Walkies

So we headed into town for a Helena Style Walkie and parked on the turn in Lammas St, walked all the way thru town, up past Debenhams and sat on the warm from the sun bench at the top of the hill. Walked back down and headed up Mansel St to take us further walkies then headed back to the car.

All the way trying to teach my brain that this is the new habitual way of walking with my right leg

Drying Time

And the washing was dry an hour and a half after I hung it out today

Farmfoodsing

Then we popped into Farmfoods s'afternoon and bought more chilli and garlic 'ketchup' and I bought a few other items that we didn't really "need" but they were nice

Helena's Advice

And I took myself out for a walk down the footpath to the left of my house s'morning. I had no FES on but was trying to take Helena'a advice about bending my knee rather than my hip and for the whole couple of hundred yards of my walk both my feet stayed flat and level. This is just a wow in the extreme, my right foot used to be hitting the ground at 45° sideways at it's worst.

And I went out for another walk s'morning. It feels really odd. For some years I have been trying to lift my leg at the hip, but actually as Helena said to do it, it feel so wrong and low, but I just swing my knee forward and pick up my toes. It just feels all wrong compared with how I have been trying to RElearn how to do it, but my right foot stays flat and it feels more stable/better etc. Aargh, learning......

BUT by fark but it is easy to forget what I am doing and start to get it all wrong. Carrying stuff or any other distraction and it goes back to "my traditional" style. I have got to change what my brain thinks is traditional.....