As I mentioned, when you have Cerebral Palsy you need to keep your muscles lose on a regular basis so your body doesn’t get tight. Up to this point, I have not had any kind of therapy for about 10 years, so I knew that the first day of therapy would be challenging.
On that day when we got there, I had an occupational therapy and physical therapy evaluation. Sure enough, when I had the physical therapy evaluation the first thing they did was lay me on the mat to check my range and see how tight I was. When she started she could hardly move me because I was so tight. The therapist worked for about 45 minutes and near the end of the session I was moving much better. In the beginning of the session I was sweating and I wanted to cry. They just kept telling me to breathe. I was even getting sick in my stomach.
Every time after that I got better and better. My grandma and I did this for three years. I don't know if everyone with Cerebral Palsy has this problem or not, but because my muscles are so tight, my left leg pulls in and my left hip is 50% out of the socket. So I put something between my legs in my chair to keep my legs apart.
In my next entry we are going back to my school days and I will talk about when I finally left Gorman School and went to a new school for the first time. Have a great day everyone.
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