Therapy Today

In Occupational Therapy today, Tina reappliedthe tape to Randy's left arm and shoulder. It seems to be helping with the pain in that shoulder. She also worked with Randy on his reaction time ~ they played catch with a ball with having to pretend to "put on the brake" of a car as the ball was caught. They also worked with lasers somemore, where she had a laser and Randy had a laser and Randy had to use his laser to chase hers.

In Physical Therapy today, that therapist did a re-evaluation of Randy's strength, balance, and coordination. Randy's left shoulder is improved, but still down a tiny bit. With side steps, Randy's balance has improved a lot and with turning in circles, the balance has improved a bit. She also evaluated Randy on walking up the stairs without using the railing. He did well with going up the stairs. The therapist, Julie, measured the angle of the range of motion on his left foot and found it was 5 degrees better. The range of motion with his left leg has also improved by 5 degrees. With walking, Randy's knees are still a bit shaky. The therapist said that Randy will probably be done with physical therapy sometime in November.

When Randy got home from therapy today, he shut himself in the bedroom and really worked on the class he is taking. He started working through all of the practice quizzes, getting ready for the final exam. When I got home, he said he was frazzled because the quizzes were a lot of work. I think he enjoyed working through them, though. It was good for him.