The Pedal Machine is called SUNNY, bought it through Amazon and got free freight.
I can wiggle my toes now and even pull my leg, left only, back about 6 inches and then extend it again. good luck On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Akua <[email protected]> wrote: > WOW! wow wow! > So so similar. > > Thank you ever so very much for sharing these insights!!! > > It is so affirming to hear my symptoms described--- yes humming and > thrumming! > > GReat solutions! > > What is the name of your pedal machine? > > My PT came today and brought a walker. She wanted me to try to stand. I am > near tears of joy to recount this --- there's no way I could do this, but it > just meant SO MUCH to be seen as a person who could be assisted and > improved vs. being denied,* derided* or dismissed. > > I pulled it close and talked about how the farme need to fit around me, vs > be in fonr of me. > You can't stand on jello, she mused. > > So we talked about isometrics--- she asked me to push my extended leg ( > that she held) > down against her hand. I tried and saw nothing... but she said she felt > flutterings. > > So i did these several times on each leg --she felt flutterings. > > BUT I FELT THE PULSE MOVE FROM MY THIGH TO THE BACK OF MY CALF. > > I offer up prayers and praise. > > She is going to give me another series of exercises that i can do in bed to > reawaken these connections. > She talked about a stimulation machine that makes the muscles contract. > > Again these are things that were never done for me in the five years of TM > paralysis. > > Thanks again, for chiming in! > That we heal and that all be well, > Akua > > > So familiar--my wife does my pt because I cannot afford $1600/day for a > live in PT facility that was prescribed for me. I know all about the > buzzing--I call it humming in my feet and the stronger thrumming in my > legs. But my wife found a solution for feet jumping off the wheel chair. I > use a regular chair in the house and she uses a velcro back brace (the kind > with no shoulder straps) and wraps it around the legs of the wheel chair and > my legs. Works! > > > > I also have a "Jazzy" electric wheel chair that we bought second hand from > Craigs List for a $1000 that I use for outdoor activities like my grandsons > ball games and trips to Cost Co. Here's the neat part. She screwed a pair > of sandals onto foot rest of the Jazzy and straps my feet in so they can't > jump out. > > > > We also bought a pedal machine and she put sandals on that as well because > my feet wouldn't stay on it. $100 for the pedal machine 25 for the > slippers. It moves my legs for me and I am now doing 30 minutes at top > speed twice a day. It will keep your legs from shrinking. > > > > I also contacted Redman about a standup electric wheel chair and found it > cost $28,000. I passed. > > > > Jim > > -- > > > > -- > > >
