Physical Therapy

Physical Therapy

(written March 20, 2012)
Since Valerie has been in a hospital bed since last July, we have had Physical Therapy for about 4 months on and off since then. It isn't that she isn't physically able to walk, the problem is she seems to be afraid. She is very stiff on her left side and the doctor's never considered she may have had a mini-stroke. What they said was that it is probably more neurological than vascular. Not sure myself, but she has been keeping her left had clenched and only relaxes it when she sleeps. We do range of motion exercises but she seems to not want to focus, and I don't know what benefit there is to having her get physical therapy since she is so resistant to anyone helping her sit up and try to stand. She actually pulls back.

So, we got PT in the home again, and he seems totally resigned to the fact that there isn't much he can do. I don't know what to do, but I don't what to give up.