As part of my physiotherapy program they use the standing frame to help towards my recovery from GBS. Today this is one of the things I did in the gym today. It definitely feels good standing up and putting weight through your legs. They have lots for me to do today.
Some of the benefits of using the standing frame are healthy bone maintenance, leg muscle stretching, spasticity reduction, improved internal organ functions, improved posture, and overall range of motion improvement. I know I love using this, it just feels good. It feels good standing in an upright position. Without the standing frame, a person would be more vulnerable to deterioration of the body. The human body needs activity in order to either maintain its strength or even improve it. This is one piece of equipment I love as it’s very helpful in rebuilding your muscles and they keep your muscles from wasting away. I know if I have an opening in my schedule such as a gap between therapies I stroll down in my wheelchair and they usually put me in this for 30 minutes. I get an extra session for the day which is a bonus.
Some of the other things I did in Physiotherapy today was use the Bowflex machine. Physiotherapy and occupational therapy are working more on my arms and hands now. I do a wide variety of exercises targeting different muscles. This is an area they are concentrating more on as these are my weaker areas now, I had more muscle wasting. Now I need to rebuild those muscles especially the biceps as this will enable me to feed myself again.
Another piece of equipment I used today was the Vita Glide for my arms. They also had me up against the bars trying to stand up from the wheelchair.
These are just some of the things I do everyday as I work at rebuilding and retraining my whole body as result of Guillain Barre Syndrome.
Everyday I also walk between the parallel bars. It’s a slow process but I’m getting better.