Today our PT focused on Luke’s ability to bend the knee. You would think that would be rather simple. But for Luke it is a great challenge. He must learn to not overcompensate for his weak muscles. It is much easier to lock out his knee than to bend them. Now that he is doing well walking with a walker, we are going to the next step, being able to bend and the knees and pick something up off of the floor. Luke is also smarter than most take him for, he knows someone has a hold of his hips, so what does he do? He fakes you out, just when you think he is bending just like you want and he will pick an object up he lifts both legs in the air expecting someone to catch him. Sometimes this is accompanied by tears of frustration, and other times he laughs and laughs…because of course it is the funniest thing ever!
Then we tried to walk down stairs. Once again something that seems so simple. But you should try it when locking out your knees…not so easy. For some reason he kept bending one knee and almost kicking it, but would lock out the other. It was like he was saying “no way man, I’m not doing that!! Are you crazy?” So the whole experience was more like he did a scoot-hop combo (while crying of course) and would eventually wind up on the step below him, landing with a THRUMP!! Then he would cry some more.
Can you guess what our new homework is for this week? Yep….stairs. Oh Joy!!!
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