks, Debbie

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